Awareness of Alternatives to Dot-Com Expected to Grow BOSTON, March 31, 2011 — The recent decision to move ahead with the expansion of Internet addresses will release a myriad of choices for businesses and consumers. The non-profit called ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is set to announce on June 20 the implementation of a significant expansion of [...]
Non-profit Sector Shows Improvement in Brand Equity

Despite Several High-Profile Missteps According to 2011 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Study Best Friends Animal Society is Non-Profit Brand of the Year; Hospitals dominate Top 10 New York, N.Y., March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Animals have a special place in our hearts and families. As such, the national animal welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society is recognized by consumers as the [...]
Are The Online Marketing Efforts of TV Shows and Programs Worthwhile?

The Harris Poll® #43, March 30, 2011 By Samantha Braverman, Senior Project Researcher, Harris Interactive NEW YORK, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Marketers are increasingly spending time, money and creativity to reach their audiences in non-traditional ways. A recent 24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll on Social Media and Television set out to see if these efforts are paying off. It found [...]
Nevada Commission on Tourism Selects Bethany Drysdale to Head Public Relations Department
CARSON CITY, NV–(Marketwire – March 29, 2011) – Bethany Drysdale, who has promoted Nevada’s tourism attractions for more than five years for the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT), will head the Public Relations department starting April 23, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki announced today. Drysdale has served as Public Relations specialist for NCOT since October 2005. She succeeds Chris Chrystal, who [...]
Japanese Government update on the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake 03.28

Japanese Government update on the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake 03.28.2011
Can the Ingenuity of Big Wave Surfers Save American Manufacturing?

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 28, 2011 — “The economy.” When will it recover? And, what will it take to pull out of this nose-dive? It will take American ingenuity! Ken Thurber, author of Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing, says today’s leaders need to recognize the tides of continual technological change. “Traditional manufacturing in this country [...]
Marriott CFO Says International Markets Strong but North American Demand Below Expectations

LAS VEGAS, March 28, 2011 – Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carl Berquist will tell a conference today that the company expects its worldwide systemwide revenue per available room (RevPAR) in the 2011 first quarter to increase approximately 7 percent, at the low end of the company’s 7 to 9 percent first quarter [...]
From the mind of Robert Finch

All too often we are stuffing the heads of the young with the products of earlier innovations rather than teaching them to be innovative. We treat their minds as storehouses to be filled rather than as instruments to be used. – Robert Finch Robert Hutchison Finch, (October 9, 1925 – October 10, 1995), Served under then Governor Ronald Reagan from [...]
Improving People Skills

Influence Expert, Karen Keller, Ph.D, Advises How Businesses Can Grow with Interpersonal and Communication Skills that Work Fort Wayne, IN, March 26, 2011 –(PR.com)– Whether it’s personal or professional, most every interaction in our daily lives revolves around people. And how we communicate effectively is a skill that always lends itself to self improvement. Influence expert, Karen Keller, Ph.D, advises [...]
Official Update on the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake 03.24.2011

Government of Japan, official press conference to update the situation on the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC7KZ7uvS0Q&feature=uploademail