Seattle Seahawks | Communiqué PR
Lessons Learned From the Seahawks’ Dramatic Comeback
The Seahawks’ game this weekend was one for the books. The defending Super Bowl champs’ prowess was in doubt as the Green Bay Packers took the lead and held it for majority of the game, but then startlingly reversed as the Seahawks came back in the final quarter and ultimately claimed their place in Super Bowl XLIX in overtime. Viewers [...]
Filed under: PUBLIC RELATIONS
Going Beast Mode on PR: Three Lessons From Seahawks Player Marshawn Lynch
Amid the excitement of the Seattle Seahawks’ run to the playoffs, the team’s explosive running back Marshawn Lynch was fined $100,000 for violating the NFL’s media policy, which requires players to speak with the media after practices and after games. There’s been much debate about the fairness of the NFL’s policy and whether players should be “forced” to speak with [...]
Filed under: PUBLIC RELATIONS, Strategy
Seattle Rallies to Support Diabetes Community
670,500 adults in Washington state have diabetes; that is nearly 10 percent of the population. This number is predicted to grow to nearly one million by 2025. When learning these staggering statistics, I was shocked. Of course, I was aware of diabetes and I have personally seen the hardships it creates because my cousin was diagnosed with Type I a [...]
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Seattle’s Seahawks Victory Parade and the Importance of Celebrating Success
This past Wednesday, an epic event overtook the city of Seattle: the Seahawks Super Bowl victory parade. According to news reports, some 700,000 people flooded the downtown streets to go full Beast Mode and revel in the Seahawks’ win—the first Super Bowl victory in the history of the franchise. In a city of 634,535, this very well may have been [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, PR trends
Breakfast with Pete Carroll
For those of you who know me, I am sure you can appreciate my excitement when I learned there was an opportunity to attend a breakfast talk with the new Seattle Seahawks Coach, Pete Carroll. As a college football fan I have long been enamored with the strength of the USC football program, as well as Carroll’s impressive use of [...]
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