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A Night of Hopes and Miracles with Addi and Cassi
On Saturday May 10, the "Moonlight Garden Gala - A Night of Hopes and Miracles" was held to honor four-year-olds Addi and Cassi Hempel and children from around the globe who suffer from NP-C, also known as “Childhood Alzheimer’s.” The... Continue reading…
Here Comes the Bride
So, our fearless leader Donna Sokolsky got hitched last weekend in Long Island. She married her high school boyfriend, Billy Burke. They are two peas in a pod! Billy moved out here from New York to be with his fiancé... Continue reading…
Pitching Journalists through Alternative Mediums
Here's an interesting post by Sarah Lacy about what PR people should keep in mind when pitching journalists using today's many mediums (twitter, facebook, IM, etc)... Here’s a repost and link: http://www.sarahlacy.com/sarahlacy/2008/05/what-about-semi.html May 09, 2008 What about Semi-Spam? Ok, Ok,... Continue reading…
Web 2.0 South Park Crawl - Party Awards
So I can’t say that this award list is in any way fair as I didn’t attend every single party on the Web 2.0 South Park Crawl (I’d not be writing this now had I tried), but for what it’s... Continue reading…
The Web Mission Debate
There lots of talk in the blogosphere this week about the Web Mission trip and whether or not it’s basically a confession by UK companies that they “need” the Valley to be successful. Web Mission is a group of 20... Continue reading…
Sparkpr Launches WEbook
Spark is excited to announce that one of its newest clients, Internet start-up Webook, is up and running after its April 9 launch. The company could be described as a hybrid of American Idol, Random House and Wikipedia; it is... Continue reading…
Stuff PR People Like - Part 2 Reminiscing About Their Rookie Blunders
It seems like there are a number of standard mistakes that all PR people have to make. Call it a rite of passage. Here at Sparkpr we love to talk about those painful times “when we first started out.” The... Continue reading…
Stuff PR People Like - Part 1
A few of us here at Sparkpr thought it would be fun to create a blog series called “Stuff PR People Like” and poke some fun at ourselves. Who doesn’t love a self-deprecating PR person? Don’t answer that. Please be... Continue reading…
I met Margaret Cho on Saturday
I’m usually not the star struck type, but I’ve been talking about this a lot and thought I’d post it to share with all. Just this Saturday, I had the wonderful experience of meeting my personal idol and comedienne, Margaret... Continue reading…
MySpace and International Press Club Host Dinner
On Tuesday night, MySpace hosted a dinner at Frisson with the International Press Club. With press attending from publications such as the Economist, Stern Magazine, The Financial Times Deutschland, Wirtschaftswoche, Le Nouvel Observateur, Nikkei, Ubergizmo, L’Expansion, Time Magazine and Silicon... Continue reading…
