The Everglades Used to Have a Heartbeat – It Doesn’t Anymore

December 27, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Freelance Writer & Multimedia Producer. In 2017 the Everglades Foundation was promoting a campaign to pass major legislation to restore the Everglades. As the communications director of the Palm Beach Civic Association, a Foundation partner, Mike wrote and produced the following to help inform the public and win passing […]

You Can Create Your Own News Broadcast Now

October 13, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

The gatekeepers can’t stop us now! I founded Palm Beach TV and produced 50 weekly newscasts a year for several years in the Town of Palm Beach and we had an 84% market share on average. That’s right, of the 10,000 residents in the small but rich Town of Palm Beach, we had a weekly […]

Junior Achievement Helps Teachers and Students with Digital Content for Virtual Classes

April 16, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Kids online distance learning with mom during COVID

April 16, 2020By: R. Michael Brown, JA Director of Operations & Marketing Junior Achievement (JA) of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast is excited about the opportunity to help teachers and students in the sudden switch to provide education in virtual classrooms. JA saw a need for digital content to help teachers and students in […]

Big Hit: Civic Association 75th-Year Multimedia History Project

July 17, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Freelance Writer & Multimedia Producer. We completed the 75 Year Anniversary History multimedia project at the Palm Beach Civic Association and showed it at the association’s Annual Meeting at the Flagler Museum in the Town of Palm Beach. It was a big hit and continues to get rave reviews! […]

Seaweed Invasion Continues in Palm Beach

April 15, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Seaweed drone shot. R. Michael Brown, Writer, Multimedia Producer

By R. Michael Brown, Writer & Multimedia Producer. You’ve seen it and likely smelled it, Sargassum seaweed. If you live in Palm Beach or visit during the summer, you’ve stepped over it on your way to the water at the beach. But this year it’s different. The invasion started in April. The Civic Association received […]

Video News Taking Over Social Media

June 27, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant & Freelance Writer At the Palm Beach Civic Association, where I was the Communications Director, I started writing and producing a weekly news broadcast about the Town of Palm Beach. Because of social media, it became wildly successful. We received between 8,200 and 12,000 views a week. That’s right, […]