Articles on PR for People

Riding the Rails in Jonesborough

Patricia Vaccarino

May 01, 2019

Libraries We Love –

The key to understanding people and the world around us begins with education. One way to learn about the world is by developing a love of books. Each month, we profile a library. Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic; do you have a library that you love? Tell us about it. This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Washington County/Jonesborough Public Library in northeastern Tennessee.

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Arts & Culture

From privilege to the poor house – one woman’s story

Barbara McMichael

April 29, 2019

In a tale of riches-to-rags, Barbara Lloyd McMichael gives us a snapshot of the photographer Alice Austen, who once lived on Staten Island. Today her former home, The Alice Austen House, is a national historic landmark, and a significant site for LGBTQ history.

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Small Business

T-Shirts for Change

Erasmus

April 29, 2019

Nicole Jowett has created a multi-faceted new model for giving back. Her T-Shirts for Change is a profit for purpose T-Shirt and apparel brand that supports the causes you care about. 50% of proceeds from every t-shirt sold are donated to the associated charity cause. She tells us more.

Please introduce yourself.

My name is Nicole Jowett, I live in Johannesburg and I’m the founder of T-Shirts for...

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Health

Advocates of Routt County

Edith Lynn Beer

April 17, 2019

Advocates of Routt County in Colorado is a help those who have been victims of domestic violence and also working to prevent abuse.

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World Views

The Connector April 2019

Patricia Vaccarino

April 17, 2019

Without money as a cushion, one’s true character can be tested. In this issue of The Connector, we have a tale that is a distinct swap from the usual rags-to-riches type of story. In a tale of riches-to-rags, Barbara Lloyd McMichael gives us a snapshot of the photographer Alice Austen, who once lived on Staten Island. Today her former home, The Alice Austen House, is a national historic landmark, and a significant site for LGBTQ history.

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Startups

Startup Success: Why You Need SMART Objectives

Ron Flavin

April 08, 2019

Startup success means getting your new business to where you want be in terms of factors such as product, market share, profitability, team and others. But as a founder, how will you know that you’ve arrived if you haven’t defined the metrics that equate to “startup success” for you.

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Business

Boeing 737MAX Issues Illuminate the Costs of Ill-Considered Risk

Annie Searle

April 08, 2019

How we got to this point, with Boeing 737MAX airplanes grounded all around the world, has been written about extensively. Here I should like to analyze the situation using an operational risk lens to look at the types of risk at this point in what is still a very dynamic situation.

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People

Creating Your Own Magic

Erasmus

April 03, 2019

For Love or Money? Emerging talent, under 30, are making their own way. One talent, Micaela Scholtz, talks about love, money and about her new magazine Vrouw .