Courtly is Vice President at W2 Communications where she brings over two decades of technology public relations within network, storage, chip, wireless, and security industries. She is pragmatic with a knack for building productive partnerships between executives, investors, marketing, and sales organizations with their respective target audiences by leveraging key media and analyst relationships, thus […]
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds we meet with Carten Cordell, Staff Reporter at Washington Business Journal where he covers a multitude of topics, including technology, government contractors, aerospace and defense, digital transformation, cloud adoption and cybersecurity. We learn about his passion for writing about these topics in the D.C. area – […]
On August 3-8 the Black Hat USA conference will return to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, dominating what is always a stimulating week of cybersecurity news cycles. Black Hat is another one of the cybersecurity community’s must-attend conferences, but no two shows are alike. Unlike RSA Conference, which follows the cruise ship approach of offering […]
We all love report cards, don’t we? Well, OK, there were some we received in school that we could have done without. But, in the business world, report cards – whether in the form of employee evaluations, or appraisals of projects, agreements, partnerships, vendor services etc. – measure tangible value. These routine assessments should include […]
On our 25th episode of Inside the Media Minds, we are excited to talk with Dave Bittner, Producer and Podcast Host of The CyberWire’s podcast which consists of CyberWire Daily, Hacking Humans, Research Saturday, Special Edition and CyberWire-X, and has recently reached 15 millions downloads globally! On this week’s episode, we learn about Dave’s professional […]
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds we hear from Rob Lever, Technology and Media Correspondent at AFP, one of the largest global news agencies in the world. Rob’s passion for journalism began during The Watergate Scandal when he began to understand the unique responsibility that journalists have in “uncovering the truth” of […]
Last week, W2 Communications and commercial real estate firm CBRE presented the first annual Cybersecurity Impact Awards, recognizing the top local companies for leadership and innovation within the cybersecurity industry, ranging from start-up to large-size companies. As part of CYBERTACOS– a series of networking events created to bring together the local cybersecurity and broader IT […]
This is the second of a two-part blog series. In a recent blog, I elaborated upon how good fact checking adds value to content marketing. At our integrated marketing agency, we spend considerable time gathering persuasive research details to support our clients’ messages – and getting these details right. Why? Because such steps elevate the […]
This is the first of a two-part blog series. Over the years, I’ve written extensively about the content marketing that our interactive marketing firm produces for clients. In doing so, I’ve stressed the need for superior narrative flow, research, clarity and actionable information in blogs, industry press bylines, case studies, white papers and other forms […]
Before starting out as a public relations professional, I garnered experience in journalism through my college major and internships at print publications and broadcast stations. With this, I gained knowledge that has made a vital impact in my career. I worked at the Montgomery Sentinel in Montgomery County, Md., as a print and video intern, […]