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Archive for the ‘Public Relations’ Category

Birmingham News: Pittsburgh Blueprint Helped Transform City

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Leaders in Birmingham, Ala., publicly released Blueprint Birmingham this week.  It’s a five-year strategic plan to improve quality of life and economic development efforts in the region and to change the way Birmingham is perceived by business leaders, young professionals, families and tourists around the world.  Click here to read my op-ed about the plan […]

Catchy Slogans Highly Overrated

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Click here to read my column in today’s Calgary Sun about recent controversy over that city’s efforts to rebrand for economic development and tourist attraction.

PR lessons from Pittsburgh

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Click here to read my op-ed in this week’s issue of the Cincinnati Business Courier.  The full text is only available to Bizjournals.com subscribers for the first month but will be available to the general public on September 13. Update: This op-ed has been picked up by the Sacramento Business Journal and is available online […]

Mobile Press-Register: Pittsburgh offers lessons for Mobile leaders

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Click here to read my op-ed in the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register about regional promotion and how communities across the Gulf region can turn the BP oil spill crisis into new economic opportunity.

Regional Reinvention — My Cover Story for the Summer Edition of Chamber Executive Magazine

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Thanks to the good folks at the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, who gave me the opportunity to write the cover story for the summer edition of Chamber Executive magazine.  The article takes a look at how communities across the country are working to brand and promote themselves for economic development, talent attraction and tourism in difficult […]

Pittsburgh Transformation Teaches Importance of Regional Promotion

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Click here to read my op-ed in this week’s issue of Business First Louisville (Kentucky).

Promotion A Vital Component in Community Turnaround: Pittsburgh’s transformation is a lesson in public relations as much as public policy.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Click here to read my op-ed about regional promotion and place making for economic development and talent attraction in today’s Dubuque (Iowa) Times-Herald.

Lessons for Bluegrass in Steel Town’s Story

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Click here to read my op-ed about regional promotion and place making for economic development and talent attraction in today’s Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader.

Truth or Consequences and Public Relations

Monday, May 24th, 2010

When I was a kid, I was a fan of professional wrestling.  I watched the greats of the 1980s – guys like “Macho Man” Randy Savage and the “Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase – battle it out with Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan.  And I loved every outrageous storyline.  Because I was a kid, […]

Bannon Communications President Featured in Carnegie Mellon University Newsletter Q&A

Monday, May 10th, 2010

My college years were some of the most enjoyable and most transformative of my life, and I’ve been glad to remain engaged with my alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), throughout my career.  During my years working to promote the Pittsburgh region to national and international media, I was always particularly enthusiastic when I had […]