A full service firm, we create and execute strategic public relations and communications programs that support clients' objectives and communicate their messages effectively. http://www.wraggcasas.com Wragg & Casas Public Relations today announced the promotion of Jeanmarie Ferrara to executive vice president. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/jeanmarie_ferrara_executive_vice_president.html When Otis Wragg and Ray Casas started their Miami public relations firm in August 1991 they wrote the first draft of the business plan on the back of a napkin. Even then Wragg knew that Casas was eventually going to take over the firm Wragg & Casas. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/otis_joanna_wragg_to_retire_from_pr_firm.html When crisis hits, a company can be its own worst enemy, even with a model PR crisis plan in place. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/prnews_crisis_management_guidebook.html A longtime public relations firm in Miami – Wragg & Casas Public Relations – is marking the retirement of founders Otis and Joanna Wragg. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/retirement_of_joanna_and_otis_wragg.html The Miami Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has awarded Ray Casas the Bill Adams PRSA Lifetime Achievement Award. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/mt_ray_casas_prsa_award.html Ray Casas, principal of Wragg & Casas Public Relations, was presented with the Bill Adams PRSA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Ev Clay/PRSA Miami Endowment Fund Luncheon on October 5. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/casas_receives_prsa_lifetime_achievement_award.html BP, the British-based oil company at the center of the largest oil spill to hit American waters, is using an aggressive advertising blitz and online social networking to try to patch up its image. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/bp_must_tidy_the_gulf.html Ray Casas was honored during the 10th annual Leave a Legacy "Donor Next Door" luncheon on May 7, 2010. Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired recognized Casas as a leader dedicated to service and strategies. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/leave_a_legacy_honors_ray_casas.html By partnering with other healthcare groups for cross promotions, Roberta Markow can make limited resources go a long way for her company, Geriatric Care Managers of the Florida Keys. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/marketing_good_for_online_business.html Since Tiger Woods’ alleged extramarital affairs surfaced just after Thanksgiving, advertisers have refrained from airing TV ads featuring his endorsements, according to The Nielsen Co. media tracking firm. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/tiger_woods_fallen_image.html Otis Wragg, a principal at the Miami-based Wragg & Casas Public Relations firm, was elected secretary and a member of the executive committee of the Council of Public Relations at the organization's annual meeting in New York City. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/wragg_elected_executive_committee.html Area businesses are all atwitter with social media. Apparently Facebook isn’t only for sharing your kids photos with relatives, and Twitter members aren’t necessarily interested in what you had for lunch. World-wide, businesses are harnessing social media to create intimate conversations with clients. So what makes a business successful in the online realm? http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/all-atwitter.html I can't tell you whether to cut your budget. However, public relations, marketing and advertising are the things that keep you and your business in the public view. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/PR-budget.html Wragg & Casas Public Relations remains at the forefront of the social media movement as representatives of the firm shared ideas and joined in the lively debate that marked BlogOrlando 3, a uniquely formatted  "un-conference" on social media held recently on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/wraggcasas_blog.html The Orlando-area chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association elected its leaders for 2008-2009: President Joe Chabus, assistant director of communications at Universal Orlando Resort; Immediate Past President Jamie Floer, senior account executive at Wragg & Casas; President-elect Mandy Taylor, marketing manager at Florida Hospital East Orlando; Secretary Amy Bunn, a public relations specialist at Engauge; Treasurer Laura Kern, a marketing assistant at Broad & Cassel; and Assistant Treasurer Tami Karaba, development coordinator at the Coalition For The Homeless of ­Central Florida. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/101708_OBJ_JFloer.pdf The 2008-2009 board of the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (www.fpraswfl.org) includes: president Ginny Cooper, president-elect Kathleen Taylor, secretary Jessica Clark, treasurer Vicki Moreland and past-president: Barbara-Anne Urrutia. Chapter directors include: VP communications, Kara Minoui; VP professional development, Kate Gooderham; VP member relations, Phyllis Ershowsky; VP community relations, Susan Sanders. Chapter chairs include: credentialing chair, Mary Briggs; education chairs, Laurel Smith and Sharon Arnold; hospitality chair, Laura Puerto; media relations chair, Carla Ulakovic; membership chair, Angela Fisher; newsletter chair, Heidi Davis; PRU co-chairs, Tina Haisman and Ken Gooderham; programs chair, Deborah Shane; special projects chair, Cindy Burgess; sponsorship chair, Erin Comerford; and web site chair, Chip McElroy. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/PR-board.html Veteran public relations consultant Mark Sell has joined Wragg and Casas Public Relations as director of client services. In that capacity he will expand the firm's capacity to provide public relations and strategic business counseling to the firm's growing family of law firms, other professional services and corporate clients. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/mark-sell.html So far, SFBC's answers have seemed very narrow, and targeting legal liability and addressing the stock price," said Joanna Wragg, principal of Wragg and Casas Public Relations in Miami. "It hasn't done that well because it hasn't addressed the industrywide issues. What the market would like to see is see the industry leader step up and take a position of leadership. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/SFBC_negative_press.html I think it would be a mistake for us to try to increase awareness from a marketing point of view, Joanna Wragg said. We are not New Orleans; we are not out of business. We need to be adjusted to the fact that this is the new normal. The rest of the world may not remember that last month around this time, South Florida businesses were struggling to reopen, thanks to Hurricane Wilma. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/forget_wilma.html Otis Wragg has been elected president of the Council for Sustainable Florida. Wragg is a founding principal of Wragg and Casas Public Relations, headquartered in Miami, with regional offices in Orlando and Naples-Ft. Myers. He has been a long time member of the board of directors of the Council. http://www.wraggcasas.com/news/wragg_named_president.html