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Lessons from Google on Maximizing Media Opportunities

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I enjoy Google’s Doodles – the daily updates to their logo – and especially those that are more inventive and off-the-wall.  My nerdy, ten-year-old self rejoices at their hidden inclusion of the Triforce from Nintendo’s Zelda games, which serves as just one example of how creative the Google team can be.  But last week’s [...]

Writing Quickly Can Help Improve Your Work

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Anyone that sat in a class with me at some point in my life would have noticed one thing about me – I wrote very fast and would never read over my work when I finished. While a lot of my classmates commented on how strange this was, it always worked for me. That’s [...]

Members Urge PRSA to Remove Accreditation Requirement from Leadership Positions

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This May, an ad hoc committee of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) members asked for support to amend the society’s requirement that only members Accredited in Public Relations (APR) can hold national director or officer positions within PRSA. APR is the public relations profession’s only national post-graduation certification program – and only 5,000 [...]

Some Basic Blogging Benefits

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The decision to start up a blog is not one that should be taken lightly. At Vanguard Communications, we had to consider whether our insights and commentary on communications issues would benefit the already robust public relations blog community. Since you’re reading this post on our blog, you know which way we decided, and [...]

Great Online Resources to Stay Informed on Washington Politics

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The struggling economy. War on terrorism. Energy challenges. Supreme Court nominations. Midterm elections. There’s a lot on the policy plate for the White House, Congress and federal agencies. With so much happening in the District and the constantly churning political news cycle, it can be pretty difficult for policy communicators to stay up-to-date and [...]