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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

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I’ve been working virtually, at least in part, since 2006. While I didn’t intend for it to be an inadvertent lesson in “how to do a virtual event,” a Facebook Live Q&A I hosted a couple of weeks ago was, apparently, just that. Roben Farzad 🎙️ (@robenfarzad) April 8, 2020. Less is more.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

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Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left. Facebook had a mere 20 million registered users. To the Army, engagements often mean meeting with people in the community. If we engage the community, build trust, and demonstrate they have a vested interest in the outcome, we might tip the scale of favor.

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3 Things Puppies and Kittens Taught Me About Becoming Influential

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But as we started coming into the modern age of communication and fundraising, it found itself at more and more of a disadvantage vis-à-vis other national animal welfare organizations, as well as local/regional ones (because most people have no idea that their local SPCA is not officially affiliated with the A). Puppies ftw!

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Veterans Day: A Granddaughter Remembers

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Sticky PR Measurement: Are We There Yet?

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McCormick also serves on the board of directors for Plank Center for Public Relations Leadership at the University of Alabama and the University of Florida Department of Public Relations Advisory Council; served as the president of the PRSA Foundation in 2006 and 2007, and has been a co-chair of the Champions for PRSSA since 2005.

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