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PRessing On in Public Relations Podcast Earns Prestigious PRSA Inland Empire Polaris Award

The PRessing On Podcast has received the prestigious PRSA Inland Empire Polaris Award, honoring its leadership, storytelling, and impact on the public relations profession. This recognition highlights the show’s commitment to elevating communicators and sharing meaningful, accessible conversations that move the industry forward.

Sort Waste Like a Boss

We hit the SCWMF Annual Conference to connect with municipal leaders, haulers, and sustainability pros; and to highlight why outreach is essential for successful waste-management programs. From compliance challenges to community behavior change, we brought insights home to help agencies stay ahead.

How Law Enforcement Agencies Can Launch a Successful Podcast in 2025

Law enforcement agencies can use podcasting to build trust, improve transparency, and strengthen community engagement. This guide explains how to create a strategy, choose equipment, promote episodes, and measure impact to launch a successful public safety podcast in 2025.

Top 5 Reasons to Brand Your Agency With Purpose

At DeGrave Communications, we help cities, water agencies, utilities, and public-sector organizations build stronger relationships with their communities through clear, consistent, and strategic communication. One of the most powerful tools to achieve that is purpose-driven branding that builds trust, elevates transparency, and turns everyday services into meaningful community connections.

From Classroom to CEO: Lessons in Building Your Own PR Firm

Last week, we had the privilege of speaking with California Baptist University’s Public Relations undergraduates about one of our favorite topics: What it really takes to start, sustain, and scale your own PR firm.

Sailing Toward Success: Highlights from CAPIO’s Leadership Summit

Last month’s CAPIO Leadership Summit brought together public information, communications and public relations professionals from across California for two days of learning, leadership, and inspiration. As long-time CAPIO members, we were honored to be part of it.

Elevating Your Professional Relationships: A New Era of Networking

When in comes to professional development, the importance of networking is acknowledged as a pivotal element for your career advancement. Networking serves many purposes, from climbing the corporate ladder to securing a guiding mentor, uncovering fresh vocational pathways, initiating or expanding a business venture, accessing skills, elevating your stature, and forging connections with peers with similar professional interests.

Tackling Branding in a Cost-effective Way

Branding or rebranding an organization may seem overwhelming and cost-prohibitive, but the truth is it doesn’t have to be. Working with countless clients, including nonprofits and public-sector agencies, we have discovered that surprisingly many clients do not have formal brand guides or vectorized logos and are simply “winging it.”

Tuning Into Your Community: top Reasons why Your City, County, Water District or Other Local Government Agency Needs a Podcast

Podcasts are more popular than ever, attracting more than 100 million monthly listeners. Is your local government agency tapping into the power of the pod to share important information about projects, programs, initiatives and community partnerships?