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I can fire him, or he can quit – Daily Herald

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Eighteen year ago, my son Andy was at a crossroads, and so was I. He had worked for a medical communications company for three years and was ready to move on. My crossroad was the decision to make a full-time hire for my company – Ginny Richardson Public Relations (GR-PR for short).

We went to dinner to discuss the idea of him working for me. We talked about responsibilities and salaries. Perhaps most important, we made a pact that remains to this day: at any time I could fire him, or at any time he could resign.

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Not much in life free, but speakers bureau has been for 20 years

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Andy Richardson with Ginny Richardson When Gayle Heldmann searched for a guest speaker to address her church support group, it was no easy task. With meetings every week – and no budget – it quickly became a daunting task.

“Our group was always looking for local speakers to come in and talk to us about a variety of topics,” said Heldmann, of Naperville. “It was always very difficult to find someone who was willing to do it for a nominal fee or for no fee at all, and we didn’t have funds for it,” she said. [Read more…] about Not much in life free, but speakers bureau has been for 20 years

Free Speakers service proves ‘good free stuff’ is real

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Andy Richardson with Ginny Richardson FreeSpeakers.org offers 150 Chicago-area experts willing to give talks without a fee on more than 220 topics.

The 150 Chicago-area speakers with profiles on FreeSpeakers.org really offer their expertise without a fee in a community service project that has been growing for the past 20 years. [Read more…] about Free Speakers service proves ‘good free stuff’ is real

FreeSpeakers.org expands to Milwaukee

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Free Speakers Milwaukee A new resource for groups and organizations that need speakers is now available in Milwaukee and its suburbs. It’s called FreeSpeakers.org – A Pro Bono Speakers Bureau. The new bureau has 20 local speakers with more than 35 different topics available.

“All speakers present programs at no cost,” said Andy Richardson, director of FreeSpeakers.org. “Our community service project is 100% free to groups that need speakers. There is no charge to any group. Ever. Not from the speaker and not from the bureau.” [Read more…] about FreeSpeakers.org expands to Milwaukee

The 50th Annual DuPage County Fair

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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.

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