Cybersecurity is a fast-paced industry — perhaps never more so than during COVID-19. What does that mean for PR pros today? To answer that, we spoke with Account Supervisor Edward Fernandez, one of our firm’s cybersecurity PR experts, about his experience and perspective. From his home office in Austin, TX, Edward works with RH Strategic’s…
The extraordinary sadness, anger, and hunger for immediate change expressed by millions of Americans in the streets, online, and in living rooms has deeply challenged even the most progressive boardroom thinking about racial diversity and the actions needed to accelerate equality. There is no magic button anyone can press to resolve hundreds of years of…
Congratulations on getting your teams successfully transitioned to remote work and video meetings. Everyone’s patience for the background distractions, wi-fi drop-offs and muted banter continues to show resilience. Yet there are moments when the stakes are high and there are no do-overs – a keynote speech, a live media interview, an investor pitch, an important…
Black Lives Matter. With protests continuing across the nation and the world, the importance of this movement has never been more apparent. A recent report from the USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations examines how movements like this have shaped national conversations in the past couple years. Black Lives Matter is included alongside March for…
Each year, the Washington State Puget Sound chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recognizes the top PR projects and programs from across the region with the annual Totem Awards. We are thrilled to share that we are the winner of two Totem awards! This year we brought back trophies in the External…
The tremendous grief we have seen across the nation in recent weeks showcases a very real and urgent need to address racism head-on, educate the public and provide resources for those in unjust circumstances. RH Strategic has always been on the side of progress – giving voice to the innovators and leaders with a big…
With mandatory stay at home and shelter in place policies to protect people from the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses and employees have made the rapid shift to remote work. At RH Strategic, we’ve been leveraging these technologies for years, and some of our employees have been working remotely for over a decade. Given the current…
By 2023, global spending on smart cities initiatives is projected to reach $189.5 billion. This represents a major inflection point in the rise of smart cities. City planners, government officials and transit technology companies are all working together to bring metropolitan areas the latest advances in smart grid technology, intelligent traffic management and more. Over…
John Raffetto and David Herman co-founded RH Strategic and have been making investments in talent and services over the years to position the firm for growth. We talked to them about the strategic objectives behind the acquisition of MIX Public Relations, a firm specializing in B2B technology PR. What drove the MIX PR acquisition? We…
We’re thrilled to welcome seasoned PR pros Matthew Mors and Hally Wax to the RH Strategic team! Matthew and Hally co-founded the recently acquired PR firm MIX Public Relations and now join us as senior vice presidents and co-leads of RH Strategic’s B2B Technology Practice. They also bring with them a talented team of RHockstars…
The RH Strategic story has long been one of growth and success. Since we opened in 2008, we’ve been transforming innovative companies into market leaders and continuously expanding our team to better serve our clients. Twelve years later, we’re proud to announce the acquisition of MIX Public Relations, which grows our team to 30 full-time…
Experts say we have been in a low-grade global cyber conflict for much of the past decade. Since the Stuxnet virus that disrupted Iran’s nuke-building capacity in 2010, followed by the Shamoon virus that disabled Saudi Aramco’s oil production in 2012, governments have pointed their cyber arsenals at one another in frightening ways. At the…
