While many NYC companies are running in Central Park tonight as part of JP Morgan Chase’s Corporate Challenge, Peppercomm has been running its own “Uncorporate Challenge” 5K route along the East River since 2008.
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The sixth annual PR Internship Summer in Manhattan (PRISM) program kicks off today. PRISM offers first-hand learning experiences with five independent PR agency partners, including Bridge Global Strategies, Herman and Almonte PR, Makovsky, Red PR, and Andrew Joseph PR. Each agency brings a different area of expertise to the program with specialties in beauty, design, technology, health, energy, travel and nonprofit.
Above: The interns at their first “lunch and learn” session today.
Editor-in-chief Steve Barrett and executive editor Bernadette Casey joined Porter Gale (second to right) and MSLGroup’s Stephanie Agresta last night for an MSLGroup-sponsored event for Gale’s new book, Your Network is Your Net Worth.
Edelman shared a video of its new class of hires that show PR pros from a range of backgrounds. Read more here.
PR Newswire congratulated AECOM SVP and CCO Paul Gennaro today on the Reuters Sign for being named 2013 recipient of the John W. Hill Award by the New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) at last week’s 26th annual Big Apple Awards Gala.
The award is named for the founder of Hill+Knowlton Strategies and is described as the PRSA New York Chapter’s most prestigious individual award. The 7,400-square-foot digital billboard soars 23 stories into the sky above Times Square and reaches more than 1.5 million people per day.
MWW’s Alissa Blate, global practice director of consumer lifestyle marketing, and Tim Baker, VP of digital, spoke at the National Restaurant Association Show, which took place May 18-21 in Chicago, about social media strategy during the “Social Marketing and Profitability Workshop.”
Ogilvy PR’s brand marketing practice launched Arts@Ogilvy, an ongoing exhibition of contemporary works by emerging and established artists from New York and around the globe on display at the agency’s headquarters. The initiative is curated by Cheryl Hazan and features artists such as The Fuchs Projects, Ross Broadar, and more. Ogilvy PR celebrated the launch with a cocktail reception last week for employees to see the pieces and get to know the artists.
FleishmanHillard threw an event last night at the Strand Hotel in New York to celebrate its rebranding. Last month, the agency rebranded to position itself as a fully integrated communications firm.
Top left: FleishmanHillard CEO Dave Senay; top right: Eastern region president Robert Dowling
PRWeek editor-in-chief Steve Barrett sits down with Ketchum CEO Rob Flaherty to discuss the agency’s 90-year heritage and plans for the future.
