Archive: July 1999

M&A Activity Expected to Rise Better brush up on your M&A communications skills. More than 60 percent of senior executives polled by The Conference Board expect the number of M&As in their own firms to… Continued

E-List Provides Aid To E-mail Marketers SRDS has a system, E-List, that allows subscribers to cull a detailed list of well-targeted and receptive customers on a wide range of topics. The service contains listings of… Continued

Multiple faxes, phone calls on deadline and outright sales pitches are a few pet peeves journalists share in their contact with PR professionals. And unfortunately, too many in media relations are committing those offenses daily.… Continued

The Envelope, Please PR firm Campbell & Co. snagged this year’s Thoth Award from the PRSA National Capital Chapter. The award, named for the Egyptian God of communications, went to the Alexandria, Va.-based firm for… Continued

One Company Listens and Its Customers Respond… If I were King of the World (assuming, of course, that James Cameron would give up the title), I’d decree that any corporate spokesperson would have to pass… Continued

Jack Looks Inside the Box To Boost Employee Morale Inspiring employees is never easy. And keeping them inspired is even more of a Herculean effort. There’s certainly no secret recipe to this challenge, but Foodmaker… Continued

July 13-15 Crisis Communications Certification Course, Institute for Crisis Management, Louisville, KY, 502/584-0402 July 14-16 "Coronado’s Quest: Discovering Gold in Public Relations and Marketing," Florida Society for Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Disney’s Coronado Springs… Continued

Alternatives 32 E. 37th Street New York, NY 10016 http://www.drbenedikt.com/radio.html Dr. Howard Benedikt, a specialist in chiropractic and nutritional therapy, airs his radio show, "Alternatives," twice a week on WEVD 1050 AM in New York… Continued

More than 1,400 communications executives converged on Washington for the conference, nearly besting the attendance record set at the Toronto conference four years ago. New media communications consultant and long-time IABC supporter Shel Holtz won… Continued

Several years after Pepsi successfully weathered its syringe crisis, rival Coca-Cola has run into its own consumer quandary. The reports of contaminated product in Belgium have caused near panic in the country, which already was… Continued