Category Archives: PRofessional Solutions News

5 Tips for Managing Remote Employees More Effectively

As “work from home” status continues for many organizations due to COVID-19, team leaders are challenged with having to manage and motivate staffers remotely. For more than 25 years, we’ve successfully placed some of our associates in remote assignments for … Continue reading

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Is Your Team Ready to Return to the Office? Ask Them

We’re professional communicators. We survey and design communications to motivate actions and measure outcomes. But do we do that internally, among our own teams? Our work lives and behaviors have been interrupted and challenged in unprecedented ways by closures to … Continue reading

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We’re Skipping the Party but Giving the Party Favor

Businesses choose to celebrate milestone anniversaries in many ways — parties, customer giveaways, ad campaigns.  For our 25th anniversary this year, PRofessional Solutions, LLC decided to skip the party but give one big party favor: a $2500 donation to the … Continue reading

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Professional Society Membership as Career Builder

An interview with PRofessional Solutions Founder and CEO Kate Perrin Q: Do you recommend professional society membership to your PR colleagues? A:  Absolutely! I encourage all professional communicators to find the right group and join no matter what their level … Continue reading

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Martha Boudreau and Pattie Yu to be Inducted into The National Capital Public Relations Hall of Fame

The Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter (PRSA-NCC) has announced that Martha Boudreau and Pattie Yu will be inducted into the National Capital Public Relations Hall of Fame. Boudreau and Yu will be honored at the 50th anniversary … Continue reading

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24 years later a good idea is why we’re still providing PR temps

Time flies. Twenty-five years ago I listened to funny radio ads as I dressed for work each morning. In them, worried accountants, sick at home, heard how great “Bob from Accountemps” was and decided to hurry back to the office. … Continue reading

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Making Awards a Rewarding Experience

A wonderful annual dinner last week got me thinking about the nature of awards and how fleeting that recognition can be. Each April this dinner gathers together both past honorees of Washington Women in Public Relations’ PR Woman of the … Continue reading

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Three Ways Bees Differ From Employees Explain Why You Need Temps!

Recently a group of business colleagues and I had an amazing experience that had us buzzing – a beekeeping class at Miraval Resort in Arizona. As business owners, it was impossible not to admire the bees’ single-minded pursuit of work … Continue reading

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Our First Client Makes Latest Temp a Permanent Employee

Twenty-three years ago Conservation International (CI) was our first client.  This week they made the temp we were currently providing them a permanent employee. When we first collaborated PRofessional Solutions, LLC was just getting started and CI was a very young … Continue reading

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Birthdays Spark Memories!

As May, our birthday month, winds down, we wanted to share one more special memory from our company’s 23-year history. In 2014, PRofessional Solutions, LLC was recognized by the Washington Business Journal “Book of Lists” as being among the Top … Continue reading

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