A few years ago (shortly after my beloved father passed away), I wrote a brief story about how we shared a love for this wonderful holiday, and why. I thought it would be nice to share this little story again, so here is a PDF reprint of the story as it appeared in a column in the Knoxville News Sentinel in November, 2004.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Congrats to local healthcare leader Ron German, chief executive officer of East Tennessee Medical Group, who’s been named chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the national Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).
A long-time leader in MGMA business (and a former MGMA local and state president), German now oversees the corporate investments & retirement plans of more than 22,000 MGMA members across the country. In these “challenging economic times”, it’s significant that German was chosen to “chart the course” of his fellow MGMA members’ investments.
East Tennesseans should be proud that one of our own is leading the financial interests of thousands of U.S. healthcare professionals. (And it’s no wonder that under German’s leadership, ETMG recently was recognized as the #1 healthcare facility in Blount County by the Daily Times’ Readers’ Choice Awards)!!!
By way of Michael Silence’s No Silence Here (where I sometimes am a contributing blogger), I was reading this list of The Webby Awards’ list of the top ten most influential internet moments of the decade.
From the expansion of Craigslist to the debut of Facebook and Twitter and on to the presidential elections in the U.S. and Iran, it’s chock full of moments that helped define the current (but ever evolving) landscape of digital communications and social media.
What do you think of the list? Is there anything missing you think was worthy of consideration? Please share your thoughts in the discussion area.
Our own Lisa Skinner, senior vice president of Ackermann PR, had a great time as a judge at the Grove Park Inn’s National Gingerbread House Competition earlier this week in Asheville, North Carolina. We’re sorry she didn’t bring us back some delicious houses to eat display, but she did bring photos.
You can see some of her pictures on our Flickr pages and you can read more about the Grove Park Inn’s great holiday tradition over at Stirring the Pot, Mary Constantine’s food and cooking blog at the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Katie Granju, our director of digital communications and social media, has a busy day of public speaking tomorrow. It’s a good thing she enjoys it!
If you are a member of the Volunteer Chapter of PRSA, you can hear Katie speaking about digital strategy tomorrow at the organization’s monthly luncheon. This month’s luncheon will be at the Orangery.
UT journalism and communications students with a desire to learn more about the role of digital communications and social media in public relations firms like Ackermann PR can hear Katie speak to the student staff of the Tennessee Journalist Network tomorrow on campus at the Haslam Building at 6:30.
It’s a great opportunity to hear from an entertaining and energetic speaker.