Agencies

One day, when I led an in-house agency for The Charlotte Observer, the publisher decided the newspaper needed a new slogan.

This month’s Bloomberg article confirmed what agency leaders feared: if we aren’t more flexible about remote working policies, we’ll lose employees.

I’ve lived that Jefferson quote since I was a teenager.

My dad wanted me to be a lawyer or doctor.

The Institute for Public Relations partnered with Ragan Communications to study the relationship between clients and agencies.

Filled out your agency bracket yet? As agency leaders, we confront dozens of teams vying for our attention – finance, legal, HR, accounting, media, landlords, banks, PPP forgiveness, industry panels, Zoom calls, new hires, client departures, RFPs, etc.

As we hit the anniversary of COVID-19 and celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s important to reflect how the pandemic has affected progress for women.

March 16 marks one year to the day since my home, the San Francisco Bay Area, became the first to lock down for the coronavirus pandemic.

After the Great Recession, a major real estate developer/client likened the fledgling recovery to exiting a foxhole in war: smoke clearing, soldiers moving as he grabbed arms, asking, “Did you make it?” His conclusion: “Survival is the New Success.

Activist Marcus Garvey said that people without the knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots.