I love public speaking. There’s something exciting about sharing your knowledge and stories with a room full of people, connecting with them, making them laugh, answering questions. For communication professionals, especially for us agency folks, speaking engagements are an amazing opportunity to reach a large audience and showcase our work and capabilities. I find annual …
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Work Family: Building Relationships That Last
In honor of October being National Work and Family month, I thought it would be appropriate to address the idea of a work family. Most of us spend more time at work every week than we do with our loved ones. For better or worse your co-workers are your work family and like every relationship, …
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
The following post was written by Julia Darrenkamp, Kidd Group PR intern. Everyone knows the old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” At some point (or points) in our lives this becomes something of an inspiration. As an intern at Kidd Group, I am now at such a point. Rewind to …
Facebook Confessionals: TMI
Don’t get me wrong…I love Facebook as much as the next person. My problem isn’t with Facebook, it’s with the people and their affinity for oversharing. I won’t name any names, but there are certain users who go a bit crazy in the status update department. I feel like some of the posts are reminiscent …
Pay It Forward
As I’m gearing up for a business trip out of town, I just said goodbye to the last of my summer interns. As she thanked me for the opportunity to work with me and build her portfolio, I started thinking about the important role we play as mentors to our interns. I honestly can say …
Hayward out…too little, too late?
It’s been 99 days since the explosion of Deepwater Horizon. Today, BP confirmed that Tony Hayward will step down as CEO on October 1, to be replaced by managing director Robert Dudley. The oil spill catastrophe has severely impacted marine life and wildlife, put fishermen in the Gulf out of work and has caused turmoil …