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  • Digital World

    Defining Imperatives for Successful Global Engagement

    A few years ago, here in Seattle, I participated in one of the largest global new business pitches for which my agency had ever competed. The client’s business, which was very complex within a rapidly changing industry, reached every major market around the world. Needless...

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    Happy Holidays from Weber Shandwick Seattle

    As 2012 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank everyone that helped to make 2012 a successful year. It was a year of transformation, within the marketing industry and here at Weber Shandwick.

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  • The New Global World of Public Relations Blog

    The New ‘What’ and ‘How’ of Public Relations

    A few weeks ago, Harris Diamond, formerly CEO of Weber Shandwick, was named CEO of one of the world’s largest advertising agency networks, McCann Worldgroup. I can’t think of a single event that better symbolizes public relations’ move up the strategic ladder for brands. Full...

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    Weber Shandwick Launches Its New Engagement Lounge

    Last week, we unveiled our new collaboration and engagement space: the Engagement Lounge. We now have a space that showcases some of the latest and greatest consumer technology and truly embodies our approach to engaging, always. Aside from allowing us to get hands-on with the brand...

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    Weber Shandwick Unveils Third Annual “State of Seattle” Survey

    There are a lot of factors that shape Seattle’s story: our priorities, pain points and perceptions of each other as a community. Our city’s story is constantly evolving, and that’s why we conducted our  third annual “State of Seattle” survey (check out our surveys from...

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  • Valuable Original Content

    Planning for the New Public Relations

    Real-time Branding Needs Real-time Branders As we head into the home stretch of 2012, Weber Shandwick and many of our clients are focused on business plans for 2013. Neck deep in that process for Weber Shandwick Seattle, my leadership team and I have been asking...

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    Social On the Inside

    If you’re in the communications industry, I’m sure you’ve heard somebody say, “Social media comes naturally to public relations people.” Indeed, our penchant for engaging others – particularly influencers – has helped us be social media early adopters; we were quick to incorporate social platforms...

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  • I Love My Bike

    I Love to Ride My Bike

    Here’s the deal: I love to ride my bike. Yes, it’s Bike to Work month. And everybody is talking about the positive environmental impact of taking a car off the road and how good it is for one’s mind and body to ride a bike...

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  • Holiday2011

    Weber Shandwick Seattle Wishes You Happy Holidays!

    As another year comes to an end, we’d like to say a huge “thank you!” to everyone who has helped make 2011 a very successful year. It was truly an unforgettable year, and a testament to what can be achieved when we are in sync...

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    Weber Shandwick Unveils Second Annual “State of Seattle” Survey

    How’s Seattle’s job situation? Which industries will help shape the future of the Emerald City? What’s concerning Seattle residents on a daily basis? These questions among others served as the basis for our second annual “State of Seattle” survey (view results from last year’s survey)....

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