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Susan Ennis, APR, CPRC, of EnSpire Communication
Joins FPRA Executive Committee, September 15, 2011
The Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) has selected Susan Ennis, founder and president of EnSpire Communication, to fill the role of vice president of accreditation and certification on the statewide public relations organization’s executive committee.
Success Magazine: Women in Business
Seminole County professional women discuss “The Glass Ceiling,” juggling work and family life and other gender-related issues.
Susan Ennis, APR, EnSpire Communication Consultants LLC, Lake
Mary, feels that “for the most part, men and women work well together. I’ve had a lot of great experiences where we draw upon each other’s strengths, resulting in a better work product."
Children's Voice
Managing Media Opportunities: Making the Most of Time in the National Spotlight
Though the Bonnie Brae Knights took their drum line seriously, they hadn't yet shown the world all they could accomplish.
Children's Home Society of Florida
Letters to the Editor: Working to Break the Cycle of Child Abuse
By David A. Bundy, St. Petersburg Times, October 26, 2011
Life is precious. Children are precious. And when the life of a child is lost to senseless and evil violence, it jars our equilibrium.
Opinion: When Independence Day Comes Twice
By David A. Bundy, Tampa Tribune, July 24, 2011
For most of us, Independence Day comes just once a year. For 1,800-plus youth in Florida's foster care system, it comes twice this year: once on July 4 and again on their 18th birthdays, when they "age out" of foster care.
What Business Interests Want From Florida's Legislature
By Amy Keller, Florida Trend, March 3, 2011.
Dave Bundy, president and CEO of Children's Home Society, says his non-profit is focusing on four key areas during the 2011 legislative session.
Tale of the (Red) Tape
By Amy Keller, Florida Trend, February 1, 2011
Dave Bundy told his employees at the Children’s Home Society of Florida to document the amount of time spent on redundant bureaucratic procedures. His findings led lawmakers to make changes that will save Bundy’s non-profit anywhere from $75,000 to $100,000 a year.
Other Views: Keep Funds for State's Children
By Jackie Gonzalez, Miami Herald, January 19, 2011
Florida's Title IV-E pilot program reduced the number of children living in foster homes and group care by 32 percent and, in its first year, cut reabuse of children by half within six months of their cases being closed. With this success, workers have more manageable caseloads, allowing them to focus on adoption for children in foster care. The result has been record numbers of adoptions over the past three years.
For Evans High School – It's a New Day
By Gillian Nanton, West Orlando News, January 13, 2011
Evans High School moved closer today in realizing its vision to become a world class educational facility with the announcement of a donation of $175,000 from JP Morgan Chase to Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), one of several partners supporting its quest to become a full-service school.
Grant to turn Evans High into major community hub
By Kate Santich and Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, January 13, 2011
Child-welfare advocates hope to breathe new life into Evans High School by transforming the campus into a community hub with medical care and social services for students and extensive after-school programs for both students and parents alike, officials announced Thursday.
Editorial: Keep Brevard's Babies Safe
By Teresa Miles, Florida Today, September 22, 2010
Even with decades of experience helping others understand how to raise their children, a husband by my side, a mother a phone call away and an entourage of friends eager to help, I was overwhelmed.
Breaking the Cycle
By Joey Rosenberg, First Monday Magazine, September 2010
David Bundy is taking things a step further. Abuse isn’t just a priority; it’s atop his agenda. The president and CEO of the Children’s Home Society of Florida, and a childhood victim of such behavior, he has made assurance of quality care and support of children his life’s work.
Editor's Page: Dynamics
By Mark Howard, Florida Trend, May 2010
First, a success story. A little over four years ago Florida did a smart thing. The state struck a deal with the federal government involving money that flows down from Washington as part of the Social Security Act.
My Word: Keep Our Children Safe
By David A. Bundy, Orlando Sentinel, January 17, 2010
I felt weak in the knees and immediately had to sit down when I opened the Orlando Sentinel on Jan. 7 and saw the glaring headline, " Florida in 2008: 20% rise in deadly abuse of children."
Opinion: Celebrate Adoption
By David A. Bundy, Tampa Tribune, November 20, 2009
In recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month, families will gather throughout Florida to celebrate the joy of adoption through special court ceremonies, heart-warming group adoptions, community picnics and festivals.
Opinion: Protect Successful Florida Adoption Program
By David A. Bundy, Florida Times-Union, November 17,2009
Florida has gained national recognition for its success in finding forever families for foster children and for keeping children safely at home, thanks in part to a five-year federal funding program that allows child welfare professionals to focus services on at-risk children and families.
Girl Scouts of Citrus
Girl Scouts Hold ‘Great Gathering’ This Weekend, Laurie Sterben, Hometown News, January 2012
Girl Scouts Will ‘Be Prepared’ for 100th Birthday, Linda Trimble, Daytona Beach News Journal, January 2012
Girl Scouts, 99 Years of Tradition
By Susan Ennis, Oviedo Winter Springs Life, June 2011
For nearly a century, Girl Scouts have been inspiring girls to change the world by helping them develop skills in order to become strong women leaders.
Opinion: Establishing Lifelong Healthy Habits in Girls
By Pamela Lennox, Seminole County Woman Newspaper, January 2011
The advent of a new year traditionally signals a time to take stock of our lives and resolve to make improvements. One of the more popular New Year’s resolutions, and one many of us have repeatedly made, is to get fit and lose weight – not an easy task.
Opinion: Parents Need to Wake Up and School Officials Must Take Action
By Pamela Lennox, FloridaThinks.com, November 2010
A few years ago, based upon research, Girl Scouts of Citrus Council assumed a strong position in confronting bullying through several programs offered to girls in Florida.
My Word: Stop the Bullying Now
By Pamela Lennox, Orlando Sentinel, October 10, 2010
When most of us think about the month of October, we think about fall festivals and Halloween. However, October has been designated National Anti-Bullying Month, signaling a time to focus on putting an end to bullying.
Girl Scouts Step Up to Help Military Families
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel, October 31, 2009
They may sound like small gestures: sending a box of cookies to a soldier in Iraq or offering baby-sitting services to a military widow struggling to raise her family alone.
Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell
NJ Gets Tough on Harassment and Bullying
By Leonard J. Dietzen, III
*Reprinted with permission from School Leader magazine.
Copyright 2011 New Jersey School Boards Association. All rights reserved.
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Invoking the 24 Hour Rule: Shirley Sherrod firing provides valuable lessons for management
By Linda Bond Edwards
When a video clip of a presentation Shirley Sherrod made earlier this year at an NAACP event was distributed through the internet, Sherrod’s resignation was quickly requested by Agriculture Department Deputy Undersecretary Cheryl Cook. The request, attributed to the White House, left the federal government dealing with a public relations fiasco.
PINing in the Public Arena: Beware of "Private" Texting
By Leonard J Dietzen, III
The “smart phone” has quickly become an indispensible communications tool for the modern business person. And, for many, the BlackBerry® is an icon of the world’s new addiction to instantaneous communication.
Proper Coverage for Bedbug Infestations
By Daniel Gerber
Bedbugs are presenting new problems and challenges for residential apartments and condominiums. Recent bedbug invasions into hotels and motels from abroad have been transferred — slowly but surely — to homes, including apartment homes.
YMCA of Central Florida
Letters to the Editor: Resolve to get children fit and healthy in the New Year By James Ferber, Orlando Sentinel, December 28, 2011
More must be done to salvage the health and well being of Florida's youth. Yet, as pointed out in a recent Orlando Sentinel editorial, Florida's legislators will entertain a bill to eliminate physical education requirements for middle-school students.