By Jane Kollmer, Director for Communications, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Spending time in Miami this past July for the NACCDO-PAMN Annual Conference Planning meeting, my colleagues on the steering committee and I got a nice preview of what to expect from this fun, vibrant city that will be our host. I want…
By Jane Kollmer, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Members of PAMN are charged with building brand, reputation and thought leadership in the cancer space. This can be accomplished through earned media opportunities. In today’s rapidly evolving media landscape, navigating the world of public relations and media relations—especially for the unique space that is cancer…
The 2016 Pulse night club mass shooting in Orlando. The 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. The 2020 murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. The ensuing social unrest rocked our country and sparked ongoing national debate. Even as these societal shifts continue to occur, corporations and organizations that waded into the…
By Jane Kollmer, Director for Communications, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center We can’t avoid change, but as humans, we are hard-wired to fear it. At my institution, the University of Chicago, change has become the new norm over the past couple of years—and not just because of COVID and The Great Resignation. For…
We are pleased to announce the election of eight new members and re-election of two to the Public Affairs & Marketing Network (PAMN) Steering Committee. They join the others on our board in helping to shape our organization, including our year-round and 2021 annual conference programming. Our thanks go out to them and their sponsoring…
If this year has taught us anything it is that we can do virtually anything, right? By now, we have settled into Zoom meetings and working in new ways, but we still long for a new normal. Mike and I, along with Leslie and our steering committees, made the difficult decision to pivot to an…