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🎉 Congratulations to Key clients Amira Learning and Mixhalo for being named to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2025! (https://lnkd.in/ekxmwYzp) 📚 Category: Education (ranked # 1!) (https://lnkd.in/gSevNb4F) Amira is the proven leader in activating measurable student reading growth through AI and the Science of Reading. The company is making a crucial impact in supporting today’s students to become confident readers while actively addressing the ongoing literacy crisis. 🎶 Category: Events, Concerts, and Live Experiences (https://lnkd.in/g8P76HRM) Mixhalo Translate leverages both proprietary technology and some recent advances in LLMs to provide real-time AI-generated foreign language interpretation and transcription directly to the smartphones of attendees at live events. We're so proud to see our clients recognized for their amazing, groundbreaking work! #FCMostInnovative #PRagency #Communications #Edtech #Musictech

When Tyler Perry (she/her) and I met last summer, I was enamored. When she followed up in the fall to invite The Key PR to take part in Foster the Future, I knew we are of a kind. Foster the Future is a collaboration between the The PRSA Foundation and agency partners aimed at increasing diversity within the communications industry.  We know the best storytelling includes broad perspectives, and that the person with the pen affects how facts are framed. This is a business imperative for the entire industry, and we're happy to do our small part and to grow participation alongside the agency itself. White collar work is incredibly hard to break into, and getting on-the-job training this summer could mean the difference in job applications hitting their mark when these Fellows graduate. Being able to work for experience and get well paid is a game changer. When I graduated — with a resume cobbled together from the restaurant, retail, coaching, temp and work study jobs that helped me pay for my life as a student athlete — my family’s network helped me get work at a flower shop (the dot.com bubble had JUST burst and the job marketing wasn’t dissimilar to today’s). My first (and only) comms interview came after my college roommate’s mom reached out to her high school friend to get my resume read by someone in her professional network. And that was having graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University! (Though in retrospect, my cover letters were WAY too long and academic...). So many layers intersect to create our individual identities and if I can help add access to someone who might otherwise miss out, it is my privilege. The Key’s Fellowship will award an 8-week paid summer Apprenticeship to a BIPOC-identified or first-generation college student pursuing a major in public relations, marketing, or communications. We’re excited for our Fellow to learn important foundational PR skills, like research, pitching, account management, and more - that they can take with them as they explore future career opportunities. They’ll also get a front row seat to startup life, how VCs help support innovation, and what AI is brining to our lives. Thank you to the PRSA Foundation for investing in the next generation of PR, and for your commitment to promoting diversity in our industry. And kudos to our partners in the program: Mission North Agean Public Relations The Bliss Group The Launch Squad Greenough Communications HermesPR and V2 Communications. Know a talented college student pursuing a PR career? Applications are open! (https://lnkd.in/gBKYJxPZ) #PR #Apprentice #Fellowships #Internships #Training and thanks for the writeup, PRovoke Media: https://lnkd.in/gMfESv4r)

🎉 Big news! Our founder, Martha Shaughnessy, has been honored as a winner in the ‘Dynamic Do-er’ category for Ragan Communications and PR Daily’s Top Women in Communications Award! This award celebrates extraordinary female leaders who are shaping the future of communications—driving innovation, mentoring the next generation, and advancing the field in remarkable ways. And the “Dynamic Do-ers” are the women who “roll up their sleeves and get it done. And then some.” Martha’s dedication to her team, clients, and the art of storytelling embodies everything this award stands for. We’re beyond proud to see her impact acknowledged on such a grand stage. Congratulations, Martha, on this well-deserved honor! 🥂 Check out the full list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/gwyeGadr #Leadership #Communications #PR #publicrelations #FemaleFounder #WomenInBusiness #TheKeyPR

