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Our resident journalist-turned-PR Apprentice, Isabel Hughes, reminds us that now, more than ever, empathy must play a significant role in our media relations work. https://www.thekeypr.com//why-empathy-matters-especially-r

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From mobility nerd to mobility pro! Our very own Sam Rupel was on the ground at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility, and she’s got highlights - up on our blog now: https://www.thekeypr.com//highlights-from-techcrunch-sessi #tcmobility

Thanks Martha for sharing some extra backstory on our partnership with Mixhalo: https://www.thekeypr.com//the-universe-rocks-a-quick-peek-

Congrats to our client Mixhalo for a killer week of press - after closing a $10.7M Series A funding round to democratize audio at live events. More exciting news to come! #mixhalopoweredevents https://variety.com//incubus-mixhalo-series-a-funding-12/

This month’s team neighborhood tour is.... North Beach for and and

Big congrats to our client Refraction for a epic launch at @techcrunch #TCMobility yesterday! Welcome to the future of delivery

Huge Congrats to our newly-launched autonomous vehicle client Gatik, making headlines in its first partnership with Walmart. Stay tuned for more to come! #middlemile #urbanlogistics #gatik #autonomousvehicles #walmart https://www.bloomberg.com//walmart-s-kickstarting-a-1-tril

Stand up and take up S P A C E. If you’ve ever felt you’ve come from a world of work where you’re a woman fighting for a seat at the table, then this epis...ode of the Lead with Love podcast is for you. We explore what it means to leave the boys club and redefine work on our terms as female leaders. In this episode, I get cozy with Martha Shaughnessy, the founder of The Key PR, and she’s the San Francisco Communications Lead of the Women’s March. Over the span of her 20 years in communications, working with huge tech brands, startups and nonprofits, Martha has cemented her position as a trusted go-to among journalists. In 2017, she founded The Key PR with a mission to serve high-impact, low-BS communications services to clients. Headquartered in San Francisco, the team has doubled in size over the last year, and has the pleasure of creating media, messaging and content programs for game changing companies in financial tech, transportation, and consumer brands like Lending Club, Swell Investing, Skip Scooters, and Shopkick. What you'll hear (and don't want to miss!): :: Her escape plan to leave her former corporate position and the shifts she had to make in order to transition to being an entrepreneur :: Martha’s collaboration with the Women’s March in San Francisco and how the opportunity presented itself, and came together :: The way Martha turned her shortcomings into her strengths as a team leader and why she views the company as a single team that wins and loses together :: What have been the key ingredients for building a company culture that people want to be a part of :: The ladder that Martha has built for equal pay and how Key PR has created a money-savvy group of employees :: The most valuable marketing Martha says she has done since starting the company Listen to the full episode on iTunes / Stitcher / Google Play / Spotify and FIND full show notes here jadahsellner.com/158 I’ve had the opportunity to partner with Martha and The Key along with La’Kita Williams at CoCreate Work in bringing The Key PR’s company mission, purpose, values and vision to life. If you’re a purpose-driven company who is looking to scale your business and grow your team while leading with love, fill out an application at www.jadahsellner.com/apply

Our founder Martha Shaughnessy Convery opens up about favorite projects, proudest moments, and of course - the power ballads that make up the soundtrack of our lives here @ The Key: https://www.thekeypr.com/blog/2019/5/9/get-to-know-martha