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On Youth, Age, and Community Service

Waxing UnLyrical

“Tell Me More” was on, and I caught part of the conversation on President Obama’s proposal to regulate home health care workers. people will be participating in community service in Dr. King’s memory. Image: mikebaird via Flickr, CC 2.0. On Youth, Age, and Community Service. Today in the U.S.,

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Surveys: Essential to the PR Pro’s Toolbox

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These require that I: turn in an application and research proposal to the University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), wait two to three weeks (our IRB is über-efficient; other institutions don’t get back to you for months), and. Image: PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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The Client Covenant

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: unsure shot via Flickr, CC 2.0. I don’t care if the client’s budget is _, my proposed plan and budget will be twice that. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. If we’re really being honest. Student lessons. That’s crazy!”.

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Three Tips on Hiring a PR Firm

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: janetmck via Flickr, C C 2.0. Ryan also asked: Are there any questions that they should ask in the proposal/pitching process that will be able to truly find the right agency? area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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Preventing Social Media Spam

The Marketing Blog

53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium ! Home About In the Media Enterprise 2.0 Conversations Facebook will surge ahead in India February 4, 2010.8:53

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Streak: Possibly the Best CRM System for Small Business

Waxing UnLyrical

And when it comes to those of us who are business owners as well… well, we have to know how to manage relationships with not just the media, bloggers and our community, we also have to keep track of our business relationships. magnum via Flickr, CC 2.0. Which makes a good CRM system for small business a necessity.

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Being Thankful For What Is Not

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? The picky client you didn’t get, even though you killed yourself over the proposal (all five iterations of it)? I mean, who asks you to re-submit a proposal over and over again?! These fine folk did: Jan.

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