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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 […]

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 […]

When conducting media training, I stress the use of bridging to shift from the question asked to an answer the […]

A call for higher education leaders to advocate for the truth. There was a lot of water cooler and social media banter after […]

I know I just got back from vacation, but I’ve already got vacation on my mind again. My husband and […]