A Holiday Hole-In-One

A Holiday Hole-In-One

Nora’s Home, the hospitality house for transplant patients and their families located in the Texas Medical Center, asked LFD Communications to help publicize a special project. Jesse McMillan, a 17-year-old from the West University area, decided he was going to...
PR Just Isn’t Media Relations Anymore

PR Just Isn’t Media Relations Anymore

Like any profession, the public relations industry continues to change. I’ve been doing this work well over 15 years. In the “old days,” if we could get all the major local media outlets to a press conference, we were doing our jobs. And if we able...
Video Killed the Radio Star

Video Killed the Radio Star

This last week I attended the International Association of Business Communicators Entrepreneurial Special Interest Group. The topic was on how to leverage video. Here’s a quick summary of what I learned: You have 8 seconds to create a compelling intro or...
The Gig Economy

The Gig Economy

The last three weeks have really opened my eyes and transformed the way I look at my profession. While I have a nice home office and a great co-worker (Delaney the wonder dog), I have found myself needing to get out occasionally. I’ve used it as an excuse to...