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MikeWorldWide opens applications for its Digital Acceleration program, which will provide professionals entering the public relations industry with a mix of bootcamp-style intense learning, online learning and mentorship, and hands-on client experience. The paid, 12-week, program, which kicks off in March, is open to current students and recent graduates. Ten participants will be selected for the 12-week engagement that will consist of one-to-two-week rotations through social strategy, paid media, search marketing, and research and insights practice groups. Candidates will work together in the last week to develop an integrated program which they will present to MWW leadership. "This program enables people interested in digital to experience different disciplines of marketing and contribute to the best-integrated storytelling for our client partners," said MWW chief marketing and business development officer Tara Naughton. Applications can be submitted until Feb. 11 at 11:59 p.m.
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Ballard Partners launches a practice group targeted at clients with an interest in legislative and regulatory matters affecting the cannabis industry. Firm partners Courtney Coppola and Eugene O'Flaherty will be chairing the practice group. Before coming to Ballard, Coppola worked in the administration of Florida governor Ron DeSantis as director of the state's medical cannabis program. O'Flaherty was previously house chairman of the judiciary committee in the Massachusetts legislature, handling all bills that dealt with the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis. "The cannabis industry in the United States has developed with conflicting and evolving policies at the federal, state and local level," said Coppola. "Our new practice group will help clients navigate the complexity of these ever-changing policies."
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TEAM LEWIS is completing its first year of a new approach to employee-directed philanthropy. Over the last year, TEAM LEWIS Foundation has given every employee the opportunity to nominate a charity to make a cash donation, resulting in more than $2 million in cash and creative work given to charities across the world. To date, over 400 employees have participated. The Foundation also works with team members and their nominated causes on creative projects benefiting such organizations as the Elton John AIDS Foundation, HeforShe, The Music Man Project and High Fives Foundation.
Bospar expands its Audit*E tool for small- and medium-sized businesses, which provides comprehensive visibility scoring, competitive analysis and platform-specific improvement recommendations, giving users actionable intelligence to help with brand positioning.... 5W is increasing its presence in Tampa and the Florida market....PR Consultants Group, a nationwide network of senior-level public relations, strategic communications and marketing specialists in more than 50 U.S. markets, has brought on 13 independently owned public relations firms across 13 markets and 12 states so far in 2026.
Real Chemistry launches MaestroHCP, which is designed to help pharmaceutical marketers plan, activate and measure HCP engagement with more speed, precision and control... Laughlin Constable Public Relations receives a Skyline Award from PRSA... 1Milk2Sugars, which has offices in New York, Toronto and Montréal, is expanding its influencer marketing offering with the establishment of a dedicated U.S.-based influencer team.
10Fold launches MetricsMatter 5.0, a proprietary communications intelligence platform that brings together earned media, social, digital, competitive performance, website activity and visibility across five leading LLMs... Stagwell increases its investment in Real Clear Holdings, publisher of political intelligence platform Real Clear Politics and creator of the RCP Poll Average... Aim & Grace, which works with tourism, hospitality and lifestyle brands, is launched by Amy Skelding and Grace Parker, who previously led Finn Partners' UK travel practice.
Weber Shandwick U.S. president Michael Wehman joins The LAGRANT Foundation board of directors... Financial Profiles, a strategic communications firm that provides companies with IR, PR. transactions and crisis communications, introduces ValueView360... Babbit Bodner, an Atlanta-based agency, is expanding to New York City.
TEAM LEWIS launches Orbital, a secure AI operating system focused on helping multi-market organizations connect insight, creativity, messaging and public-facing delivery... Paradox Public Relations is expanding its Allied Communications offering, which helps companies and institutions across the U.S. and allied markets communicate around defense innovation, emerging technology and international cooperation... Laughlin Constable Public Relations' Emily Miller receives the 2026 Public Relations Society of America Chicago Young Professional of the Year Award... Ripley PR ranks in Entrepreneur magazine’s Top Franchise Suppliers list for the ninth consecutive year.
