It’s been a year since COVID-19 turned the world upside down. Things once considered normal now seem odd, even outdated. Sitting in a conference room with co-workers. Dining in a crowded restaurant. Grocery shopping maskless. Shaking hands. We’re stressed out, Zoomed-out, burned out and drained by the whole pandemic. Teleworking has provided some obvious advantages […]
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A Note from OCPRSA President Justine Houston-Brown, APR Earlier this week, we celebrated International Women’s Day – a global day (March 8) celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. While our society has further to go before gender equality is realized, we must take a moment to honor those before us. The
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Civility goes beyond mere politeness, good manners and courtesy. Civility was not considered a moral virtue by the major philosophers of the antiquity. Rather, it was relegated to etiquette, often considered a badge for class distinction. However, I believe that civility is a question of morality because it is an expression of respect of other
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With Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the news again, PRsay talked with Dr. Cayce Myers, APR, an attorney and graduate director of Virginia Tech School of Communication, about recent efforts to reform internet liability and what this means for PR professionals. Until this past spring, it didn’t seem as if Section 230
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Professionals from across Hawaii’s public relations, marketing, advertising, design and sales disciplines recently converged via Zoom for a collaborative social and networking event co-hosted by the local chapters of AAF Hawaii, Ad 2 Hawaii, AIGA Honolulu, AMA Hawaii, PRSA Hawaii, and SME Honolulu. On Feb. 25, “Synergy: A Collective Social” provided members with a unique,
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As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across the country, the words that communicators use might influence public willingness to be vaccinated, a new study from nonprofit insurer EmblemHealth has found. In surveys, consumers generally understood that “vaccination” is a process intended to produce immunity to a disease or virus, whereas “immunizations” provide that protection, in
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For students, attending a historically Black college or university “gives you an opportunity to embrace and enhance your Blackness, a place to celebrate who you are as an African American,” said Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree, a professor and interim associate dean of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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In February, PRSA’s Greater Kansas City Chapter is celebrating Black History Month and the start of the Chapter’s 60th year by honoring its former member Dr. Inez Y. Kaiser, the first Black woman to open her own PR firm and to serve national clients. The Chapter is establishing the $25,000 Inez Y. Kaiser GKC-PRSA Memorial
Historian and educator Carter G. Woodson had the vision to create a moment once a year to celebrate and recognize the contributions of African Americans in the United States. Woodson’s vision started with Negro History week in 1926 and, 50 years later, became what we know as Black History Month. Since 1976, every American president
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