Area Food Fests Satisfy Culinary Cravings

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First, a little background. I’m a Jewish boy from Miami, who came to Tallahassee in 1972 to attend FSU. When I arrived, I had two questions: (1) What’s a grit? And (2) Why are the only bagels available made by Lender’s and in the freezer section at Publix? When I went home to visit my family, I would attack my favorite delis and bring back a couple dozen REAL bagels for my freezer – and assorted other delicacies that were foreign to most local residents. Now, more than 40 years later, I don’t bring bagels back from South Florida anymore.

5 Tips for Using Humor to Engage Your Audience

Branding, Just for Fun, Professional Development, Social Media

It’s no secret that laughter can be the best medicine. It relaxes your muscles; boosts the immune system and improves resistance to disease; lowers stress hormones; eases anxiety; increases blood flow; and promotes relationship building and bonding. Harnessing the beneficial boost of a belly laugh also can help you connect with your clients, customers and colleagues.

Keeping Your PR Romance Alive: A How-To Guide

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Maybe you’re a public relations practitioner who has been in the field for decades and your daily routine now feels monotonous. Perhaps you are a student who initially was thrilled to major in public relations, but now you feel drained by upper-level communications courses. Regardless of where you are in your PR career, take the time to let yourself fall in love with public relations all over again and keep the romance alive.

The Resolution Solution, or How to Climb Mt. Everest

MARKETING, Professional Development, Public Relations, research, Technology, Uncategorized

Even though January 1 is behind us, resolution season is still in full swing, and that means that many of us are still vigilantly on the path to better ourselves in 2014. According to usa.gov, some of the most popular resolutions are to lose weight, to get out of debt and to stop drinking or smoking. If you have committed to these or other more personal resolutions, there is a master resolution you can make that will increase your productivity and give you the focus you need to reach all of your other goals.