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Posts Tagged ‘Solomon McCown & Company’

Top 10 PR Crises of 2012 via Solomon McCown

In this video exclusive, crisis communications expert and Solomon McCown & Company president Ashley McCown reviews her top 10 PR crises of 2012. Her top cases range from athletes on trial to deep-fried chickens for traditional marriage. Do we agree? Disagree?

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Research: U.S. Adults Feeling Recession’s Impact, But Optimistic About the American Dream

PR firm Solomon McCown & Company and Anderson Robbins Research partnered to poll 1,009 U.S. adults about their values and outlook on life, finding that the country has developed “A New Normal.”

According to the survey, 74 percent of Americans feel they have achieved the American Dream, but that realization takes a better work-life balance and overall happiness into greater account.

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Podcast: Solomon McCown & Co CEO Travels to Israel on a ‘Mission’ With M.A. Gov. Deval Patrick

Gov. Deval Patrick with Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Recently, Helene Solomon, CEO of Boston-based PR firm Solomon McCown & Company, joined Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and a group of state business leaders on a trip to Israel, part of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy Partnership Mission 2011. The goal of the mission, which also went to the U.K., was to discuss the opportunities for businesses between Massachusetts and these two countries in areas like technology and life sciences.

Now back from her trip, we spoke with Solomon about what she experienced and areas where the PR industry might be interested in working with Israeli businesses. Click here (MP3 link) for the whole podcast. After the jump, we got a little extra info from Solomon after the recording stopped and there are a few more pics from her trip.

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Midterm Election Lessons for the PR Industry, from the Industry

Following the results of the midterm election on Tuesday, politicians on both sides came away with their ideas (good and/or bad) about what’s important to voters and how they should govern moving forward.

One of the lessons highlighted during President Obama‘s press conference on Wednesday was the need to better communicate. We asked communicators in the public affairs arena what they thought the big takeaways from the election were for the PR industry. Their thoughts after the jump.

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