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Celebrating Teamwork and Results at the Colorado PRSA 2012 Gold Pick Awards

Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 05-04-12 1 Comment Add Comment

Our Linhart Public Relations team and many of our clients attended last night’s Gold Pick Awards sponsored by the Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.  It was a privilege to be among our peers and colleagues – and especially gratifying to be recognized with eight awards for our work with clients and within in our own firm.  Among our honors, we wonRead More

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What Is Public Relations?

Posted in Blog, Our Business by Sharon Linhart on 03-06-12 2 Comments Add Comment

The Public Relations Society of America helped spearhead an initiative in the past few months to modernize the definition of public relations.  Based on a public vote of three finalist definitions (out of 927 submitted), the profession’s choice for the updated definition is:  “Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.” The initiative isn’t just about updatingRead More

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Linhart Public Relations Wins PRWeek’s 2012 Boutique Agency of the Year

Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 03-02-12 0 Comments Add Comment

The entire team at Linhart Public Relations is honored to be the nation’s top boutique agency!  Last night, we won the 2012 Boutique Agency of the Year award sponsored by industry publication PRWeek.  The award – which is for national PR firms with annual revenues under $5 million – recognizes excellence in financial results, client retention and growth, human resources programs and community service. This isRead More

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Linhart Public Relations welcomes new partner Kelly Womer

Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 01-19-12 0 Comments Add Comment

Bringing new partners aboard is one of the greatest joys of seeing Linhart Public Relations thrive and prosper for 16 years.  The amazing Kelly Womer, a vice president at our firm since 2009, has become our sixth partner, in addition to Carri Clemens, Paul Raab, Dawn Doty, Kelly Janhunen and myself. Kelly is a most welcome addition to the partner team.  She is a rock starRead More

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A Toast to Growth With Gratitude!

Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 12-07-11 0 Comments Add Comment

At the beginning of 2011, we began celebrating Linhart Public Relation’s 15th anniversary of growth with gratitude, as I noted in a blog post about the keys to our longevity. While I knew this would be another amazing year, filled with new clients, interesting challenges, new staff members and financial success, it has far exceeded my hopes and expectations We added another exclamation point to ourRead More

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Our Cup Runneth Over

Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 09-21-11 1 Comment Add Comment

Last week was an exciting one at Linhart PR! We’re pleased to announce we have been named the country’s 2011 Small PR Firm of the Year by industry publication PR News and a 2011 Top Company by ColoradoBiz magazine. After being a finalist for the past three years, we were named the 2011 Small PR Firm of the Year on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the PR News Platinum PRRead More

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Where were you?

Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 09-09-11 1 Comment Add Comment

Growing up, the age-defining question:  “where were you?”  pertained to the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated.  For some, it was the day that man first walked on the moon. Now, I’m afraid that defining moment will be the day our country was attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001.  I will never forget it and I pray that we will never experience anything likeRead More

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It was a success! Second annual You’re the Best Fest

Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Clients, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 08-19-11 1 Comment Add Comment

Last Thursday, we hosted our second annual You’re the Best Fest, a fun, summer soiree intended to show our clients how much we appreciate them and their partnership with our team.  No rain this year, luckily, and the result was a delightful, warm summer evening spent outside talking, laughing, and of course, drinking and munching on tasty treats from Bistro Boys catering. It’s our 15th anniversaryRead More

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Paths to Leadership Featuring Steve Carley

Posted in Blog, Our Business, Our Clients, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 08-19-11 0 Comments Add Comment

Steve Carley, CEO of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers recently spoke to our team as part of our Linhart PR Paths to Leadership series. Steve shared his story of growing up in Chicago in a large family, and the steps he took and his experiences along the road to becoming the leader of a growing national burger chain. Check out this short video forRead More

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Linhart PR Named Top Small Company Workplace By Inc. Magazine

Posted in Blog, Our Culture by Sharon Linhart on 05-23-11 0 Comments Add Comment

We’re pleased to announce that Linhart PR is a winner of the 2011 Top Small Company Workplace award from Inc. magazine and Winning Workplaces.  We’re one of only 50 small companies nationwide to be selected for this prestigious award, meaning we’re the best of the best when it comes to having an engaged team and collaborative workplace. Linhart PR is featured among the other winners inRead More