Can You Hear Me? - More Wisdom from a Marketing and Communications Legend

Apr 03 2024 17 mins

The Marketing and Communications fields have undergone a massive transformation over the last 40 years. Last episode we had Ron Culp, a veteran of the journalism, government, corporate, and agency world on to tell us where the business used to be. Today on “Can You Hear Me?”, co-hosts Eileen Rochford and Rob Johnson welcome Ron back to tell us where he thinks it is headed as we glean “More Wisdom from a Marketing and Communications Legend.”

Meet Our Guest: Ron Culp

Prior to joining DePaul and becoming an independent public relations consultant, Ron Culp held senior public relations positions at four Fortune 500 corporations and two major agencies. Ron’s career spans a broad range of communications responsibilities in government and industry sectors including business-to-business, consumer products, pharmaceutical, and retailing.

Previously, Ron was a corporate officer and senior vice president, of public relations and government affairs, at Sears. Earlier in his corporate career, he held senior communications positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Pitney Bowes, and Eli Lilly.

Ron and his DePaul colleague Matt Ragas are co-authors of business-focused books for PR professionals entitled "Business Essentials for Strategic Communicators" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and "Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators" (Emerald 2021) and they jointly edited "Mastering Business for Strategic Communicators" (Emerald, 2018). In 2018 and 2019, Ron compiled and edited three editions of an eBook entitled, "The New Rules of Crisis Management."

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