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5 Tips for Landing a PR Internship

By Michelle Favalora The Hoffman Agency, San Jose It’s that time of year. Birds are chirping, spring has sprung and college upperclassmen are polishing up their resumes. It can be incredibly difficult to secure an internship, especially when you don’t already have other internship experience to give you a boost. But, there are ways to…

How to land your first pr internship

What Public Relations and Soccer Have in Common

By Jeffrey Lightfoot The Hoffman Agency During my 4-month internship at The Hoffman Agency, I have come to realize that soccer and public relations bear some striking similarities. As a soccer fan and player, every day at the agency was an eye opener to the industry, but at the same time it felt familiar. Here…

What do soccer and public relations have in common?

3 Ways Becoming a Dad Made Me an Even Better Professional

By Colby Reade, APR The Hoffman Agency, Portland-Vancouver Just a few weeks ago, my wife gave birth to our first child, a beautiful little girl. Of course, this new arrival has meant that the last few months at our house have been a whirlwind of excitement, nerves and planning, planning, planning. Like most modern new…

How parenthood makes you a better professional

Leadership: The Two Ends of the Spectrum

By Neritta Low The Hoffman Agency, Singapore What is a leader? We can begin unravelling the truth — the often unspoken truth — of a leader as we dig deeper to discover what builds his character and what defines his competence. There are two sides to every coin. Let’s check out the negative side first….

Leadership

How #TheDress Became a Statement: It’s Not All Black and White

By Megan Bauer The Hoffman Agency, Portland-Vancouver By now, pretty much everyone has seen the image of #TheDress that took the Internet by storm a couple weeks ago. From the moment it hit Facebook and Tumblr, a viral debate over color schemes spiraled. But many were left questioning, myself included, why the whole phenomenon was…

Pitching and Online Dating: A Comparison

By Michelle Favalora The Hoffman Agency, San Jose When my family and friends ask me about PR, I usually go into a long-winded explanation that normally includes buzzwords like “relationships” and “connections.” With the onset of the Internet, we’re seeing a new pattern for how we communicate and connect with others — both platonically and…