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David E. Johnson and the trouble with being noticed
He helps authors get into the conversation and companies survive it. For Strategic Vision PR Group founder David E. Johnson, the difficult part of publicity begins after someone pays attention.
B.R. McConnon III and the politics of showing up
He built DDC around the work of turning people into advocates. A golf tournament, an Irish leadership program and a 26-year company story reveal the habits behind the business.
Ronald W. Wong and the people missing from the room
From California’s appointment rooms to multilingual campaigns and documentary film, Ronald W. Wong has built a career around a practical question: who has been left out of the conversation?
Darcy Palder and the trouble with first impressions
Before her work at Meta, Darcy Palder reported on politics, helped defend a bus route and studied in a city in revolt. Her own writing keeps returning to a deceptively difficult question: who gets to speak for whom?
Jonathan Rosen and the business of being heard
At 26, Jonathan Rosen helped start a communications firm with a plan to pay the rent. Two decades later, Orchestra brings hundreds of specialists together around a question he first encountered in politics: how do you get people to care?
Phil Singer and the art of getting ahead of the story
A campaign spokesman learns quickly that the next question is already on its way. Phil Singer took that lesson from national politics into Marathon Strategies, where research, reputation, and the public argument share a desk.
Ken Spain Learned Politics in the War Room. Now He Helps Companies Survive It.
The Narrative Strategies CEO built his career where campaigns, companies and public opinion collide. His enduring lesson is disarmingly simple: prepare early, understand the audience and never let somebody else write your story first.