Last week, I turned in my copy for a cover story I’d been asked to write for the summer edition of Chamber Executive magazine about how regions promote themselves for economic development, talent attraction and tourism. On one level, it’s a story about branding. At another level, it’s a story about public policy, human interests […]
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Finding Inspiration in the Passion of Regional Stewards
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Breaking My Silence Before Tiger Breaks His — Mr. Woods, the Media and Today’s Non-Press Conference
Friday, February 19th, 2010So, I’d originally planned to not say much publicly about the Tiger Woods story, but the tone of the coverage since word broke that he’d be speaking today has moved me to comment on Tiger’s troubles, the media and what I hope we hear during his remarks this morning. When the news of Tiger’s infidelity […]
Rankings, Rankings Everywhere …
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Langley Group CEO Mike Langley recently wrote an article about rankings for Chamber Executive magazine, the official publication of The American Chamber of Commerce Executives. I worked with Mike at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development for three years, and I was proud when he called to interview me about the value of rankings in […]
Reinventing a Region: What Detroit Can Learn From Pittsburgh
Sunday, February 7th, 2010I came across this question on LinkedIn last night, and I wanted to respond because I’ve got some relatively unique and successful experience in this particular area of public relations. From time to time I’ll share my answers to these sorts of questions here on the Bannon Communications blog, and I invite your feedback. Question: […]
Bannon Communications Featured on Ragan.com
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Special thanks to Ragan Communications, which is currently featuring my article about pitching the media on its home page. Click here to read the article on the PR Daily Web site.
Toyota’s Mistakes Demonstrate Importance of Crisis Communications Planning
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Could it get much worse for the folks at Toyota? I guess it can always get worse. I mean, their spouses could all begin cheating on them with the folks from Kia. Or their teenage daughters could all run off with that guy you know will never really become a rock star. Frankly, I’m hoping […]
Bannon Communications Featured by PR Daily
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Special thanks to PR Daily, which is currently featuring my article about pitching the media on its home page. Click here to read the article on the PR Daily Web site.
Pitch Perfect — Improving Your Chances of Earning Positive Media Coverage
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010For the better part of four years, I had the good fortune to work as a producer on “Our Region’s Business,” a terrific regional affairs program that airs on NBC affiliate stations in four states just before “Meet the Press” every Sunday morning. It was a great experience for a lot of reasons, not the […]
Answering Your Questions — Communicating After a Workplace Tragedy
Friday, January 15th, 2010From time to time I’ll use this space to answer readers’ questions about the practice of Public Relations. Here’s a great question and some advice you can use if you find your organization in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. Q: I’m looking to find out what the dos and don’ts would be in dealing […]
Pittsburgh’s G-20 experience offers lessons for future hosts
Friday, October 9th, 2009As communications manager for the Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership, I spent the summer telling reporters around the world about the lessons of Pittsburgh’s 30-year transformation. And today — as we reflect upon the success of our efforts to leverage the international spotlight and to host the Pittsburgh Summit without widespread destruction — our region has even […]
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