As a group, ironically, the Latino community has always demonstrated a strongly divided nature. When we suffer from external attacks and discrimination, particularly when this comes from the U.S.A., we tend to be very good at organizing demonstrations to speak up about our rights. But when this situation happens among ourselves – when we start to make distinctions between different groups within the Latino community – the result is often the opposite. I myself have suffered from bad treatment among Latino people from members of different nationalities, and even from some of my fellow Mexicans here in Canada.
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5 Useful Apps for PR Practitioners
Technology often makes our life more comfortable, and apps are not the exception to this rule. These software solutions make our work more efficient and organized, especially for the public relations field, in which, as professionals, we need to be able to multitask. For instance, juggling clients, writing blogs or news releases on behalf of our companies, and coordinating with teams. EverythingisPRsonal asked some Seneca PR colleagues for their thoughts on which apps improve workflow and increase productivity. Their best answers are below.
5 Mexican Associations in Canada
According to the 2016 Census, there are over 7,000 Mexicans living in the city of Toronto, and these figures have only increased in the years since then. Mainly and more recently, this has been due to the strict migration policies that the American president Donald Trump has established. But also it is because a large number of Mexicans are looking for a quality of life and job opportunities that unfortunately they haven’t been able to find in their home country.
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Public Speaking is a communication ability which some people are born with while others have to learn by practicing. For this latter group, at least, the point is to confront your anxieties and force yourself to lose your fear of speaking to any audience. It does not matter if you feel that you do not know the topic well enough to discuss it in public. You can do your research in advance and prepare it for your target audience. EverythingisPRsonal brings you a brief guide to develop an appealing speech.
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Spring is just around the corner, and the city of Toronto has a wide variety of entertainment activities and events to offer to all its visitors and inhabitants. EverythingisPRsonal brings you five amazing events that you shouldn’t miss out this March in this multicultural Canadian city.
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If you are a student or a graduate of Public Relations then surely you have heard about Media Conference. This is an open event for the purpose of announcing a service, product, or news about a business, as well as an invention or a medical cure. It is a meeting that journalists attend, and other representatives from companies related to the topic of the conference to cover the event and ask some questions.
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Afro-Caribbean Cultural Contributions and their Influence in Canada
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From literature to music, as well as other cultural expressions, African-Caribbean culture has actively participated in making Canada the nation that it is today. As a country with a wide array of cultural backgrounds readily on display – but also one possessed of a complex history based on slavery, colonization, cultural genocide, famine, and civil war – Canada’s Afro-Caribbean influences speak at the same time to the things that the country likes to celebrate and the things that it might like to forget. EverythingisPRsonal has all the details.
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For more than 200 million years turtles have survived and thrived on Earth. Unfortunately, seven of the eight species of Ontario’s turtles are now listed as species at risk provincially, and all of them are listed as at risk federally. In my opinion, this situation is due to a combination of human-caused factors. One is the loss of their natural habitats, the other is ongoing road mortality.
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Press releases are valuable for private companies or non-profit organizations. They are external tactics used by Communications and Public Relations departments to engage with their respective publics. However, if you are a new PR practitioner, surely at this point you have realized that there are a large number of press releases formats in the world; as well as just the interchangeable terms of “press release” and “news release.” That being said, you shouldn’t try too hard to be unique when attempting to write a news release because according to the company for which you will be working, you will almost certainly be asked to follow a format previously established. Nevertheless, it is pivotal that regardless of the format you use, the finished release contains relevant information, is well-written, and is strategically positioned throughout.
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