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...
by Chris Horan | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools
WriteBoston enlisted Horan Communications to research and write a profile about its innovative partnership with the Chelsea (MA) Public Schools. The profile (PDF) highlights the design and impact of an initiative to improve writing and literacy instruction in the...
by Chris Horan | Oct 3, 2016 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools, Social Media
We’re proud to be working with five of the largest educational professional associations in Massachusetts to launch a statewide campaign promoting social-emotional learning in our schools. Horan Communications served as project manager and communications...
by Chris Horan | Sep 1, 2016 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools, Social Media
Educators often express frustration that the media just “don’t get” what they do. They argue that news stories about education would be more fair and balanced if reporters had greater insight into the difficult work that teachers, principals, and superintendents do...
by Chris Horan | Nov 18, 2015 | Branding, Insight, Public Relations, Social Media
By Brittany Straughn Boston University ’16 Horan Communications Intern The Problem: Many organizations begin marketing themselves prior to addressing questions whose answers end up shaping the best communication plans. The same questions apply to many...
by Chris Horan | Oct 9, 2015 | General, Insight, Public Relations
Horan Communications is proud to welcome Brittany Straughn as a marketing and communications intern this semester. Brittany will graduate from Boston University in January 2016 with degrees in communications and political science. Over the past two years, she has...
by Chris Horan | Sep 29, 2015 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Social Media
We’re proud to partner with the TOD@S Collaborative to launch a public awareness campaign about relationships between LGBQ/T people of color. It features advertisements on MBTA buses, subway cars and bus shelters, as well as social media, local print, radio, and...
by Chris Horan | Jan 5, 2015 | Featured, General, Home Post, Insight, Public Relations, Schools
Congratulations to our client, Dr. Pia Durkin, who has been named Southcoast Woman of the Year by the Standard-Times. Dr. Durkin was honored for her tenacious leadership as Superintendent of the New Bedford Public Schools.
by Chris Horan | Aug 28, 2014 | Branding, General, Insight, Public Relations, Schools
A new promotional video filmed at Excel High School in South Boston introduces teachers and students to the Boston Globe Foundation’s News in Education (NIE) program.
