Case Studies

Teen Driver Safety Week

American Automobile Association (AAA)

PTA conducted a  selected radio campaign involving participation of over 25 regional AAA spokespersons in targeted markets across the country.  These spokespersons across the nation raised awareness to motivate parents and teens to take steps to reduce the likelihood of teens being involved in an avoidable crash while providing local statistics for each market.

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Kiron Skinner

Hoover Institute Fellow

PTA, DC has been working with Kiron Skinner for more than a year on media relations strategy and consultation. We have presented Kiron as a political expert, strategist and thought leader to nationwide broadcast media. Our team has taken Kiron’s thoughts and made them appealing to mainstream and targeted media. We have helped Kiron to gain media recognition and positive media attention for her ideas. We coordinated media for Kiron throughout the 2008 Presidential election and on foreign affairs topics including Iran, North Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The ASPCA’s Annual Humane Awards Luncheon

The ASPCA’s Humane Awards Luncheon recognizes individuals who have worked on behalf of animal welfare as well as animals who have engaged in acts of heroism each year.  Following a nationwide call to the public for nominations, an ASPCA-appointed committee reviews entries and selects winners in specific categories such as: ASPCA Dog of the Year; ASPCA Cat of the Year; ASPCA Kid of the Year; ASPCA Presidential Service Award; ASPCA Firefighter of the Year; ASPCA Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The 2008 luncheon was hosted by Chuck Scarborough in NYC’s Rainbow Room.

 

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Dropping the Ball

Scribner

PTA was contracted directly by Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield to assist Scribner with their publicity campaign for the book.  PTA was tasked to lead local touring efforts in five markets, support Scribner’s national media outreach, and conduct a nationwide sports radio campaign.  In addition to promoting the book, Mr. Winfield was also interested in generating interest for his local performances of the Baseball Music Project’s presentations.

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George Halvorson

Kaiser Permanente

The client wanted to target specific health and political media in a few major cities for a selected national print, radio and online campaign. Client availability was extremely limited; we were given a two-week lead-time and a time frame of one week for major media publicity.

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Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death

Betina Anton

Based on extensive research, including interviews, unpublished documents, and news coverage from that era, Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death (Diversion Books; October 1, 2024; 978-1635768824) is a suspenseful narrative not only haunted by the doctor’s horrific experiments, but also by the motivations driving a community to protect one of the most evil people known to mankind. 

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Leadership – The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek to Lead

Willie Pietersen

In his forthcoming book, Leadership—The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek to Lead (Sept. 10, 2024), Pietersen offers penetrating, often surprising insights from a lifetime of experience as a business leader. Pietersen shares his unique perspective on leadership as an unending journey of learning, adaptation, and growth, in which vital lessons are waiting to be discovered in every life experience and around every corner.  

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The Promise and Peril of CRISPR

Dr. Neal Baer

Edited by Dr. Neal Baer, M.D., a public health advocate and award-winning executive producer for shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Designated Survivor, the new book, THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF CRISPR (John Hopkins University Press; Pub Date: July 2, 2024), brings together an interesting collection of essays by influential bioethicists, philosophers, and geneticists to explore the moral, ethical, and policy challenges posed by CRISPR technology. 
 
Essay contributors offer informed predictions for how the uses of CRISPR today will affect life in the future and explore how the technology should be regulated moving forward. Decisions we make now may have unpredictable consequences for future generations. For anyone concerned about the uses and potential abuses of gene editing, these essays provide a critical and comprehensive discussion of the central issues surrounding CRISPR technology.
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