🚛 Congratulations to Boon on their $20.5M in combined Seed and Series A funding to empower the backbone of our economy — the supply chain and logistics industry. Read more about boon’s journey in TechCrunch today! https://lnkd.in/et6A-unM boon’s groundbreaking AI workflow platform is transforming commercial fleets, enhancing efficiency and profitability, and simplifying the complex, manual operations that keep goods moving and shelves stocked. The logistics sector is vital to our economy, yet plagued by legacy systems and razor-thin margins. boon changes that: ✅ Boosts efficiency for commercial fleet operators by 30–50% by automating time-intensive tasks ✅ Connects legacy systems to create a centralized AI workflow that AI doubles margins and efficiency ✅ Paves a sustainable future for an aging workforce in a vital industry (average driver age is 58!) Led by a stellar team of industry veterans and AI experts, including founder and CEO Deepti Yenireddy, boon’s platform is already helping dozens of fleets achieve measurable results, with more to come! Interested in solving complex challenges for a revenue-generating company? Learn more at getboon.ai. #AIInnovation #SupplyChain #Logistics #PR #FutureOfWork

Exciting to report that Output Inc.’s CoLAB mentorship program was featured in Billboard! With industry legends like Nova Wav and Stargate at the helm, CoLAB is redefining mentorship for up-and-coming music creators. It’s inspiring to see this program being recognized for the positive impact it’s able to make on the music community. We’re proud to work with Output as they keep innovating and inspiring the next generation of creators. Check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/gD-BTFix #Output #CoLAB #Billboard #MusicMentorship

Shoutout to PayJoy for making Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List this year! We love sharing our clients’ stories as they bring purposeful change to their industries and customers. A well-deserved win as we head into the new year. #IncMagazine #2024BestInBusinessList #PayJoy

Congrats to Nestment, making waves in Architectural Digest! This isn't just a story — it's a movement. Nestment is making affordable homeownership a reality, reshaping what it can look like to be a homeowner through co-buying strategies. Check out the full story: https://lnkd.in/gh2i_inw and learn how these Nestment users became homeowners before turning 30! #CoBuying #GenZHomeOwnership #Nestment #ArchitecturalDigest #PRagency

The Key packed a punch with client FightCamp at Pepcom’s Holiday Spectacular in NYC this week. Co-founders CEO Khalil Zahar & CCO Tommy Duquette, and Head Trainer Jessica Evans had everyone wanting to take a swing. Media, fellow exhibitors, the event organizers, and even some enamored catering staff came over to see (and try out!) the FightCamp experience. With workouts led by ex-pro boxers and professional trainers, and backed by legends like Mike Tyson and Usher, FightCamp empowers the fighter within. People got a kick out of seeing Tommy and Jess in person and on the screen, and it was pretty great to watch people drop their stuff, the weight of the world, and the exhaustion of working in media for a few minutes working the bag.  For those on the West Coast, we have the full setup in our San Francisco office, and bet that we know some folks who’d like a heavy bag nearby to help reset their day every once in a while…Be undefeatable! 🤜🤛 #Pepcomevents #FightCamp #clientappreciation #PRagency

Nearly a month after Nestment's Founder and CEO, Niles Lichtenstein, discussed co-buying for homeownership on CBS News with Nancy Chen, Nestment is in the spotlight again. After meeting live at the Blueprint Conference, Axios reporter Sami Sparber decided to dig in with Niles on "rentvesting," one of the creative solutions Nestment facilitates to help make homeownership more accessible. In this case, owners build equity while living away from their property! In the couple of days since Sami’s story ran, Nestment saw a 14% increase in new customers! To read more about creative solutions to homeownership in the modern market, check out Sami and Niles’s conversation on Axios https://lnkd.in/ehV6x8AV #CoBuying #HomeOwnership #Nestment #RealEstate #TheKey #Axios

The Key is an Inc. Magazine Power Partner! 🎉 We're so excited to be recognized on the list of PR agencies supporting SMBs. We love helping our clients grow their businesses by giving them the comms support and counsel they need to succeed. Seeing the results of our work is so rewarding, and we're proud of the impact we're making. Thank you to Inc. for including The Key alongside other PR agencies and B2B leaders globally. Check out the full list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/eGmCgYjr **Bonus! Our founder Martha Shaughnessy (she/her) talks about the tech & tools we love at The Key: https://lnkd.in/geErCN4y #PR #publicrelations #pragency #IncMagazine #awards #B2B #powerpartner