Who Makes Media Decisions In Your Agency?
Subtitles Do the wrong people influence media decisions? Is it possible to manage media responsibilities for complex organizations? The larger the decision-making committee, the greater the potential for problems. Is managing public affairs for any complex organization like “herding cats?”…
Lying to the Media. Your Organization Hates Reporters # 4-Why I wrote “Success With the Media”
Lying to the Media. Your Organization Hates Reporters # 4-Why I wrote “Success With the Media” By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of award-winning media relations, over fifty national and regional awards. Fourth in a series of articles on…
Your Organization Hates Reporters # 3-Why I wrote “Success With the Media”
Your Organization Hates Reporters # 3-Why I wrote “Success With the Media” (Blame it on Anything But Us-Third of a series of articles on organizations and the media) Please share, but all rights reserved Article After thirty-five years of talking…
Your Organization Hates Reporters#2-Why I Wrote “Success With the Media”
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Retired national award-winning spokesperson for state and national organizations. Graduate-Johns Hopkins University. Your Organization Hates Reporters#2-Why I wrote “Success With the Media” The Smoke Blowers-Second in a series of articles on organizations and the media….
Your Organization Hates Reporters-Why I wrote “Success With the Media”
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. National award-winning spokesperson for state and national organizations. Graduate-Johns Hopkins University. Your Organization Hates Reporters-Why I wrote “Success With the Media” (First of a series of articles on organizations and the media) There must be…
Content Creation Sucks-Podcasting Is the Answer
My original title: “Teamwork, Podcasting and Content Creation for Customer Service.” I’m not sure if this sounds like something from, “The Bureaucrats Guide to Jargonistic Government,” but creating content within the bowels of any bureaucracy is a topic of real…
News Coverage Stinks-Why I Wrote “Success With the Media”
News Coverage Stinks-Why I Wrote “Success With the Media” There was a time not so long ago when extremely knowledgeable beat reporters would call spokespeople and coproduced newspaper articles and electronic reports that served the public well. Through a combination…
Success With The Media-New Book Takes a New Look at Media Relations
Article first appeared in the Republican Newspaper in June of 2016. The title of the book is, “Success With The Media.” But it’s the book’s subtitle that interests most people, “Everything You Need To Survive Reporters And Your Organization.” It’s…
Podcasting Growth and Best Practices
By Leonard A. Sipes. Jr. This article originally appeared in Digital Gov, a publication of the General Services Administration of the US federal government. Podcasting is growing significantly. Per Pew, the percentage of Americans who have listened to a podcast…
Fear Public Speaking? The Solution is Audio or Video Recordings on the Internet
From my other website at Many of us fear speaking in public. The solution is to create audio and video products that give you complete control. Audio or video tells your life story or the story of your business, association…