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Case Study No. 2961: Nationwide Tour

August 25th, 1997 by

Company Finds The Right Chemistry In High School Road Tour It’s rare that a chemical manufacturer garners glowing media coverage — especially for a company that has been historically linked to unpopular causes and even… Continued

Media Insight: The Dallas Morning News

August 25th, 1997 by

P.O. Box 655237 Dallas, TX 75265-5237; Ph.: 214/977-8456 Editor’s Note: The paper’s circulation (531,039 daily and 801,880 on Sunday) is reason enough to want to get on these journalists’ good sides but there’s another reason:… Continued

From the PR NEWS Files

August 25th, 1997 by

In a promotion for Firstar by Laughlin/Constable, editors and reporters were given a free lunch when 150 $10 press kits stocked with cookies, gourmet chips, packaged soup and dried cherries were overnighted for $5-$10 several… Continued

News: Industry Wrap-Up

August 25th, 1997 by

Online Reputation Management Selz/Seabolt Launches Site Looking at Risks and Rewards Selz/Seabolt Communications, Chicago, has launched a site, http://www.reputation-mgmt.com, that’s devoted to the analysis of reputation management from a risks and rewards vantage point. Case… Continued

The News Monitor

August 21st, 1997 by

Medicaid Programs HealthCare Program To Insure The District’s Uninsured Children Washington D.C.’s 18,000 uninsured children are the focus of an expansion coverage program recently launched by Capital Community Health Plan (CCHP) and United HealthCare Corp.… Continued

Managed Care Snapshots

August 21st, 1997 by

A California legislation proposal snaking its way through state legislation could cost the state $11 billion a year and eliminate 240,000 jobs, according to a new study by Spectrum Economics (Sacramento, Calif.) that involved 11… Continued

Turning Hospital Staffers Into Focus Group Moderators

August 21st, 1997 by

Getting hospital communicators to "listen" for strategic marketing ideas can be somewhat unsettling for a group so accustomed to "talking" and directing the process, according to Nancy Wilson, regional administrative director of marketing and communications… Continued

Task Force Raises Awareness of Childhood Depression at $0 Budget

August 21st, 1997 by

Disturbed by her limited knowledge of childhood depression, a condition that affects six million children, Susan Dubuque, whose son is clinically depressed, pooled the expertise of her fellow healthcare PR/marketing contacts and started what she… Continued

Why The Web?

August 21st, 1997 by

The Web can be an exciting new medium for charitable causes as long as the goals are "realistic", according to Jeff Hallett, chairman of NMP, Inc. who has launched a few online fundraising campaigns. Among… Continued

Online Fundraising Efforts Have New Donor Potential

August 21st, 1997 by

For Web-savvy hospital marketing departments, online fundraising holds extraordinary potential for new donors. Admittedly, many of the kinks of doing business online need to be worked out, especially where consumer comfort levels and security issues… Continued