Having offices around the world is a benefit to PR firms, but keeping staff connected and informed while in different time zones can be a challenge.

PALO ALTO, CA: Facebook hired Elliot Schrage, former VP of global communications and public affairs at Google, as its new VP of communications and public policy.

How does green radio's growth affect media relations?

ATLANTA: Orkin Pest Control launched a cause campaign, Fight the Bite, with a goal of raising $100,000 for 10,000 insecticide-treated bed nets for use in Africa. PR firm Jackson Spalding is handling the campaign.

Human resources consultant

Why do many CCOs I meet lately express frustration that the people at their companies are viewed as tacticians, not strategists?

Incisor Communications, created so that Bite Communications could take on the Sybase account without dropping any existing clients (PRWeek, April 28), is a tenuous conflict solution.

MD of HR, Ogilvy PR Worldwide

Members of the C-suite aren't the only ones who can benefit from media training

Thanks to the combination of digital work and increased global assignments, PR's recent momentum continued in 2007. However, economic uncertainties cloud the future.