Amplifying LGBTQ+ Student Voices with National Rainbow College Fund

By Makenzi Jordan Rodriguez The most powerful storytelling is human-centered storytelling, focused on lived experience. This month, our work with National Rainbow College Fund (NRCF) is doing exactly that. As scholarship application season unfolds, more people across California are learning about the barriers LGBTQ+ students face in accessing and staying in college, and, importantly, the solutions that work. Recent media…
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LGBTQ+ Youth Face Unique Struggles on Path to Education

At Landis, we take pride in working with clients who are making a meaningful impact in the world.  One example is National Rainbow College Fund, powered by San Diego Foundation, which is working to create a more equitable future by making higher education accessible for all LGBTQ+ students—whether they are “in” or “out”—by eliminating financial barriers. As a LGBTQ+ owned…
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Amplify Your PR Wins

Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Amanda Hill – Three Box Strategic Communications. For the original blog, please visit here. Your audience’s attention is more fragmented than ever. We used to target seven touchpoints to reach the customer – now, it takes eight or nine. How do today’s PR teams keep up? Savvy PR…
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6 lessons from industry-leading Latino voices in PR

Note: This is a reposted blog by Kristen Dunleavy from Muck Rack. For the original blog, please visit here.  Understand the complexities of Hispanic communities To kickstart the webinar, host Sonia Diaz, president of Zaid PR and president of the Hispanic Public Relations Association, shared an alarming statistic: while Latinos make up 20% of the population, they only account for 13%…
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Discussing the Values-Aligned Company on the PRGN Podcast  

Landis Communications’ president Sean Dowdall appeared on the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) podcast to discuss how he runs the agency as a values-aligned company. Sean is in conversation with Abbie Fink from partner agency HMA Public Relations. Give a listen here or learn more about Landis and our philanthropic work here. Growing up in a small town on the Flathead Indian Reservation in…
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It Pays to Be Polite

By Makenzi Jordan Rodriguez I’m sure we can all conjure up a memory of a specific workplace interaction defined by impolite or unpleasant behavior. Our first instinct might be to get defensive or snap back, but it’s better to take a moment and consider next steps. Most often, these experiences affect workplace relationships longer than the immediate period. Here are…
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