ABC Family

On October 6th, ABC Family Worldwide announced in a press release that they would be rebranding ABC Family as “Freeform” beginning in January of 2016. Tom Ascheim, the president of ABC Family stated that this rebrand is in response to the evolution of the company’s business strategy. The station is turning slightly from its current/old consumer sect and super serving a group of consumers they have labeled “Becomers.” Becomers are defined as a group of people a bit younger than the millennials, but spanning ages span from 14-34. Ascheim claims that the title Freeform “evokes the spirit and adventure of our audience” and that the channel will deliver new original content which will coincide with the name change. In Keller’s book on strategic brand management, he gives guidelines of 10 things to consider when creating a brand. Assumedly, this will apply to rebranding just the same. There were three of these statements that really applied to this specific rebranding effort by ABC. The first statement Keller makes is, “It is importation to have a brand strategy that provides a roadmap for the future.” ABC Family sees this rebrand as serving future needs. They clearly have new…

Tonight it is time for The Fosters to return to ABC Family, but they will be coming back without Jake T Austin the role of Jesus. This is going to be a shock to a lot of people. During the first half of the season, Jesus was not really around and then they randomly threw in the new actor once, which confused people. Now Starcasm is sharing the news about what happened with Jake T Austin and why he is not on the show anymore. At this time, Jake T Austin is still not revealing why he left the…

You might think you know everything about this famous celebrity. Don't be so certain, though. Behind all the Disney awards and Bieber Break ups is hidden a hand full of secrets you most likely didn't know about Selena. Below is the list of top 5 Most Shocking Facts You Didn't Know about Selena Gomez. Pickle Flavored Gum According to the rumors, Selena Gomez is in the process of creating «Pickle Flavored Gum.» As a notorious food pervert, Gomez believes that this concept has a potential. Let's…

differences in the anchors delivering the news, how news worthy events are reported on and the many ways we can keep up on the breaking news. While there are many ways to get daily news, our focus is television news, looking at local ABC 7 Morning News and ABC World News Tonight. News Anchors ABC 7 Morning News is co-anchored by Phillip Palmer and Leslie Sykes which airs daily Monday thru Friday from 4:30 am to 7:00 am. Phillip Palmer started with ABC in 1998 as general assignment reporter…

huge part in how people around the world receive their information about events going on in the world. Whether through the local news channels, national news channels, soap operas, or movies, these all provide information about all topics to the people of world. During the financial crisis, network television focused heavily on “average Americans”. On nightly newscasts, the focus on average citizens was higher than any other news channel where it filled about 12% of the economic news hole on…

home in Van Vleck, TX with her two children when a tornado hit her mobile home and rolled it several times. Tornadoes are measured by strength and range from EF0-EF5. To get an idea of how strong the tornado was an EF1 is what hit this area and the wind range is 85-110 mph. To help Ashlie and her family with the trauma of this crisis, it is important to understand and utilize the ABC model of crisis intervention. This short term therapy will decrease the trauma when used immediately after a…

The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention is a tool that was developed to help Human Service Professional make sure we have the interest of the client in mind. Although not everyone you know may experience a crisis, for the ones who do experience a crisis they may not be able to cope in a healthy manner and may fall into a state of crisis. If the client does not receive proper care for crisis intervention, they are more likely to remained unable to function at the level they were f functioning…

for the Walt Disney World, in Florida, as a Human Resources Associate in the Corporate HR Global Operations for the Parks and Resorts. Disney is a company that helps builds memories for families and other individuals around the world. Everyone knows what Disney is and for many children is a dream come true to experience such fun. To begin, the Walt Disney Company was established by Walt and Roy Disney in the 1920’s. Around then it was known as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the organization was…

Crisis intervention is identified to be very crucial in crisis counseling. It focuses on changing client’s perception, decreasing in client distress, and increasing in client functioning. Professionals utilize ABC Model to help the clients identifying the problem and developing coping skills to get through crisis. ABC Model refers to building up rapport with the client; identifying the problems; and developing the coping skills. Building up the rapport with the clients is the fundamental…

discussed with Jamila about her goals and outcomes and how the goals are going to be met. The plan should involve what needs to be done and by whom. Also the plan should include the target date or expected time the goals are to be achieved. Writer would assist Jamila in determining what issues are the most important and need immediate attention. Jamila's son is in the hospital and the most imminent issue is to find childcare for her daughter. Writer would help to locate resources in the…