The Caster Crew Reflects on 2021
I joined Caster during a period of seismic transformation- not just for us, but for the entire planet. During the fall of 2020, the Caster Crew was navigating the transition from a tightly knit Rhode Island-based firm to a hybrid team dispersed across the Eastern seaboard. Treasured colleagues left to pursue new opportunities, personal and […]
Guest Blog: PR Stops for No Quarantine
Introduce yourself! My name is Aria. I am eight years old, and my favorite color is purple. What brings you to the Caster Blog? Someone in my class got a positive COVID-19 test. Now, I have to stay home because I’m exposed to [REDACTED] a lot of the time. We think it’s [REDACTED]. They just […]
Coming Home to a Place I’ve Never Been
I’ve never been so excited to stand in line. As I joined the snaking security queue at Dulles Airport, I could feel my heart begin to flutter. The return to work is finally here, and I was in the business travel vanguard. The nostalgic halo around air travel dissipated pretty quickly once I got on […]
The Power of a Strong Professional Network in Uncertain Times
In August of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the globe leaving whole sectors of the economy a smoldering ruin, I lost my job. I was working in events, a field that has been especially devastated by COVID restrictions. I was utterly bereft: between the evaporation of the events industry and the need to […]
A Note from Caster’s New Vice President
I was a Medieval and Renaissance Studies major, and now I’m joining one of the best technology PR firms in the country. It’s a funny old world, innit? This move is not out of nowhere. I’ve spent the last decade plus at AVIXA, the world’s leading professional audiovisual trade association and professional society. I thought […]