Last week, I was in Cape Town, South Africa, for the twice-a-year meeting of the Public Relations Global Network, an association of 45 independently owned and operated PR firms from around the world. I was asked to facilitate a workshop…
Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting the first gathering of the newly formed Young Professionals Group of the Philadelphia Chapter of PRSA. It was billed as an informal exchange where I would share some of my best tips…
We run a robust internship program here at Buchanan PR and take a deeply personal interest in helping our interns transition into fulltime employment in the Real World. One of our fall interns recently left us to accept a fulltime…
One of the many benefits of being a part of a global consortium of independent public relations agencies – the Public Relations Global Network – is the ability to get a first-hand impression of major news events in other parts…
With the media world hyper-focused on the phone-hacking media scandals in the United Kingdom, we were interested in getting an inside perspective. Sara Pearson, a former journalist, is now a London-based partner at Spider PR, the UK affiliate for the…
Those who know me know that one of the things I’m passionate about is helping young people get their careers started – a daunting goal these days. I’ve written and spoken a lot about job-hunting and networking, and I’ll continue…
Our recent blog post – Why You Will Never Get Hired At Our PR Firm, a lament on the lack of gratitude expressed by many in the job market – spawned a host of thoughtful replies from both employers and…
We had an experience today at our agency that has left us shaking our heads. Actually, what we experienced was what Yogi Berra famously referred to as déjà vu all over again. The upshot is that a (probably unsuspecting…make that…
Job hunters have long known that connections can be key. It’s often said it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Increasingly, however, people are making those professional connections through social media – with people they’ve never met in…
Last night, I participated in the HAPPO (Help a PR Pro Out) live-tweet event on Twitter. This one was especially geared toward college students and recent grads trying to break into the world of PR. Throughout the evening, I repeatedly…