Brenda Thompson Communications

Flashback to an unforgettable day spent with Sandra Bernhard. Most of it was great fun as I ferried her to interviews around town the night of her performance at ZACH Theatre, just not the part where she had a meltdown about the one interview she didn’t want to do and took it out on my car.

Good reminder that big words don't make you sound smarter! Happy Friday.

One of my most unique and fun clients over the years, Jurassic Car Wash in Austin!

Even more love for The Juicy Leaf and "plantfluencer" (yes, that is a thing!) Felix Navarro.

Whoo hoo! ThunderCloud Subs on the *definitive* list of America's best sandwiches.

Help The Trail Foundation win recognition for Austin's Butler Trail as Best Recreational Trail in this USA TODAY competition!

Corporate America is rethinking its political affiliations following the assault on the U.S. Capitol. (MyPillow continues to double down, however, with its latest promotion giving customers using the coupon code QAnon a discount on their order.)

"This isn't politically motivated, as Forbes’ pro-entrepreneur, pro-growth worldview has generally placed it in the right-of-center camp over the past century this standard needs to apply to liars from either party."

The Trail Foundation is not letting the pandemic slow them down! They've embraced online community engagement and are getting tons of responses to surveys like this one regarding safety and mobility on Austin's Butler Trail.

Remember for a minute when a lot of companies were thrilled with the prospect of remote workforces continuing forever? A lot of those same companies are backing off from that, saying productivity and engagement has suffered.

It's our seventh year to work with ThunderCloud Subs on the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot! This is the 30th year for the event and (we hope) the only year that it will be virtual. Wherever in the world you are, sign up for only $25 and get your iconic Trot long-sleeved T-shirt.

So proud of and happy for my clients The Juicy Leaf, currently featured on Facebook's cover video (more than 8.5 million people follow the page), and in a longer video and gorgeous photos as part of Facebook's campaign for small businesses.

The Trail Foundation is launching a series of local music pop-up performances on the Trail, kicking off with Austin Black musicians throughout the month of October.

Incredible virtual wine dinner with Chef Eric Adjepong and Jordan Vineyard & Winery. Thank you to Jack Allen's Kitchen 360 for the invitation!

The good news: you can do the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot from anywhere in the world that you happen to be this year!

In one of the most brilliant business pivots I've seen, Felix and The Juicy Leaf started selling succulent arrangement kits and doing Instagram live workshops to show people how to make them when the pandemic hit. Now the kits are shipped around the country, and other businesses have used them as a fun activity for their employees to do together online.

On the front page of the LA Times this morning, some extraordinary reporting on itself. As painful as the reckoning has been, it sounds like real positive change is happening.

Four years ago today! Lots of cheering (and confetti) as NBA star Kevin Durant visited IDEA Public Schools Austin.

Missed by so many, Gov. Ann Richards would have been 87 years old today. Here she is on her 70th birthday trip to Kenya.

I could have used my own advice to clients about short, succinct answers before doing this interview. https://www.brattleborotv.org/pr-benefits