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Free Speakers Bureau Celebrates 15 Years

April 1, 2012 by Andy Richardson

Ginny Richardson and Andy Richardson Chicago area free speakers bureau, Free Speech, is celebrating its 15th anniversary of service. Groups, businesses, and organizations from Chicago and almost every suburb utilize the speaker’s bureau which provides an outstanding roster of speakers, all of whom speak for free.

With the down economy, being a speaker is an effective way for the entrepreneurs and business owners to market themselves and/or their businesses. In addition, organizations are finding it difficult to finance professional speakers. Free Speech helps in both situations. [Read more…] about Free Speakers Bureau Celebrates 15 Years

Filed Under: Press Releases, Public Relations

Uncle Rich Port: The ‘Who’ Behind the La Grange YMCA

September 14, 2010 by Andy Richardson

Rich Port, the 'who' behind the LaGrange YMCA I always knew he was important, and sometimes that booming voice scared the bejeebers out of me, but my Uncle Rich (Port) is the stuff of family legend.

Before I was born, my grandfather — Robert Hayes Burns — lost his wife. As a widower, he bought a large red brick house at 124 N. Madison Ave. in La Grange for himself, his three daughters — Anne, Mary and Jeanne — and their husbands. Then the babies started coming: first my cousin Libby, Rich Port and Mary’s daughter; then my brother Rob; then me; then my little brother Carl. [Read more…] about Uncle Rich Port: The ‘Who’ Behind the La Grange YMCA

Filed Under: Feature Story Tagged With: Rich Port

Case Study: Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, ‘A Healthy Hundred Years’

June 1, 2006 by Andy Richardson

Hinsdale Hospital nestles in a corner of Hinsdale, Illinois. Founded in 1904 by a married couple with immense zeal, prayer and a Civil War officer’s generosity, this Seventh Day Adventist hospital grew and prospered into the 21st century. To commemorate the 100th year, Hinsdale Hospital leaders endorsed the writing of a hard-bound, comprehensive history book. Ginny Richardson Public Relations was engaged (and privileged) to be the sole writer, and a year later – “Century.” [Read more…] about Case Study: Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, ‘A Healthy Hundred Years’

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The 50th Annual DuPage County Fair

August 10, 2004 by Andy Richardson

Case Study

The DuPage County Fair is the only county fair in Illinois located in a completely urban setting. Historical research showed that when the first DuPage County Fair was held in 1955, the county was 85% farmland. By 2000, the last farm vanished as DuPage County was absorbed into Chicago’s urban sprawl.

[Read more…] about The 50th Annual DuPage County Fair

Filed Under: Case Study, Marketing, Public Relations Tagged With: case study, DuPage County, marketing, public relations

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