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When the Grid Goes Down: Major Utilities Must Begin Communications Preparedness

When the Grid Goes Down: Major Utilities Must Begin Communications Preparedness

by James Donnelly and James Peters| March 30, 2017

Over the past month many news stories have appeared about the current power grid and its susceptibility to interruption by both attacks and natural causes. While the industry has been monitoring and dealing with weather-related outages for decades, only more recently have policy makers and regulators taken a more focused interest on the viability of […]

Full-Court Press: VR for Sports Fans Needs a New Narrative

Full-Court Press: VR for Sports Fans Needs a New Narrative

by Chip Scarinzi| March 29, 2017

I stepped into the batter’s box at Yankee Stadium with shaky hands and weak knees. Waving the bat above my shoulder, I tried to look the part while Masahiro Tanaka stared down his catcher for the sign. Would he try to blow me away with a mid-90’s fastball? Buckle my knees with a slider? If […]

A Seismic Shift in Our Eating Behavior

A Seismic Shift in Our Eating Behavior

by Gur Tsabar and Amber Wilson| March 23, 2017

Remember the food pyramid from health class? It wasn’t that long ago that a meal was considered incomplete if portions of meat, dairy and other animal-based proteins were not included as part of the occasion. Nor was it that long ago when diets, like vegetarian and vegan, resided almost exclusively on the fringe. Today we […]

From Cicero’s Wisdom: An Aspiration and Inspiration for Us All

From Cicero’s Wisdom: An Aspiration and Inspiration for Us All

by Rob Flaherty| March 13, 2017

If you follow the PR Council’s blog, you might have read a post recently published on the responsibility organizations have to be transparent with their publics. Within it, I close with one of the most inspiring and aspirational pieces of content I have read this year, which happens to come from a pretty unlikely source. […]

The Beauty of Technology

The Beauty of Technology

by Kristi Lewandowski| March 9, 2017

As a part of the Ketchum Tech team, it’s no surprise that I love the topic. And while I spend my workdays focused primarily on B2B solutions, this blog post is centered on a personal passion of mine and something completely different: how technology is making its way into the world of beauty. Just to […]

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is on International Women’s Day

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is on International Women’s Day

by Kelley Skoloda| March 7, 2017

Only seven percent of venture capital funding goes to women-owned businesses, and female entrepreneurs are often encouraged to “act like men” so they can relate better to the 89 percent of male venture capitalists. On the angel funding side, about 26 percent of angel investors are women and there is rising interest in investing in […]