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 | RICK HALL PR is a Toronto, Canada-based communications consultancy that uses a "virtual agency" structure, engaging a broad-based team of communications experts, to offer a full-range of communications services. Client results are delivered at a fee structure much lower than the cost of traditional brick-and-mortar public relation agencies.
RICK HALL PR is experienced in providing professional services sector and high-tech industry communications and PR. Clients include: one of Canada's 10 chartered banks; financial services software company; professional membership association in the financial services sector; mortgage company, and a health services educator. RICK HALL PR is experienced in professional services, IT/telecommunications, health and community care puFor PR and media relations campaigns, RICK HALL PR can draw on a solid network of North American business and trade media journalists and editors, and has extensive experience in print, broadcast and online media relations. RICK HALL PR deals directly with the people who produce the news and features in the mass media, and has a solid track record of maximizing positive client coverage in the media. Rick Hall is Principal of RICK HALL PR. Rick has acted as strategic counsel for the implementation and team performance of public relations strategies for a wide range of clients, including SAP Canada, DMR Consulting, Innovations Foundation of the University of Toronto and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Previously, Rick handled product publicity and corporate communications assignments for ATI Technologies, the world's largest computer graphics hardware vendor, during a time when the company grew from $600 million to $1.5 billion in revenues. Rick has also held positions with the Canadian government. He worked as senior policy analyst for Industry Canada in Ottawa, and spent four years seconded as Director of Projects for a London UK based, international membership organization in the field of communications. Rick holds several degrees, including a PhD in communications from McGill University, Montreal, in addition to Masters in Sociology and Bachelors in Social Science from McMaster University. He has held the position of 1st Vice President Canadian Public Relations Society (Toronto), the largest national CPRS chapter. Currently, he is Chair of the Cabbagetown Heritage Committee, an advisory group that reports to Toronto City Hall, on preservation issues related to the downtown Cabbagetown neighbourhood, the largest collection of Victorian homes and buildings in North America. | |