Archive for October, 2009

Why a PR Commission’s recent vote has Katie Paine doing backflips.

Starting with a coach’s kindness, Curing Kids’ Cancer gains a burgeoning presence on Facebook and Twitter.

You can woo wary administrators with these approaches.

How to manage the arduous approval process.

Condensing your pitch, showing common courtesy, and finding the right avenue can all help.

MyRaganites divulge their planned transmogrifications for Allhallows Eve.

Many failings arise from misguided or half-hearted efforts to participate.

If your young charges are just stuffing envelopes and making coffee, you’re missing out.

A review of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience, by Carmine Gallo.

The Wharton business school’s interactive site offers free podcasts, videos and social networking — and brings in revenue.

Think of it as Jeopardy for PR people. Beginning this Friday at 1 p.m. (CT), Ragan CEO Mark Ragan will pose a question to his Twitter followers involving books, grammar, social media, movies — well, just about anything. The first follower to answer correctly will win a $1,300 registration to our hugely popular Best Practices Conference at Microsoft’s world headquarters on November 16 – 18. If you can’t make that event, it doesn’t matter. Your prize is like cash and will apply to any other Ragan w

Gain and retain readers through focused writing and a captivating presentation.

How much traction is too much for a social media persona?