Events

Last night, I attended one of our agency’s favorite events – the Publicity Club of Chicago’s Golden Trumpet Awards dinner, held at the historic Palmer House Hilton. I enjoyed connecting with our industry peers and hearing a great speech from keynote speaker and Lifetime Achievement Award winner, David Axelrod.  And of course, it’s always great to celebrate award-winning client work,

Last week I attended the Public Relations Global Network(PRGN) conference in Dallas, hosted by our partner firm there, Three Box Strategic Communications. It was a great meeting of smart professionals and I thoroughly enjoyed the time networking, learning and sharing ideas with leaders from PR firms around the world. Nearly 40 agencies were represented, and the perspective on communications, media

After 25+ years in the PR biz, I consider myself a trade show veteran. Between the International Builders Show, Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, National Hardware Show, NeoCon, DeckExpo SURFACES, and countless International Home Furnishings Markets, I’ve walked enough shows to max out any step tracker. Just this week, I attended my umpteenth International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago

Daylight saving time is upon us, and we are all suffering from that lost hour after “springing forward” last night. Daylight saving time is big news, typically garnering stories on reminders to adjust your clocks, the history of the bi-annual activity and how best to prep your internal clock for the time shift.  For the past few years, the American