PRessing On: Real Life in Public Relations

Rachel & Liselle
PRessing On: Real Life in Public Relations

Join us as we navigate through real life public relations adventures. An unscripted and authentic look at navigating a career in PR. This award-winning podcast takes you on a light-hearted and quirky journey through career insights.

  1. 15/03/2023

    Data, Data, Data - Benchmarking for Strategic Success

    As public relations practitioners recognizing the value and how-to of public opinion research, understanding the data, and identifying the majority opinions, not just the loudest in the room is the key to strategic success. Adam Probolsky from Probolsky Research is a public opinion researcher with thirty years of experience with local government, nonprofit, corporate, association, and campaign clients. He shares his insights on what every communicator needs to know before a campaign even begins! GUEST: Adam Probolsky,  President of Probolsky Research Adam has acted as pollster and strategic advisor on hundreds of successful crisis communications and public affairs projects, local, county and statewide initiatives and candidate campaigns as well as citizen outreach and education efforts. Additionally, Adam has been a key advisor to the firm’s clients on matters of public policy, legislation and business strategy. Adam was both a planning and finance commissioner for the City of Irvine where he oversaw and approved billions of dollars in private development and public infrastructure projects. As a past chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, he has overseen the fundraising and the award of hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to students and funding for college police. He was also a member of the Orange County Waste & Recycling Commission where he oversaw landfills, recycling programs, waste hauling companies and power generating facilities. As a member of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Environmental Mitigation and Oversight Committee, he oversaw the expenditure of over $175 million dollars in public transportation funds. He previously served as a board member and development committee chairman for Jewish Family Service of Orange County, a non-profit organization that serves families in need, and volunteered for nearly eight years with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as a spokesperson. Adam formerly served as a member of the Policy Committee on Energy and the Environment of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Probolsky’s research and commentary has been published in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Riverside Press Enterprise, The Chicago Sun Times, the Orange County Register and Politico and the San Francisco Chronicle. Adam earned his master’s degree in data analytics and visualization from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland, a historic urban college founded in 1826. FIND ADAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Insta: @probolskyresearch Facebook: facebook.com/ProbolskyRsrch LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamprobolsky linkedin.com/company/probolsky-research-llc WEBSITE: probolskyresearch.com

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Join us as we navigate through real life public relations adventures. An unscripted and authentic look at navigating a career in PR. This award-winning podcast takes you on a light-hearted and quirky journey through career insights.

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