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What Makes a Good Commencement Speech (From Someone Who Has Seen a Lot of Them)

Now that we are nearing the end of college and university commencement season, the reviews are coming in – the […]

Dear PR Colleagues– It is best when public relations professionals blend into the background (which is different than hiding in […]

May is a particularly busy time in higher education, so when two of my colleagues suggested squeezing in an unplanned […]

Every once in a while, something appears on the internet that reminds me how grateful I am for this complex […]

While she has her critics, Sheryl Sandberg nailed this interview on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday. The Facebook executive, mother […]

My husband is currently working on his M.B.A. (Only two more classes until he is done!!) He is in the […]

There are a couple of elephants in the room this week for every PR professional across the country. The first […]

I was recently having dinner with my colleague, Terry Flannery, and while we caught up she said something that made […]

Creating solid, accurate media lists for pitches (or press releases) is a task that seems to stir up dread in […]