Largo City Manager, Steve Stanton, is being commissioned to be fired of his position after working for the city for 15 years. He is undergoing a sex change and members and neighbors aren't happy. He's being judged for who he wants to be but doesn't think that should change who he has been the last 15 years. This will obviously make him more comfortable with who he is, so it might even make him a stronger leader, but city officials are being forced to decide between what is intolerable or what is progress for the city.
He has promised not to sue the city but many instances of confusion and anger have already been stewing in the city of Largo. What was meant to be kept a secret for a period of time to everyone except his wife, medical board and few City Hall officials, leaked out, even before he could talk to his 13 year old son.
This is such a dramatic situation. The ideals of people are going to be presented so strong-headed that I don't even see a real solution coming from this. I think it will cause so much controversey there is no other option but to have him leave his position. Even if there are people who want to continue to support him and see him in office, there will be three times as many who want to see him out because of moral values. Should we allow personal lifestyles to hinder our professional outlook for the well-being of our city? Where do we cross the line on what we allow to represent who we are in the public eye?
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Don't shoo the messenger
I think I just read the best informative PR blog that everyone going into PR or any type of broadcast writing and/or journalism should read. This was a blog written, on Blogspot like these, by Brian Solis, a principal of FutureWorks PR. This was his view of PR today. We need to embrase the online options we have available to us and not take them for granted. Solis encourages us to use the technology and tie it in with press releases and more traditional ways of communication to produce good PR representation. Not to mention that good writing is the source of good PR, and sometimes the writing is the part that is the missing link. The main point being that it may not be that there is just bad stuff going on, its the fact that our messengers, the people who are being paid to relay stories and news and information to all of us, are not well-equipped to produce informative news for readers.
The article lends 10 principles to follow:
1. Elevate the message.
2. Inform not persuade.
3. Write with balance.
4. Include traditional and new media.
5. Be informative.
6. Provide resources.
7. Use available tech to open-up dialogue.
8. Listen.
9. Converse.
10. Learn.
I am so drawn to PR and all of the links and kinks that I love reading these articles of people who are in the business, making money, producing good product and making relationships, another key to good PR. Since my goal is to eventually produce a PR firm that can offer marketing, journalism, good representation and much more, I find these tips are so important to learn now, when I'm just learning about all of this, so everything can be taken into consideration when I'm deciding where I want my career and studies to go.
The article lends 10 principles to follow:
1. Elevate the message.
2. Inform not persuade.
3. Write with balance.
4. Include traditional and new media.
5. Be informative.
6. Provide resources.
7. Use available tech to open-up dialogue.
8. Listen.
9. Converse.
10. Learn.
I am so drawn to PR and all of the links and kinks that I love reading these articles of people who are in the business, making money, producing good product and making relationships, another key to good PR. Since my goal is to eventually produce a PR firm that can offer marketing, journalism, good representation and much more, I find these tips are so important to learn now, when I'm just learning about all of this, so everything can be taken into consideration when I'm deciding where I want my career and studies to go.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Oscar spokesman steps down
This post is a little unconventional, however I found it really interesting. I read Official spokesman saying goodbye to Oscar an article about 67 year old John Pavlik, official spokesman for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. And after 39 Oscar shows, he's resigning. He started in 1969 as a junior public-relations executive, his only responsiblity was to bring Oscar winners backstage to the press room. Since then he has met virtually every celebrity, organized several events and seen the history of the Oscars in the making.
This is an example of a man who got a job that turned into a career that became a dream come true. I want to go into PR and to see this man go from nothing to something huge and be apart of such a huge part of America's history (even though its still only entertainment, you still know who Oprah is even if you don't like her acting or her talk show) it is such a memorable job and an honorable position to hold. It gives me hope to see someone accomplish so much and climb to the top; I can only hope I strive as much as Pavlik and make it to the top as well.
This is an example of a man who got a job that turned into a career that became a dream come true. I want to go into PR and to see this man go from nothing to something huge and be apart of such a huge part of America's history (even though its still only entertainment, you still know who Oprah is even if you don't like her acting or her talk show) it is such a memorable job and an honorable position to hold. It gives me hope to see someone accomplish so much and climb to the top; I can only hope I strive as much as Pavlik and make it to the top as well.
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