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NST Expands Agriculture Expertise With New Team Member
Krista Smith Joins Agency as Account Executive Increasing its ability to create meaningful industry connections and provide strategic guidance for its agricultural clients, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker welcomes Krista Smith as an account executive. Smith brings a decade of marketing communication…
New Year, New Opportunities
In 2021, NST is embarking on a new strategic plan focused on growth and empowerment of our people and client partners to reach their full potential – and we’re adding to our team. We’re looking for explorers ready to jump…
New Words from the Year that left us Speechless
Each year the team of lexicographers, linguists and language technologists at Oxford Languages, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, collect and explore “evidence-based data” to understand the year’s developments in language. The most popular outcome from this linguistic exploration…
A Time to Debrief: 5 Business Learnings from 2020
There is light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel for many individuals and businesses, and it takes the form of vaccines with high marks for effectiveness. And while science is giving us much to be excited about, we’re far…
Giving Back During a Year that Took So Much
At NST, we believe strongly in supporting each other and being willing to lend a hand – so much so it’s one of our organization’s core values. Not only do we hold each other to this commitment, but we recognize…
Breaking Through the Clutter with Video
Let’s face it, the COVID-19 pandemic has put most of us in front of our computers for hours on end. In person meetings are replaced with Zoom sessions, and even networking opportunities have gone virtual. With fewer opportunities to reach…
Benefiting from PR Industry Collaboration
Collaboration plays an important role in the success of any business, and while it generally happens among coworkers and allies, rarely does it happen among industry peers who may be seen as competition – Worldcom Public Relations Group is an…
Remembering Valerie Lemke: Founding Team Member and Former NST Vice President
The public relations and San Diego community lost a legend recently, with the passing of Valerie Lemke, who was 84. In 1974, she was a founding account executive of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker and rose through the ranks to ultimately serve…
How to Make the Most of a Virtual Meeting
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new “normal” in many aspects of life. Having no choice but to find alternatives for a variety of everyday activities, technology has eased the transition in many cases. Remote work has become a trend…
NST Under New Ownership
Dear NST Client Partners and Friends, We’re writing to let you know about an important change at Nuffer, Smith, Tucker – one that we had hoped to share with greater celebration and fanfare. As of March 13, NST is under…
As Reputation Drives Company Value, PR Deserves a Broader Role
A recent report by global PR firm Weber Shandwick quantified a belief long preached by PR practitioners around the globe – reputation is (nearly) everything. In the “State of Corporate Reputation” report, the authors noted “corporate reputation is an invaluable…
The 2020 Relevance Report Forecasts PR Trends
Public relations practitioners play many roles – storytellers, business advisors, and sometimes, fortunetellers. Our clients look to us to forecast upcoming cultural, societal and professional trends and guide them through the changing landscape. It’s our job as PR professionals to…