by Chris Horan | May 8, 2020 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools, Social Media
See also a more recent post (7/14/20) post about effective back-to-school communications. As school districts grapple with the incredibly complex issues associated with reopening school buildings after Covid-19 closures, it is essential to engage in thoughtful...
by Chris Horan | Mar 26, 2020 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Schools, Social Media
With schools across the country closed for weeks or months because of the coronavirus pandemic, Superintendents and other school and district leaders are seeking creative ways to stay connected to families and staff. Of course, your first priority is to communicate...
by Chris Horan | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools, Social Media
We live in an unpredictable world. For school and district leaders, that means having to manage and lead through all kinds of challenging circumstances, often on a moment’s notice. Safety incidents. Budget shortfalls. Personnel issues. Weather disasters....
by Chris Horan | Sep 1, 2019 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools
According to a major national poll, a slim margin of American adults are at least “somewhat satisfied” with the overall quality of K-12 education for the first time in 15 years. In the annual Gallup Poll on Education, conducted most recently in August 2019, 51% of...
by Chris Horan | Sep 26, 2018 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Schools
Too often, when we devise communications strategies, we’re focused solely on getting news and information out. In our eagerness to keep families and the community informed, we can easily do too much talking and not enough listening. A good communications plan...
by Chris Horan | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools, Social Media
Back-to-school time is about so much more than the end of summer and retail sales on school supplies and kids’ clothing. The start of a new school year presents a unique opportunity to deliver to your community optimistic messages about what’s in store for a...
