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  • 2012 MarCom Awards Weber Shandwick

    Weber Shandwick Wins Platinum and Gold MarCom Awards

    Industry recognition for the work we do is always a great honor, and this year we’re pleased to accept multiple platinum and gold MarCom awards. The MarCom Awards honor excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work and generosity of marketing and communication professionals internationally for...

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    The State of Seattle’s Media: Shifting Consumption

    As public relations professionals, we work hand-in-hand with the media on a daily basis. How people perceive the media therefore is a major factor in the ways we tell our clients’ stories. That’s why we chose media as a key topic in our third-annual State...

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    The State of Seattle’s Culture: Love the Rain, Hate the Roads

    Everything from the weather to traffic, to schools and the art scene are part of the cultural fiber of Seattle. How we feel about these elements plays a major role in the city’s story, so we took a look at our city’s culture in our...

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    The State of Seattle’s Civility: Not So Nice?

    Earlier this year, Weber Shandwick conducted the third annual poll on Civility in America, which found 63 percent of Americans say incivility is a major problem for the country today. With these results in mind, and with civility a major topic surrounding recent and upcoming debates,...

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    The State of Seattle’s Economy: Self Assured

    Last week we unveiled our third-annual “State of Seattle” survey, for which we polled 500 Seattle residents on topics that are top-of-mind for the region. Related to the economy, we have some good news: 91 percent of local working residents feel secure with their current...

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  • Top 4 Reasons to Do a PR Internship

    Top 4 Reasons to Do a PR Internship

    So you want to work in public relations. Excellent. Now, where do you start? An internship is a great way to get the hands-on experience you need to get going with your professional career.

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  • Wade

    Seattle PR Pros Shed Light on Blogging Best Practices

    They may not call themselves social media experts, but the panelists at this week’s PRSA Puget Sound event are about as close as you can get. The wine and cheese social “Blogging in the Public Interest” featured event panelists Matt Rosenberg, executive director of Public...

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  • WSSt.Pats

    One Serious St. Pats Celebration

    At Weber Shandwick Seattle we take our craft, and our draft, very seriously. I only need point to our St. Patrick’s Day office party to make my case. It was like the dot.com heyday all over again – microbrews mixed with fun activities mixed with...

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