We’ve always said that we’re grounded in media, strategy, client service and community (it’s right at the bottom of this page), and our latest award triumphs wrap up that phrase in neat little packages. In Bulldog Reporter’s Media Relations Awards competition, we won silver for PR Innovation of the Year for our work in bringing [...]
Apr 15, 2013 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Media, PR, Youth | Tags: @havaspr, awards, Bob Woodruff Foundation, breast cancer, Bulldog Reporter, Bulldog Reporter Media Relations, business, cause, client service, collaboration, community, Ford, fundraiser, government, innovation, Media, media strategy, nonprofit, One Young World, Pittsburgh, Stand Up For Heroes, strategy, Warriors in Pink | Leave A Comment »
Havas PR North America is passionate about cause work—and we think that’s an understatement. In January, we were named to PR News’ CSR A-List for the second year in a row, for our long-term commitment to doing good work, especially our research into causes, our Baker’s Dozen initiative (donating $1 million in time for every [...]
Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Marketing, Media, PR | Tags: @havaspr, Baker's Dozen, breast cancer, cause, cause-related marketing, community, CSR, CSR A-List, Ford, good work, Havas PR North America, media coverage, nonprofit, One Young World, Pittsburgh, PR News CSR A-List, SABRE, Warriors in Pink | Leave A Comment »
Last week, our pro bono clients and friends Robbie and Alissa Parker sat down with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News to talk about their 100-day journey since the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., where their daughter Emilie was killed. When we discovered on the day after the terrible event last December that a former Havas PR [...]
Mar 27, 2013 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Media | Tags: Alissa Parker, Blue Star, cause, CBS News, Connecticut, CSR, CT, Emilie Parker, Emilie Parker Art Connection, Havas PR, JoMarie Fecci, legacy, Media, Newtown, Norah O'Donnell, Parker, pro bono, Robbie Parker, video, website | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] It used to be that the people who presented weather and traffic segments on the news were as dry as the topics they covered. They didn’t have the fatherly gravitas of the anchorman, the dashing charisma of the foreign correspondents, or the warmth and relatability of the lifestyle reporters. They just [...]
Mar 11, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features, Media, PR, Technology, Trends | Tags: AccuWeather, Al Roker, anchorman, Business Insider, Chuck Leavell, crowdsourcing, Dave Price, Dennis Crowley, extreme weather, Forbes.com, foreign correspondent, Google, Google Maps, hottest weather forecasters, iPhone, Jalopnik, lifestyle reporter, local broadcast, meteorologist, Mother Nature Network, national broadcast, National Weather Service, physical appearance, reality TV, Rolling Stones, sidekick, Swackett, The Early Show, Today, traffic, traffic reporter, Waze, weather, weather reporter | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Andrew Mason’s unsurprising ouster from Groupon last week wasn’t entirely about his personal brand. As anyone who has been paying attention knows, the group-discount company has been performing spectacularly badly. Its fourth-quarter earnings report was awful, with a GAAP loss of 12 cents per share—that’s 10 cents more (or six times [...]
Mar 05, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features, Media, Social Media, Technology | Tags: accountability, accounting, accounting gaffes, adolescent, Andrew Mason, Battletoads, behavior, Bloomberg Businessweek, brand, candid, CEO brand, CEO branding, Chicago Tribune, daily deal, Eric Lefkofsky, experience, fraternity, GAAP loss, Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith, Groupon, grownup, honesty, IPO, irreverent, John Paczkowski, juvenile, millennials, personal brand, Peter Kafka, resignation letter, responsibility, Sam Gustin, SEC, share price, Silicon Valley, stunts, tech boom, The New York Times, Time, transparency, video game, Wall Street | Leave A Comment »
Our headquarters office is about to undergo massive renovations, and all the Havas agencies in New York seem to be moving to new spaces. But for now, spring cleaning rules as we get ready to huddle together for 90 days while our new workspace is finished. As part of this move, we are all embracing [...]
Mar 04, 2013 | Categories:Agency News, Media, PR, Social Media, Technology | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] A colleague of mine recalls a time when a new boss had taken over her department and everyone was anxious. One of his first acts: handing out New York Times obituaries of distinguished people. “Read these,” he said, “and think about what your obituaries would say.” His gambit worked. The ice [...]
Feb 27, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features, Media, Social Media, Trends | Tags: brand, branding, celebrity, CEO, community, Connecticut, David Collins, death, Facebook, Forbes.com, haring, journalist, Legacy.com, life directive, Life Without End, memorial service, Mindy McCready, newspaper, Nina Lentini, obit, obituary, People, personal brand, position, positioning statement, Princess Di, Social Media, survivors, The Day, The New York Times, transparencys, Whitney Houston, will | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Even though Lance Armstrong has been in the news for months—the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s incriminatory report was released in early October, though speculation was raging well before that—he’s really just at the beginning of his problems. From a crisis management and personal branding standpoint, he has a long road ahead [...]
