Search Results for: john roderick&o=recent

In November 2003 quasi-governmental mortgage lender Freddie Mac announced a $5 billion accounting restatement. That's more than an oops. It cost the organization three CEOs in less than 12 months, as one executive after another… Continued

When he started his own PR firm in 1954, Howard J. Rubenstein's first office was on his mother's kitchen table in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. But she refused to answer the phone, "Rubenstein Associates." So he went… Continued

Alan Taylor Communications - A changing of the guard. The company recently announced a new management team to oversee the day-to-day operation of the lifestyle/sports public relations firm. Alan Taylor and Howard Dolgon will continue… Continued

t's a typical lament among medical specialists operating in the thorny world of American healthcare: The Louisiana Physical Therapy Association (LPTA) wanted "direct access" - that is, the right of patients to see physical therapists… Continued

While the methods are up and down the line, measurement, measurement, measurement is fast becoming to the PR industry what location, location, location is to real estate. And measurement for events is no exception, says… Continued

John Deveney, ABC, APR, founder of New Orleans-based Deveney Communications, practically needed a gurney to help him carry his (multiple) Gold Quill Awards from the stage at the IABC's annual conference in L.A. last week.… Continued

During the IABC International Conference last week in Los Angeles, keynote speaker John Ryan, president-CEO of Farm Credit Canada, started off his comments with a simple yes- or-no question. Considering the overwhelming show of hands… Continued

Cadbury Schweppes Americas -- How refreshing. Charles Alfaro (ex-Hoffman-La Roche Inc) has been appointed to the newly created position of VP/corporate communications for the Cadbury Schweppes confectionary and beverage businesses in the Americas. In addition… Continued

This year's "15 to Watch" winners epitomize the memorable words of advice you may have been fed (though not all heeded) as you ventured into the rough-and-tumble world of PR: aim high; don't let the… Continued

After the Exxon Valdez spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in 1989, Alan Hilburg, who was then running his own reputation management firm, got a call from an Exxon… Continued