The entire staff at Widmeyer Communications has been touched by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Please join us in supporting one of these organizations by making a donation:
•The American Red Cross is flooded with phone calls and as of January 14th cash donations have topped $3 million. They expect to provide immediate needs for food, [...]
Widmeyer Communications, a leading public affairs and public policy communications firm, with PreK-12 education practices in Washington, DC and New York, today announced that Daniel Kaufman will lead its Washington-based PreK-12 education practice. With more than 15 years of strategic communications experience, Kaufman will focus his efforts at Widmeyer on supporting the work of top-tier [...]
The Chronicle just featured two stories on polling in higher education — one focused on “advances” in methodology http://bit.ly/diXJp, and the other on surveys for institutional research http://bit.ly/1TYNfs.
We’ve been conducting qualitative and quantitative research for colleges, universities, and higher ed organizations for years. And one thing we keep seeing: inside institutions, there’s a big [...]
Ben Finzel has been named to lead the Public Affairs practice at Widmeyer Communications where he will hold the title of Senior Vice President. With nearly 20 years of communications and public affairs experience, Finzel brings depth in public policy including energy, environmental, transportation and sustainability issues to the firm.
I’m always on the lookout for the latest, freshest opinion data on topic areas of interest to me, and to our clients. But a word to the wise: always look at multiple sources whenever possible.
I suffered the indignity of having my phone swiped on a recent trip back from New York. Being a man of opportunity this seemed like a perfect reason to take the upgrade path and get myself a Palm Pre, the phone of the moment.
On Saturday, July 11, Western Governors University graduated its largest class to-date, with 514 undergraduate and 377 graduate degrees awarded. Remote students were able to participate in the ceremony online—via live streaming video. The graduation was featured on KSL-TV, an NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City where the event occurred. Amid nationwide reports of climbing college costs, degree program reductions, and enrollment caps, Western Governors University continues to buck the trend.
Widmeyer Communications recently announced the addition of Health and Wellness Account Manager Amy Leahing and the promotion of Kyle Gunnels to Account Executive within the Pre-K-12 NY education practice.
Widmeyer Communications is at the forefront of education transformation and has tackled communication challenges in Pre-K-20 related to education pipeline, partnership building, youth marketing, increasing visibility, promoting new policies, updating digital strategies and strengthening brands.
“You absolutely have to be aware of power users who put things up on Facebook, Flickr, Yelp,” Ms. Burke says. “P.R. is important because it’s pretty intensive to figure out who they are.”
via Spinning the Web – P.R. in Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com.
An interesting look at how Silicon Valley-based PR firms have adapted to [...]
