Tell us a little bit about your background. I was fortunate enough to hold several internships during my college career to give me experience in marketing communications, legislative affairs, social media, and non-profit and corporate communications. I earned my undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in journalism and technical communication with a concentration PR. At this point, I figure my minors in business administration andRead More
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Q&A With Linhart Public Relations Intern Ashley Frost
Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Chandra Brin on 02-17-12 0 Comments Add Comment Celebrating Our Three Amazing Interns
Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Chandra Brin on 12-09-11 1 Comment Add CommentThere are so many things I credit Linhart Public Relations for doing: Celebrating its employees, consistently winning national and local awards, partnering with some of the nation’s most recognized companies. But above all, I’m especially proud of Linhart PR’s Jumpstart Internship Program—a six month program that gives the industry’s most talented young public relations professionals a chance to develop key PR skills and showcase theirRead More
The Top Job Interview and Dating Don’ts of All Time
Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Culture by Chandra Brin on 12-05-11 3 Comments Add CommentAs the New Year approaches, many people begin to reevaluate careers, relationships, accomplishments, and goals. This time of year also motivates many to head in a different direction and find new possibilities both personally and professionally. In fact, according to job placement firm Manpower, 84 percent of employees plan to look for new jobs. What’s more, according to Match.com, 46 percent of singles want toRead More
Give Where You Live on Colorado Gives Day
Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Clients, Our Culture by Chandra Brin on 12-01-11 1 Comment Add CommentAt Linhart Public Relations, we feel extremely fortunate to work with clients that do so much for our community here in Denver and across the state of Colorado. For instance, Linhart PR client FirstBank not only donates millions of dollars to Colorado nonprofits each year, but for the past two years they’ve been a corporate partner of Colorado Gives Day, a one-day initiative aimed atRead More
Zombies, Absinthe and Combined Relevance
Posted in Blog, Our Business by Chandra Brin on 06-14-11 0 Comments Add CommentA couple of weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) launched what it called a zombie apocalypse social media campaign to educate Americans about how to prepare for natural disasters. But it ended up doing much more than that. A CDC blog post introducing the concept and giving zombie apocalyptic (or natural disaster) preparation tips generated more than 1.2 million page views, 900-plus stories andRead More
PRSA Colorado’s Annual Shadow Day
Posted in Our Business, Our Culture by Chandra Brin on 03-31-11 0 Comments Add CommentLinhart PR supports the professional development of its people as well as those seeking to enter the public relations field. That’s why we’ve been a veteran participant of the annual PRSA Colorado Shadow Day, where college students get exposed to the various roles and positions in the PR industry. We hosted two local college students – Tiffany Creamer and Dyana Gutierrez – at our firmRead More
Barbie and Ken Reunite
Posted in Our Business by Chandra Brin on 02-18-11 3 Comments Add CommentWhen Ken and Barbie split on Valentine’s Day in 2004, I was heartbroken. My emotions were reminiscent of what I felt when Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt called it quits. Could this be? Could the quintessential couple I’d grown up with and grown to love really be throwing in the towel? What I didn’t realize was that Mattel was on the brink of a groundbreaking, seven yearRead More
Crisis Communications and the Golden Hour: The Difference between Tiger Woods and Captain Sullenberger
Posted in Blog, Our Business by Chandra Brin on 12-06-10 0 Comments Add CommentAt the recent PRSA International Conference in Washington D.C., I swung by a session led by Helio Fred Garcia, president and founder of the Logos Consulting Group and co-author of Reputation Management: The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication. Garcia explained two things that determine the outcome of a crisis: 1) leadership makes the least bad choice and 2) the response is timely. One yearRead More
Colorado Gives Day: A Slacktivist’s Dream
Posted in Blog, Our Clients by Chandra Brin on 12-06-10 0 Comments Add CommentThis year you may have heard about a new phenomenon called slacktivism (slacker + activism). Don’t let the name perturb you, it’s a good thing: A no-hassle “feel-good” way people can support charities and social issues with just the click of a button. And it’s shaping the way nonprofits function. Andy Vuong of the Denver Post recently wrote about this rising trend and how nonprofits areRead More
The truth about online consumer behavior
Posted in Blog, Our Business by Chandra Brin on 11-09-10 1 Comment Add CommentEvery year, Linhart PR selects two employees to attend the annual PRSA International Conference, so I was ecstatic when my colleague Russ Rizzo and I were chosen to attend this year’s conference in Washington. D.C. It was the opportunity to listen to the PR industry’s best and brightest. We learned everything from online marketing to social media optimization and successful storytelling. Out of the myriad of interestingRead More
