Are You a Good Business Partner?

Are you a good partner? In business we like to talk about “partnerships” and “building relationships,” but what does that mean? What it means to be a good partner may be different for me than to you. In my mind, being a good partner in business is no different than being a good partner to a spouse or friend.

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Tags: Communications, crisis communication, Good Business, media, media relations, partner, partnerships, storyteller, Video Services

Social Media Conversation: More of You, Less of Me

The phrase “less of me, more of you” has some “faith” relevance and it also has tremendous relevance in our relationships with other people especially in social media. When you’re online in the social media portal of choice, how much time are you spending “talking” rather than “listening?” How often do you try to help others rather than try to attract more attention to yourself?

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Tags: Communications, crisis communication, fundraising videos, media, online, Social, storyteller

When Talking is Better Than Texting

One of the longest running and biggest challenges of emails and text messages is inflection and expression. Sure, you can write in ALL CAPS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE A POINT and you can smile or wink;), but so much is still lost in translation. Then there are those who hide behind e-mail in communication. You know the people who do it, in fact, maybe you even do it. But why?

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Tags: Blog, Communications, fundraising videos, Good Business, media, online, public, relations, Social, storyteller, talk, text, YouTube

Video Production, a New Tool for Digital PR

Working in a small public relations agency, I fully expected that I would be asked to wear many hats - help out where I’m needed, even if the task doesn’t exactly fall within my job description of Public Relations Strategist. This often involves stepping a little bit outside one’s comfort zone in the name of pitching in and being a team player.

While the thought of being asked to do an unfamiliar task is a little daunting, this is an aspect I have always enjoyed about working in a small agency environment; the chance to see how the office operates at all levels, in all departments while also having the opportunity to push myself and learn new things.

These last few weeks have been especially challenging, in a good way, as I’ve gotten to wear the hat of “video producer.” Now when I say “video producer” I am by no means referring to the fantastic gala and company videos that our video production team is capable of, I simply mean I’m the person behind the camera.

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Tags: comfort zone, Flip camera, fundraising videos, PR agency, strategist, YouTube