San Diego Mayor Partners With Lady Gaga’s Foundation To Promote Kindness
By Sunny Skyz The Born This Way Foundation, co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, announced the launch of the #BeKind21 campaign in the City of San Diego. The campaign seeks to encourage members of the public to practice an act of kindness each day through Sept. 21 to build kinder, more connected […]
Idea Hall Named a 2021 Top 3 PR Agency by OC Business Journal
Our team is honored to have been named a top three PR agency by the Orange County Business Journal. The list includes the top 20 public relations firms in Orange County, ranked by number of full-time employees in OC. While rooted in public relations, our agency has identified the opportunity to successfully bring marketing, branding, […]
Harvard Business Review: Where Digital Transformations Go Wrong in Small and Midsize Companies
By Cynthia A. Conway and Mitch Codkind, Harvard Business Review Digital transformation is a hot topic, but most leaders don’t understand the full scope of what it means. At a recent class in Drexel University’s Executive MBA program, one of Microsoft’s highly respected technology executives and global C-Suite advisors, April Walker, presented this definition: “Digital […]
Teachers and Students Receive School Essentials Thanks to T-Mobile’s Million Dollar Donation
By Good News Network After over a year of empty classrooms, dusty bookshelves, and quiet playgrounds, many students across the U.S. are finally returning to school. For teachers, that means working to gather vital school supplies to cover classroom work and fun. Unfortunately, teachers are often forced to juggle tight budgets to cover all the […]
Harvard Business Review: It’s Time to Re-Onboard Everyone
By Liz Fosslien, Harvard Business Review “I’m the most tenured person on my team,” my friend Joyce, a senior marketing manager, told me. “But I feel like a new hire.” Despite having worked at her company for four years, a slew of recent changes had left Joyce feeling unmoored. After her manager quit in June, […]
Physical Activity Not Only Reduces Symptoms of Depression, But Increases Brain’s Ability to Change, Study Says
By Good News Network Physical activity does the brain good. Not only does it reduce depressive symptoms, it actually fosters the brain’s ability to change and adapt. This dual beneficial effect of physical activity was reported by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany following a small study. “The results show how important seemingly simple things […]
This Is How Collaboration Strengthens Your Leadership
By Steven Nelick, Entrepreneur Leadership is a critical component to the success of any business, and one of the most effective ways to blaze a trail that others will follow is to collaborate with them. Working with others is a message that executives and managers consistently push to employees because it’s clear that a company […]
US Charitable Giving Hit Record $471 Billion in 2020
By Fox Business Galvanized by the racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday that offers a comprehensive look at American philanthropy. The Giving USA report says Americans gave more to charity last year than in 2019, […]
25 Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read
By Business Insider “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban tells Business Insider that this book is required reading for every entrepreneur. It’s also a favorite of Charlie O’Donnell, a partner at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. He says, “I don’t know any book that sums up the entrepreneurial passion and spirit better than ‘The […]
The Bronze Medal Beam Routine That Won Gold in Our Hearts
By Michael Rosenberg, Sports Illustrated TOKYO — All along, Simone Biles shared the central conflict of her gymnastics life, and maybe we would have heard her if we saw her life as hers. This was it, simply: She often felt like she was performing for other people instead of for herself. On Tuesday morning in […]