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INSURANCE IPO BRINGS WALL STREET TO PORTLAND

November 29th, 1999 by

Launching an IPO without employee commitment is akin to smashing champagne bottles on the helm of a ship without a crew. So when Standard Insurance Co. (now StanCorp Financial Group), one of Oregon’s oldest private… Continued

CUT THE CHIT-CHAT: ADVICE ON HANDLING CHAT ROOMS ABOUT YOU

November 29th, 1999 by

While PR professionals recognize the growing importance of the Internet as a valuable medium, attendees at the Nov. 16 PR NEWS and Delahaye Medialink "Best Practices in PR Measurement" seminar in Washington, D.C., said worrying… Continued

MEDIA INSIGHT

November 29th, 1999 by

AsianAvenue.com AsianAvenue.com 494 Broadway, 4 th Floor New York, NY 10012 Content developers for this site targeting Asian Americans want to report news and information that affects this community, especially if it sparks debate among… Continued

TRAVEL NOTEBOOK

November 29th, 1999 by

PR NEWS is pleased to introduce the first of several reports on communication trends in Asia, courtesy of veteran PR counselor and roving reporter Ray Josephs, who recently returned from a trip to the East.… Continued

WORDS TO THE WISE: AVOID SPOKESPERSON ‘FOOT IN MOUTH’ SYNDROME

November 29th, 1999 by

Are you inadvertently chomping on your own foot when you talk to reporters? Media mentor/trainer Steve Bennett offered some words of advice in a recent online edition of Entrepreneurial Edge Direct. The article, titled "Oh,… Continued

ON THE RADAR SCREEN

November 29th, 1999 by

The year 1984 passed us by and we breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that Orwell was wrong about a few things. Let’s hope a prediction that recently appeared in the World Future Society’s magazine,… Continued

WHERE POLITICS AND SCHOLARS MEET

November 29th, 1999 by

Socrates would be proud. Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication will launch its new Center for Media and Public Affairs on Jan. 1. The center seeks to elevate the quality of public discourse… Continued

THE BIG PICTURE: COMPENSATION ON A GLOBAL SCALE

November 29th, 1999 by

IABC’s plans to publish a comprehensive compensation study remain on track (PRN Sept. 13), but some new partners have come on board. Participating associations now include: Council of Communication Management; Arthur Page Society; European Confederation… Continued

CaseStudy

November 25th, 1999 by

Agency Reinvents Itself with Partnership-focused Employee Retention If you were an animal what would you be? CEO Roger Fischer of Fischer & Partners (F&P) in Marina del Ray, Calif., is an elephant whose core value… Continued

Pay-for-Performance Trends Dominate Compensation/Incentive Strategies

November 25th, 1999 by

At first glance, the compensation picture for provider-based PR and marketing executives seems bleak. On average, base salaries have remained relatively flat, according to William M. Mercer’s 1999 Integrated Health Networks Compensation Survey. This year,… Continued