Amazon transformed the search for talent in Seattle. Now the company’s headed for New York and DC. How will its arrival impact the competition for talent in those regions? RH Strategic Associate Vice President Kara Lundberg explains. How has Amazon’s growth in Seattle affected recruiting there? There’s no denying that Amazon’s dominance in Seattle has made…
“Sorry, we don’t cover vendor news.” “We only accept vendor talks as sponsored content.” “If you would like to contribute an article, our Brand Voice team has information about that.” These common responses are familiar for anybody who works with a software vendor on its communications team. All too often an innovative solution that fulfills…
We don’t seek to do work just for the sake of winning an award. But, when we get a chance to pat ourselves on the back for working with great partners and clients, it’s hard to resist the opportunity. The National Capital Chapter Thoth Awards seek to recognize outstanding strategic public relations programs. The RH…
As communicators, we are constantly taking in a tremendous amount of information. We are always processing new best practices, new story-telling tactics and the ever-changing swirl of the media landscape. We work diligently to help our clients and partners tell amazing stories and reach their key audiences. But sharing the process of how we do…
Trish Rimo, who leads RH Strategic’s cybersecurity practice, has a storied career at the intersection of public relations, government affairs and cybersecurity. We recently chatted with Trish, who has represented clients like McAfee, Intel and SAIC, to assess what is top of mind among policymakers in Washington DC. What are lawmakers in DC most concerned…
Mighty tech giants are stumbling. Facebook’s value recently took a $130 billion plunge on the heels of fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Twitter’s stock took a nosedive the same week amid slow growth and waning public trust. Uber is still picking up the pieces after paying a hacker in a supposed effort to conceal…
DreamBox Learning Education technology company DreamBox Learning, following months of high-profile news coverage earned through its partnership with RH Strategic, made headlines again when it announced a monumental $130 million investment from The Rise Fund. Luminaries and activists like Laurene Powell Jobs and Bono are among the founders of the global impact investing fund managed…
Something wasn’t quite right with this news story. It was a rote finance piece about the day’s market action on a publicly traded company – thousands of these stories are published every day – but there was a robotic awkwardness about it. The effect was barely noticeable, even forgettable – perhaps a grammatical agreement error,…
One of the most powerful validations of a business idea is when somebody else is willing to invest their time, resources and capital into your business. In technology and software, venture capital firms are perpetually seeking to uncover the next unicorn to invest in. In July, RH clients Integris and DreamBox Learning represented two of…
The RH Strategic Podcast recently chatted with Jeff Welgan, CyberVista’s executive director and head of executive training programs, at the 2018 DCA BIG Cyber Growth Summit in Crystal City, Virginia. In our podcast, Welgan discusses empowering executives to manage cyber risks, D.C.’s cyber landscape, and the work CyberVista does in cybersecurity training and workforce development….
