“Situational awareness” is not a term that I remember using earlier in my career; I’ve always associated it with physical safety, as in worrying about walking alone to my car in a dark parking lot. But in the past year,…
Kathy TunheimApril 20, 2021
“Minneapolis is not alone.” That was the text message I received yesterday from a dear friend who lives in New York. While I very much appreciated her outreach, I think those of us who lead organizations and communities in this…
Kathy TunheimApril 13, 2021
This is the second part of our two-part series on PR and media relations tactics. Click here for part one and make sure you are following us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram so you don’t miss any updates.In part one, we discussed some of…
Sandi ScottApril 8, 2021
Digital communications have never existed in a silo but the practice of digital marketing has often been treated as one.
David EricksonApril 6, 2021
Businesses have long had the challenge of looking to influence governmental oversight that creates the guardrails for markets, without crossing ethical lines or raising public criticism. The hyper-partisanship of our present landscape—and the speed and power of digital media—are creating…
Kathy TunheimApril 6, 2021
The continuing pressure of pandemic restrictions and worries, the omnipresent atmosphere of dissonance in our communities and the dysfunction in our politics: all of this collectively has led me to wondering about the forging of steel. I am, of course,…
Kathy TunheimApril 1, 2021
This is the first of a two-part series about PR and media relations tactics. Check back for part two and make sure you are following us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram so you don't miss any updates.If your organization…
Sandi ScottMarch 30, 2021
Spring is in the air…a massive legislative package has passed through Congress, checks are on their way to people who really need them…and as a result, many of us are starting to talk and think about ‘the light at the…
Kathy TunheimMarch 23, 2021
I got vaccinated over the weekend (the ‘one-and-done’ J&J version) and so am beginning to process what this might mean for my 2021 plans. The emerging CDC guidance gives me hope that I can hang out with my granddaughter again…
Kathy TunheimMarch 16, 2021