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Ben Finzel
Jan 23, 20224 min read
Seven Years of Good Luck
Today, we are celebrating our seventh anniversary in business. On this day in 2015, I hit “publish” on our website and “send” on an email...
Ben Finzel
Dec 17, 20214 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Candace Hamana of the Indigenous Peoples Public Relations Assoc.
As a founding member of The Change Agencies, the first (and only) national network of independently owned and operated multicultural and...
Ben Finzel
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Growth is Good: Expanding the RENEWPR Team Again
One of the reasons I founded RENEWPR was my interest in working with good people on good things. Nowhere is that more in evidence than...
Ben Finzel
Dec 2, 20219 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Richard Kiy of Institute of the Americas
Climate change doesn’t recognize borders. While most of our work centers on the U.S., we understand the importance of hemispheric and...
Ben Finzel
Nov 4, 20214 min read
It Takes a Career and a Community: Thanks and Acknowledgments on a Hall of Fame Honor
What does one say about being inducted into a Hall of Fame in recognition of their work? Thank you, of course, but for what and to whom?...
Ben Finzel
Oct 28, 20216 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Arvind Manocha of Wolf Trap
National Parks have been part of my life for almost as long as I can remember. I was born in DC and lived within a mile of Rock Creek...
Ben Finzel
Oct 25, 20212 min read
And Then There Were Six: RENEWPR Team Expansion Continues
One of the reasons I founded RENEWPR was my interest in working with good people on good things. Nowhere is that truer than with the...
Ben Finzel
Sep 27, 20218 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Sheila Hollis of USEA
As part of this ongoing monthly series, we’ve interviewed clients, colleagues and friends who boast a number of superlatives. This month,...
Ben Finzel
Aug 30, 20215 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Armond Cohen of Clean Air Task Force
Over the past six and one-half years, we’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with a number of leading energy and environmental...
Ben Finzel
Jul 30, 20216 min read
The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Torey Carter-Conneen of ASLA
One of the many careers I considered as a young child was landscape architecture. It just seemed cool and I thought it would be a lot of...
