Director, Communications Marketing Group
How does Michele Bell maintain the sanity of work, family and a social
life? Learning the power to say no and knowing when to turn off the
telephone and blackberry. Bell recently joined PRSA-NCC and has been in
the field for 20 years.
Why did you join PRSA?
Networking and professional development opportunities.
What skills do you think are important for a PR Professional?
People skills, insight, an affinity for strategic thinking and the ability to communicate very well, verbally and in writing, are basic. I think it’s especially helpful to have the ability to take in disparate information – perhaps obscure and/or voluminous – and quickly identify what’s essential there and the best way to communicate that to others in order to produce a certain outcome. Having a natural insight into people, and what makes them do what they do, is extremely helpful. Experience and judgment never hurt either.
Where would you like to see yourself in five years?
Paris!
What’s your dream job?
Vice president of communications for a dynamic, international firm, with offices in all my favorite cities, with a great business model and fantastic story to tell.
Who’s your role model and why do you admire her?
I love the fact that Jane Goodall did something despite all the obstacles and a thousand reasons not to before many women did. I love that she did it thinking it obscure–maybe only important to her, never imagining what she’d find or how important she and the work would become. And I love how she still sees the world and what she still believes despite everything she’s done, seen and been between then and now.
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