“Have the courage to speak up” at meetings of executives and “ask questions, lots of questions,” a youthful audience of 200 PR careerists was told May 3 at Baruch College, New York.
Business Grounding, Nerve Needed for PR Success
Mon., May 8, 2017
By Jack O'Dwyer
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