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TOOTING OUR OWN HORN│Past Experience
MWPR, Inc. offers over 30 years of comprehensive experience in creating, planning, executing, managing and promoting products, messages, programs, events and strategies. Our consultants have worked with and for a number of Fortune 200 and 500 corporations, national and ethnic media organizations, government agencies, as well as civic and non-profit organizations. A short list of relevant experience that the team possesses includes, but is not limited to, is the following:
- Managed media and community attack on the character and reputation of a nationally-known and respected church leader that included providing messaging, media training and on-going counseling.
- Managed the media relations efforts for a nationally recognized non-profit organization’s annual gala. Successfully arranged several pre/post interviews for the organization’s representatives and prominent celebrity guests that included Oprah Winfrey, Cicely Tyson and Donnie McClurkin with local and national print, radio and TV media.
- Created, implemented and managed a full crisis management plan for national organization representing both the national headquarters and the over 20,000 members throughout US, Europe and the Caribbean.
- Created a highly successful branding campaign to launch a new national publication; created in partnership by a Chicago-based publishing company and a national civic engagement organization. The campaign was incorporated into all aspects of its annual conference and is now the foundation of all its marketing, promotion and editorial efforts.
- Managed full publicity campaign for self-published author that included creating press kits, drafting speaking points, designing marketing collateral, arranging book signings, introducing book to over 100 local/national book clubs, festivals, libraries and, literary/general media and coordinating media interviews. Efforts resulted in signings at two national book chains and current sales in area Black-owned bookstore with multiple locations. The book was featured in Essence Magazine.
- Managed the overall communications outreach for the nation’s oldest Black Greek-lettered fraternity’s 100th celebration that resulted in coverage in national media including CSPAN, JET and Ebony magazines and BET.
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"Having MWPR as
my PR agency gives me the ability to be myself. That's huge because
when I'm trying hard to focus on my passions and the things that
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I'm doing in the community, having Monica as a coach, making
sure that I'm in the right places at the right times with the
right messages gives me the confidence to always want to do take
my passions to the next level.
Working with MWPR allows me to stay in my lane!!!!" –
Keion Carpenter, Retired NFL Atlanta Falcons Safety/Founder, The
Carpenter House Foundation, Inc.
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"Monica
is creative, insightful and professional in developing customized
public relations strategies and practices to fit the need and
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is also very personable and easy to work with. The
value of this particular business relationship to my business is
immeasurable." – Louis Hutt, Owner, Bennett, Hutt & Co., LLC |
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"Ms.
Wood is at the top of the heap. Timely and available with the
full backing of her firm
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and then some. She is solely responsible for the success my firm
has seen in pitching national television networks." – Vicky
Johnson, CEO/holy matrimony and featured planner on "Whose
Wedding Is It Anyway?" |
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"Monica
lives and breathes public relations and because of her passion
for this industry, her caliber of work and professional |
| delivery is excellent. Monica assisted my firm in getting the
word out about an e-signature technology that we were implementing.
From the original brainstorming, proposal outline from MWPR and
delivery and implementation, Monica delivered on my expectations.
I would highly recommend that utilize the services of MWPR and
Monica Wood when you are in need of a public relations firm." – Stacie
L. Price, CEO/Pres. Visionary Financial Strategies, Inc. |
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"Monica
is a committed PR professional who goes above and beyond the
call for her clients. She was a valued asset to Urban Influence
Magazine as our |
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Associate Publisher and as our PR consultant. I can personally
attest that Monica's work ethic, reliability and creativity helped
launch Urban Influence Magazine and she continues to help make
it the growing publication that it is today! She's an Influencer." – Tamara
Brown, Owner/Publisher, Urban Influence Magazine |
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