For public relations professionals working in an agency, tracking hours can be one of the most grueling tasks of the gig. Using a stopwatch or even worse, guessing/estimating your hours of work after your day’s work can lead to confusion for you and frustration for your clients. Luckily, like almost everything else in 2021, there’s an app for that, and […]
Last fall, I interned at a small public relations agency. In all honesty, I didn’t know much about the company. I knew I needed an internship and I really didn’t care who it was with or what I did. Throughout the internship, there were days I sat at my desk wondering, “Am I the problem?” Below are lessons I learned […]
After interning at an 80-employee office of Weber Shandwick and now working as an account coordinator at small agency Nyhus Communications, people have asked me what the differences are between careers in small and large agency work. I spoke in April on this topic during the “Day in the Life of a PR Professional” of Puget Sound PRSA‘s Jumpstart event. […]
Nearly 150 students attended Boston University’s Regional Activity, “PR Advanced: Be the Change,” and inspired themselves to be the change in the public relations field. Attendees heard from amazing speakers at companies such as IBM and MTV, and agencies such as APCO Worldwide and Burson-Marsteller. First Keynote — Jon Iwata, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at IBM The […]
