IABC Barbados Appoints New Board
Congratulations and best of luck to my good friend Dr. Sharon Marshall who took over the reigns of IABC Barbados as its 3rd president this month.
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Corporate Citizenry
Recently I tried reaching a client on the telephone but no one was answering the telephone at the company. I wondered how busy the workers were that no one was answering. A few calls to almost all the extensions resulted in someone calling me back a few minutes later. I was informed that it was family day and no one other than the lady who answered was in office.
The Office Administrator
Why is it that when people hear the job title Office Administrator, they tend to think that the person’s only duty is to sit behind a desk and answer the telephone? Not even a receptionist has that few duties.
Well for those of you who may not know, we office administrators also referred to as office managers, administrative managers and by other titles, do more than answer a telephone. As a matter of fact, we are the core of every successful business.
Promoting health in the workplace
It has been almost 2 weeks since I started a diet. This is an extremely challenging undertaking for me since I have never monitored what I ate and would usually stuff myself with as many bad and unhealthy foods as possible in one day.
I Protest. We are Creative!
While catching up on my reading, I came across the story “Creativity Crisis” in the Public Relations Society of America’s Strategist Journal, Spring 2012. It spoke of public relations professionals getting high marks from their executives and business leaders for their “relationship building, political acumen, compelling writing and good strategy”. For creativity however, they looked elsewhere.
This would probably explain why graphic design in Public Relations firms is so hard to sell. When I first started my business I was given all the pitfalls of having an in-house designer and a shopping list of pr agencies who had abandoned this position after a few tries.
Are you busted?
I have always been pretty busty. From age 9 I was already in a bra and it seemed to me as if each year my breast grew larger and larger. During Secondary School I had to face the fact that my breasts were an unusual size for my age, which made me refrain from participating in any sporting exercise. As I got older my breasts always became an issue when it came to wearing certain clothes - paying high prices for one shirt. There was also the issue of occasional pains in my back and my breasts.
Of Publics, Perception and Reality Cont’d
Discussion 3.
Having dealt with the perception of Sir Roy based on his controversial May Day 2012 comments and historical vantage points in my last blog I now continue this topic with the toughie, which is the public’s perception of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. I have found Prime Minister Stuart to be one Barbados’ most honest and thoughtful Prime Ministers.
Of Publics, Perception and Reality
As a reputation specialist I am always tracking with interest the public’s response to issues.
Discussion 1.
PR for Public Relations
In Barbados, in secondary school we are required to select subjects early; know and stick to a particular career path, all at the tender age of 13 or 14 despite having no world experience and certainly as the old people would say ‘never even seen a star pitch.’ For students like I was, who were unsure what they wanted to do but felt uncompelled to follow a traditional career as a lawyer, doctor or accountant; this decision probably did not come until late.
A New Vision
As a newcomer in the world of PR and to PRMR Inc, I now have the pleasure of writing a blog at least once a week on something informative and interesting.