Archive: September 1999

Senior Account Executive Top 10 agency in metro-DC seeks Senior Account Executive. Must have 2-4 years agency experience, including news release/brochure writing, media pitching and event planning. Dynamic, fast-paced office. Ability to advance quickly. Excellent… Continued

More than a third of the world’s corporate executives are unfamiliar with the term "stakeholder," according to a survey spanning 26 countries. The research, conducted by Indianapolis-based Walker Information Global Network, gauged the degree to… Continued

Leadership/management coaching is becoming standard fare in employee professional development programs, according Lee Hecht Harrison, an international outplacement and career services firm. In a recent study of 488 HR professionals, the firm found that nine… Continued

PRSA and IABC are joining forces to produce an extensive compensation study for the year 2000. Both organizations have previously churned out separate benchmarking reports every two to three years. To broaden the perspective, the… Continued

Dick Clark and his cohorts may be saving their champagne for the new millennium, but in PR land, the party is already raging. Salaries for communications executives are skyrocketing by margins as hefty as 10… Continued

Sept. 21 Women Executives in PR Fall Networking Party, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, 212/750-7373 Sept. 21-23 The Fourth Annual Strategic Public Relations Conference, Ragan Communications, Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, 800/878-5331, [email protected], http://www.ragan.com.… Continued

Hospital campaigns designed to promote preventive care often target women, adults and certain ethnic groups. Rarely, however, do hospitals consider advertising to tomorrow’s decision-makers. Last April, a teen-focused campaign launched by the Medical College of… Continued

A survey of Web sites for the nation’s Top 20 PR and Top 20 investor relations firms’ concludes that most sites function as little more than online capability brochures and offer little value to existing… Continued

The Industry Standard 315 Pacific Ave. San Francisco, CA 94111 Lately, "e" is the hottest letter in the alphabet, equaling dollar signs in the minds of businesses and eager entrepreneurs. The Industry Standard, launched in… Continued

Don W. Stacks, professor and director of University of Miami’s Program in Advertising & Public Relations, has been named winner of the 1999 Pathfinder Award by the Institute for Public Relations. The award recognizes scholarly… Continued