Feb 01, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features, Media, PR | Tags: apology, Ashley Olsen, athlete, brand, branding, CNN, crisis communications, crisis management, cycling, doping, drugs, Forbes.com, fraud, interview, Jake Tapper, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Matthew McConaughey, Media, media consultant, Oprah Winfrey, performance-enhancing drugs, personal branding, PR, public relations, publicity, reboot, rehabilitation, responsibility, Sheryl Crow, Social Media, sportsmanship, The New York Times, United States Anti-Doping Agency | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Pleasure and entertainment are probably the main reasons people tuned in to the Golden Globes and its red carpet pre-show on Sunday. It’s safely sanctioned, free fun to see the fashion and hairstyles and the reactions to them. But these events are also fascinating as trend barometers, pointing out what’s new [...]
Jan 17, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Fashion, Features, Media, Social Media, Trends | Tags: actor, Badgley Mischka, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Brands, Carey Lowell, celebrity, Claire Danes, Emily Blunt, evolve, Fashion, girls, Giuliana Rancic, Glamour, Golden Globe Awards, HBO, Hugh Dancy, hyphenate, influencer, Jack Black, Jennifer Garner, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, Kate Hudson, Keith Urban, Kristen Bell, Lena Dunham, Liev Schreiber, Lincoln, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, personal branding, personal brands, Pinterest, Polyvore, power couples, purple, red carpet, Richard Gere, Savannah Guthrie, star, style | Leave A Comment »
For the second year that PR News has compiled a CSR A-List, Havas PR has been on it. This year, we were one of the chosen 10 for our long-term commitment to doing good work, especially our research into causes, our Baker’s Dozen initiative (donating $1 million in time for every $12 million in revenue), [...]
Jan 08, 2013 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Media, PR, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Baker's Dozen, blog, Bulldog Reporter, CSR, CSR A-List, digital, Ellen DeGeneres, Ford Warriors in Pink, media relations, PR News, social, The French Will Never Forget, traditional media, Transitions Optical, Urban Zen Foundation, video | Leave A Comment »
With a recent study showing more gay characters on TV than ever before, it has become clear that America and Hollywood have begun to embrace a new kind of family, one that embraces the LGBT community. Programs like “Modern Family” and “The New Normal” have led the charge, depicting gay couples, as both their names [...]
Jan 02, 2013 | Categories:Advertising, Brainsnacks, Media, Trends, Youth | Tags: gay, gay marriage, Glee, Hollywood, LGBT, Modern Family, television, The New Normal, True Blood, TV | Leave A Comment »
I, like everyone else, was horrified as I watched the tragedy unfold in Newtown, Conn., on Friday. My colleagues and I crowded around our office TVs and watched the news, feeling utterly helpless. I stayed glued to my TV late into the night on Friday and Saturday, watching Anderson Cooper and other newscasters struggle to [...]
Dec 18, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, PR, Youth | Tags: Alissa Parker, Anderson Cooper, Connecticut, Emilie Parker, Emilie Parker Fund, Havas PR, Media, Newtown, PR, Robbie Parker, Sandy Hook, tragedy | Leave A Comment »
An entrepreneurial spirit runs deep at Havas PR and our parent company, Havas Worldwide, and that is why we chose Venture for America as one of the organizations to which we’re donating time during our 12 Days of Havas. Venture for America is a program for young, talented college graduates to spend two years in [...]
Dec 10, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, PR, Youth | Tags: 12 Days of Havas, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Downtown Project, entrepreneurialism, entrepreneurs, Havas PR, Havas Worldwide, Las Vegas, Teach for America, Tony Hsieh, Venture for America, Zappos | 1 Comment »
For the first 12 days of December, Havas PR North America is working with a new charitable organization each day, giving our time and industry skills to help them with whatever they need. We’re calling it the 12 Days of Havas, and we’re very excited about highlighting our ingenuity and the collaborative nature of our [...]
Dec 05, 2012 | Categories:Agency News, CSR, Media, PR | Leave A Comment »
Having worked on many cause-marketing initiatives at Havas PR for the past three years, from veterans support to Haiti earthquake relief, I am thrilled to be helping out an education program recognized for its great work in traditional and Indian law. Education projects have always been a passion of mine. I currently run an after-school [...]
Dec 05, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, PR | Tags: 12 Days of Havas, American Indians, corporate social responsibility, CSR, giving, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program, James Anaya, James E. Rogers College of Law, law school, media relations, Native Americans, public relations, tribal governments, University of Arizona | Leave A Comment »
To kick off our activities for the 12 Days of Havas, we have been working closely with GMHC to provide media relations support around its events for the 25th annual World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and throughout this month. World AIDS Day has represented an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against [...]
