#MsInterPReted- Women Entrepreneurship and Voice: The Patricia Nash Story

When it comes to inspirational women in entrepreneurship, steeped in the power of creativity and one's own unique sense of vision and style -- look no further than the story of Patricia Nash Designs.

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Knoxville, business, PR, public relations, podcast, kelly fletcher, mary beth west, Ms. Interpreted, #MsInterPReted, Crisis, COVID, women, retail, Patricia Nash Designs, pandemic, Jennifer Evans, Patricia Nash, response

#MsInterPReted - PRCA Ramp-Up of COVID-19 PR Industry Resources

Based in London, U.K., Koray Camgoz, MPRCA, serves as Head of Communications and Marketing for the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). He is an internationally experienced, post-graduate communications specialist with an eye for news, a passion for digital and a track record of crafting impactful communications strategies that deliver business results.

On this episode of #MsInterPReted, Koray lends a wide-ranging view of how COVID-19 has impacted the UK and larger global market, and how the PRCA has undertaken fast-paced, diverse response.

As the PRCA’s full focus has shifted toward COVID-19 PR industry crisis resource-development, Koray is working with the full PRCA team (working for weeks now under the UK government’s national lockdown from home-based / remote locations) as well as volunteer senior leadership team based in locations spanning the globe, to deliver solutions and resources to its 35,000 members worldwide.

On April 2, 2020, the PRCA announced that it is providing six months of free individual membership to anyone who has lost their job in the public relations industry, or to anyone who is self-employed and has seen a significant decline in their income. The offer is open to members and non-members alike from across the globe – including the U.S. – and the PRCA says it will take the word of self-employed practitioners who claim they have suffered losses.

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business, Fletcher, PR, #MsInterPReted, Crisis, PRCA, UK, continuity, mental wellness, task force, Francis Ingham, Koray Camgoz

#MsInterPReted: PR Done Well or Done Wrong in the COVID-19 Era

As the public relations profession absorbs its share of the COVID-19 impact with job, contract and revenue losses, most practitioners are still seeking to help their clients and employers craft truthful, productive and forward-looking messages.

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business, Fletcher, PR, Communications, #MsInterPReted, Crisis, coronavirus, COVID-19, Molly McPherson, Julia Angelen Joy, #PrimeTimePRChat, #PRfail

#MsInterPReted SPECIAL EDITION: Crisis Planning for Business Continuity

As worldwide business, governmental and organizational entities face crisis-preparedness demands for coronavirus contingency planning – and as crisis issues and incidents of all forms are part of each daily news cycle – CEOs, management teams and boards of directors must stand accountable to make sure their organizations are prepared for the completely unexpected… or, in the coronavirus case, a fast-evolving and foreseeable disruption with a full-scale impact that is yet unknown.

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business, Fletcher, PR, Communications, public relations, #MsInterPReted, Crisis, planning, coronavirus, emergency, continuity, plans, training

Crafting the Entrepreneurial Story: Marcus Hall

Marcus Hall’s entrepreneurial journey can be described as anything but conventional.  A visionary of his work and of his desired brand, Marcus worked for years developing Marc Nelson Denim into a widely known and respected name – not only in the Knoxville, Tennessee, area where he grew up, but also as an emerging nameplate in the fashion industry.  But then it all came crashing down in sudden crisis.

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Knoxville, Fletcher, marketing, public relations, Mark Nelson Denim, strategy, Marcus Hall, Crisis