We’re one month into 2019 and your PR plans and strategic goals for the year are ready to rock and roll, but are you incorporating the anticipated industry trends into your planning? At the end of 2018, it seemed like every PR professional made their predictions on the year to come (we even made our… Continue Reading We Combed Through The Top 2019 PR Predictions So You Don’t Have To

QUICK PR READS YOU CAN TACKLE BETWEEN BITES Happy Tuesday, Lunch Breakers! We’re bundling up in advance of Tuesday’s arctic blast in D.C. and Baltimore. On the plus side, we only have to endure several more days of sizzling hot takes before Super Bowl LIII. In this week’s edition, we take a look at what… Continue Reading Super Bowl Ad Success, Top PR Stunts, Marie Kondo For Communicators And More

What is the biggest difference between NBS Communications and Stanton Communications? It is hard to identify any striking distinctions in terms of daily work or the institutional culture. Both NBS and Stanton are very open, agile and professional organizations. NBS Communications’ Patryk Slodzinski visited the Stanton team this week on a professional exchange program with… Continue Reading How Different is PR in Poland and the U.S.?

Happy Tuesday, Lunch Breakers! As we get back into the groove of 2019, we are staying tuned to what’s happening in our industry – and it’s a lot. In this week’s edition we’re talking networking through Instagram, the Gillette debate, brand support during the government shutdown and some unsuspected Netflix competition. Women Network Through Instagram… Continue Reading Instagram Networking, Gillette, Netflix Competition and More

New Year, New Newsroom As we settle into 2019, media industry trends and predictions are afoot. The rise of voice-activated technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and resurgence of audio have presented many opportunities. At the same time, the industry battles “fake news” and falling credibility, altering the media landscape in 2018 and influenced trajectories for 2019.… Continue Reading 2019 Journalism and Digital Media Predictions

QUICK PR READS YOU CAN TACKLE BETWEEN BITES Happy Tuesday, Lunch Breakers! Here in the Baltimore office, we’re still getting over the Ravens’ bittersweet end to the first playoff game since 2014. In this week’s edition, we take a look at a Golden Globes PR stunt, Apple’s strategic dig at its competitors and the first… Continue Reading Fiji Water’s Golden Globes Stunt, Apple’s CES Troll, Netflix’s #BirdBoxChallenge warning and more

By Lori Russo and Peter Stanton During the holidays, many people asked us what it is like working in Washington these days with all the hostility and acrimony.  Our first impulse was to lament the current climate. While it is tempting to moan about this party and that politician and the issues of the day,… Continue Reading Guiding Principles for the New Year