Articles on PR for People

Clover Frederick: Marketer on a Mission

Is your charity making a profit? If so, you should be proud, but you might have mixed feelings. Charities often are called "nonprofits," so it does seem like a conflict. But charitable profit has a purpose. Clover Frederick, independent marketing professional specializing in nonprofits, would like to change the world's opinion of nonprofit profit.

                  "We would never begrudge a company's purchasing advertising to...


On the Towne

Last Spring, we covered a story about the Queen Anne Helpline, a Seattle-based non-profit organization serving people-in-need in the neighborhoods that are experiencing unprecedented job growth from the growing influx of Millennial technology workers. The demands for housing exceed the supply and the prices of apartments and residential homes in many Seattle neighborhoods continue to be hyper inflated.  According to a recent article in the Seattle Times, Real Estate Developers are expected to add 11,000 more units in 2016 and even more in 2017.  The operative spin is with so many more units coming onto the market, then eventually the demand for housing will be met and the prices will become more affordable for working and middle class renters. However, in the interim, the Seattle boom continues unabated and unfazed by the displacement of the elderly, families and individuals, who are being shoved out and thrust into a crisis situation.


Tim Harris: Really Changing the World

On any given day in the central business and shopping districts in cities across America, often older men and women are hawking local newspapers on the street, eking out a living selling them to passers-by, one at a time.

                  These vendors are selling what are known as “street newspapers.” They are part and parcel of a movement begun nearly 30 years ago, empowering homeless people by raising their visibility, while...


Distinguished Veteran Directs Home Base Program

A retired general joins the Boston Red Sox, Massachusetts General Hospital and area sponsors to aid post-9/11 veterans


Her Life is Worth at Least $12,000 a Month

Ann Foster’s husband John is a heart patient, with many medications of his own that must be paid for each month.


Talman Welle performing Saturday March 26

Talman Welle will be performing at on March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Steinway Gallery in Downtown Seattle. On the program will be "Carnaval," by Franz Schumann, op. 9. Talman said with most programs, he would warm up with gentler works. "[With] The 'Schumann Carnaval,' you just have to come out and be ready with all of that energy.” He will also be playing a set of contemporary pieces by British composer Cyril Scott, including a...


Tourist Photography!

I have written before about how tourists are different from professional photographers who can visit a location for a week or a month or more just to get a specific image that they are after. Casual tourists don't have that luxury. They are in and out of a place quickly. So, how can the ordinary tourist come back with some spectacular images? One answer is to "look for the light." Since light is the most important element in almost every...


When Looking Good Becomes a Tragic Obsession

 

A beautiful 28-year-old Eurasian woman, LISA (not her real name), came to me to have eyelid surgery.  This was not at all an uncommon request. In the last ten years, there has been an increase of 58% of cosmetic surgeries performed on Asians.   Lisa was half Asian and she was requesting a preference to have more Caucasian looking eyes. I performed the eyelid surgery for Lisa. She was very happy with the results. Only it...


Color, Mood and Mental health

     Who is crazy and who is not? Will this discussion ever end? Is it a fine line or a thin filter between who is balanced and who is off kilter? It has been said that mental health is a “non-sexy”—topic. Not true, it just may be the “sexiest of all!” The use of color as non-invasive, holistic therapy dates back thousands of years to the ancient texts from India, China and Egypt.

     In nature, in animals and in plants, color...


Digital Strategy in Medicine and Health

 

Digital Strategy in health and medicine comes in many forms.  Pharmaceutical companies use digital strategies to increase sales and marketing.  Big data offer analyses in drug research and development, as well as data sharing and the ability to compare large-scale studies across various environments.  Medical devices using sophisticated software are now the norm in hospitals and medical centers and clinics. 

On the...