Dec 04, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media | Tags: 12 Days of Havas, advocacy, AIDS, Gay Men's Health Crisis, GMHC, HIV, homeless, International AIDS Memorial Quilt, Larry Kramer, LGBTQ, Out of the Darkness, We Are All Sex Workers, World AIDS Day | Leave A Comment »
Before most children take off their Halloween costumes, the holiday shopping season starts with an influx of commercials flooding our favorite TV shows and retailer emails flooding our inboxes. Although I admit to partaking in those Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday deals, part of me always feels guilty that the real meaning of the [...]
Dec 03, 2012 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, PR, Social Media | Tags: #GivingTuesday, 12 Days of Havas, 120M Books, Black Friday, Bob Woodruff Foundation, celebrity, charitable organizations, community, CSR, Cyber Monday, doing good, Donna Karan, Havas PR, Heroes at Home, holidays, Hurricane Sandy, media relations, philanthropy, PR News CSR A-List, retail, shopping, Urban Zen Foundation, veterans, Warriors in Pink, What's Next? | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Greg Smith, the disillusioned Goldman Sachs employee who left the firm in March with a scorched-earth op-ed in The New York Times, is back in the news as his tell-all book hit shelves last week. Whether he really pulled back the curtain on the Goldman brand or he’s just a faddish [...]
Nov 08, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, Insights, Media | Tags: backlash, book, brand, Business Insider, financial services, Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith, op-ed, personal brand, tell-all book, The New York Times, transparency, whistle blower | Leave A Comment »
No one used to love shopping in stores on Black Friday more than I did. It was a ritual that started with my mother on Thanksgiving morning, before the turkey and stuffing even made it into the oven. Getting the morning paper was like Christmas Day, with the anticipation of shopping. We’d map out our [...]
Nov 06, 2012 | Categories:Advertising, Features, Marketing, Media, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Amazon, Best Buy, Black Friday, cloud, Deloitte, holiday sales, holiday shopping, IBM, mobile, mobile apps, mobile shopping, National Retail Federation, online shopping, retail, retailer, shopping, shopping stampede, SOASTA, the economy | Leave A Comment »
Our CEO, Marian Salzman, said it best on Facebook a few days ago while trapped in her Connecticut home without electricity or water for her bathroom, and with the fire department on her property because of sparks from live wires: “On a morning like this, Saks trying to sell me Jimmy Choos and LivingSocial offering [...]
Nov 02, 2012 | Categories:Brands, CSR, Fashion, Features, Marketing, Media, PR, Social Media | Tags: American Apparel, Battery Park, Brands, Connecticut, Cov Charney, disaster, Duracell, East Coast, email, Hurricane Sandy, LivingSocial, Marian Salzman, New York City, Panera, Panera Bread, Racked, recovery, retail, retail stores, retailers, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sandy, Social Media, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Once upon a time, extreme weather was our trends prediction. Right now, we are watching Hurricane Sandy highlights causing the news to be recrafted. Presidential election? This week it’s all Frankenstorm, all the time.
Oct 29, 2012 | Categories:Agency News, Media, Politics, Trends | Tags: extreme weather, Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, news, newscrafting, presidential election, Sandy, Trends, weather | Leave A Comment »
From intern to CEO, our eight finalists in the PR News PR People Awards cover almost every level of Havas PR employee and various aspects of our offerings. Congratulations to finalists Marian Salzman, CEO (Hall of Fame); Janene Ferrara (executive vice president and global head of healthcare, PR Professional of the Year: Agency); Dalton Dorné, [...]
Oct 16, 2012 | Categories:Agency News, Media, PR, Social Media | Tags: Colleen Cleary, Dalton Dorné, Havas PR, Janene Ferrara, Jody Sunna, Kate Urbach, Marian Salzman, PR News PR People, Sara Schwartz, Sarah Yansura | Leave A Comment »
Netflix’s video streaming service hit a milestone this year, surpassing 1 billion hours of streaming in June. Although Netflix users report relatively low customer satisfaction, and its stock plunged by 25 percent over the summer amid concerns about slow domestic growth and too-fast overseas expansion, the service can now claim several million more subscribers than [...]
Oct 02, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Media, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: Amazon Prime, Comcast, Comcast Xfinity TV, Hulu, iTunes, live TV streaming, Mad Men, media trends, Netflix, Netflix streaming, Nickelodeon, online piracy, Redbox, streaming television, Verizon, Vudu | Leave A Comment »
[Originally published on Stamford magazine's website.] Living in Connecticut and working in New York City, I’m a devoted Metro North commuter. When the day comes that I cease being a commuter, I might have to join a support group to help me through life without the transitions. Commuting is my psychic punctuation, separating my work [...]
Sep 12, 2012 | Categories:Features, Insights, Media, Technology | Tags: BlackBerry, commute, commuting, Connecticut, Madison Avenue, Metro North | Leave A Comment »
