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, 2010Bannon Communications Featured by Vital Speeches of the Day
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Special thanks to Vital Speeches of the Day, which is currently featuring my article about improving state-of-the-village speeches on its home page. Click here to read the article on the Vital Speeches Web site.
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: […]
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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