Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations, among PRWeek's Top 30 firms nationally, offers a full range of corporate and marketing public relations services to clients looking to build brands, influence public opinion and enhance reputation. Work is local, regional and national in scope and includes consumer, business-to-business, health care and information technology sectors. Located in Columbus, Ohio, Fahlgren Mortine is a member of the IPREX worldwide network.
By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications
Neil Mortine and Kathy Cupper Obert
Fahlgren, Edward Howard to Join Public Relations Businesses
Alignment Forms Independent Powerhouse:
Largest Firm in Ohio and Top 30 Nationally
The acquisition, which joins the capabilities of Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations and Edward Howard, is expected to close during the first quarter of 2010 although integration and coordinated new business and marketing efforts will begin immediately.
Check out more details of today’s exciting announcement in the news release.
No matter how you slice or dice it, we all know that working remotely has become a major trend in the U.S. work force. According to a Yankee Group survey of 178 U.S. businesses with 20 - 99 employees, 79% had mobile workers, with an average of 11 mobile workers per company.
This trend is growing…and fast.
In 2003, there were 4.4 million U.S. employees working at home with broadband. By 2004, the number soared to 8.1 million, an 84% increase (Source: 2004 American Interactive Consumer Survey conducted by The Dieringer Research Group). In fact, there is even a Telework Advisory Group for World at Work, who attributes the rising trend to a combination of factors, including the proliferation of high speed/broadband (which has made it both less expensive and more productive to work remotely) and the willingness of more employers to embrace both flexibility and work-life balance.
So, what are the pros and cons? As a public relations professional who has worked remotely for more than five years, I can tell you there are plenty of both. The benefits include the most convenient commute available (walking across the hall), being able to do a job that you love with the conveniences of your own home surrounding you, and basically having the freedom to live wherever you desire.
By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications
Now that our creative group and interior designers have agreed on the color palette, furniture and accessories that best reflect the Fahlgren brand (nothing short of a miracle!), and now that most of us have figured out our new phone system and conference room technologies (another miracle), we thought it was time to officially break in the place with more than 500 of our closest friends. So, we did — in true Fahlgren style.
On October 1, we hosted our open house in our new headquarters at Easton Town Center. If you were able to join us, hopefully you enjoyed a tour of our new 30,000 square feet of space, learned about all of our environmentally friendly design initiatives and got your fill of appetizers and refreshments complete with sushi, a dessert bar and a full offering of beverages. And, if you weren’t able to attend, we hope you can come see us soon. Either way, take a peek at the pics from our special event.
We moved to our new office space at Easton this July, and we were able to combine our more than 120 employees who were in two Columbus offices (Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations and Fahlgren Advertising) under one roof in the heart of this retail Mecca. The location makes sense considering that much of our business is about engaging consumers and helping our clients sell goods and services.
You don’t have to take it from me what a great new space we have. Check out what Advergirl had to say about our new digs and our open house festivities, and feel free to let us know what you thought of the party and new HQs.
