Growing up on a small farm in Alabama, Ken Melton’s main entertainment was news. “Even as a kid, I used to watch TV news from around the world and take my dad’s newspaper and try to read it,” he said. “I thought, ‘I really like what they’re doing. I don’t know how to get there, […]
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In a letter to members at the start of 2023, PRSA Chair Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, outlined her priorities for the year, including: “Amplifying our Code of Ethics to ensure that not only our members, but also our entire community at large know what professional communications should entail.” PRSA’s Phoenix Chapter helped amplify the
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Thank you to the more than 20 communications and marketing professionals and students who came out for networking and fellowship at Pitch Sports Bar on Jan. 31! And congratulations to PRSSA student Jordan Brown, who was the lucky winner of a $25 discount on any 2023 program registration, excluding Koa Anvil entries and dinner.
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I’m a strategic communications professional located in Kansas City. I’m also still riding high over the Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship victory while gearing up for Super Bowl LVII vs. the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb.12. With a smile on my face and butterflies in my stomach, I can still replay the most fist-clenching moments of
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The regular entry deadline for the 2023 Anvil Award entries is Feb. 10; final submissions are due on Feb. 24. PRSA will present the Anvil Awards on June 8 at the historic Edison Ballroom in the heart of New York City’s Theater District. You can learn more about spotlighting your organization in the Anvils at
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Cecilia Anne Boswell, APR, Fellow PRSA, a longtime PRSA member, distinguished PR practitioner and former member of the PRSA Board of Directors, died on Dec. 3, 2022. She was 89. Spanning more than 30 years in government public relations, Boswell began her career in 1973 as the director of public relations for the Georgia Department
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Business is now seen as the only competent and ethical institution, even as CEOs are among the least-trusted institutional leaders, Edelman’s 2023 Trust Barometer finds. In surveys around the world, business remains the most trusted institution, as perceived by 62% of respondents. Business holds a 53-point lead over government in perceptions of competence and is
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1. Dominant narratives are invisible. Speak them out loud. Deep or dominant narratives are set forward and protected by groups in power. They are harmful toward the groups that they don’t represent. Examples include patriarchy and white supremacy, according to speaker Adena J. White (PRSA Arkansas Chapter). They way to start deconstructing them is to
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Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, PRSA’s 2023 chair, joined Strategies & Tactics Live on Jan. 19 to talk about trends, challenges and opportunities for communicators in the New Year. Egan joined the livestream from Anchorage, Alaska, where she is chief communications officer of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. “We’re all really paying attention to AI
