Girls ages 5 to 17 can sign up for Girl Scouts from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual membership rally will be at the Girl Scout House at Mike Sansone Community Park, 1702 N. Park Road, south of Interstate 4. Light refreshments will be served, and girls may take part in craft-making. ...more

September 6, 2009

The New Tampa Junior Woman's Club has named eight winners of the organization's 2009 scholarships award. ...more

September 2, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA The Tampa Junior Women's Club recently elected its board members for 2009-10. ...more

August 26, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist appeared today in St. Petersburg with Mayor Rick Baker and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio to continue his public relations push for the federal stimulus package, despite taking increasing criticism from members of his own party who oppose the bill. ...more

February 13, 2009

The University of South Florida picked a veteran hospital fundraiser to lead its foundation. Joel Momberg will be the university's chief fundraiser and chief executive officer of the USF Foundation. He starts Feb. 2. ...more

October 16, 2008

Peter Shankman, public relations guru and author of "Can We Do That? Outrageous PR Stunts That Work," spoke to the American Marketing Association recently at Gallagher's Steakhouse. Shankman is chief executive officer of The Geek Factory, a public relations and marketing firm in New York. ...more

September 17, 2008

By the time you read this, Brett Favre might already be a Buccaneer. Even if he's not, the speculation that he soon will be should still be gaining strength. ...more

July 27, 2008

I know from experience that if one person has a question or problem, there are thousands more behind the scenes who are struggling with a similar situation. So I like to dole out the answers and tips in this space whenever possible. ...more

June 1, 2008

I'm getting very irritated when the first thing elected city officials or government officials say is that we can't reduce taxes because we'll have to reduce services. They need to look at organizational structures, tasks and responsibilities and see how they can adjust. It's the citizens' money, not theirs. I am totally disgusted with the sheriff's office when they took extra money and divided it up for bonuses. This was ridiculous. ...more

February 13, 2008

Over the weekend I had a chat with an off-duty Disney worker. He has nothing to do with Disney public relations. He's just a grunt — a worker — so he didn't have to be guarded about what he had to say. Eventually our conversation got around to the use of Segways at the Disney parks. The Segway is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire. It is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric transporting device that was unveiled in December 2001. The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" (a smooth transition, literally Italian for "follows"). When it was first introduced it was the Segway HT for human transporter. It is now referred to as the Segway PT for personal transporter. Critics are less kind, referring to the thing as a motorized skateboard. ...more

November 24, 2007