Martha Graham

until at the age of 19 months, she was stricken with an unknown illness that left her blind and deaf. Helen’s mom, Katherine noticed something was wrong when Helen didn’t react to the dinner bell or a hand waving in front of her face. Helen’s friend, Martha Washington, developed a way for them to communicate with one another. Although, communication was very limited and Helen struggled in the world of darkness. She would often kick or laugh…

1. Carlos Slim Helú was born 28, January 1940 and he is a Mexican business magnate, philanthropist and investor. From 2010 - 2013, Carlos Slim was graded as the richest person in the world. The position was taken back by the Bill Gates in the year 2014 before Carlos Slim reclaimed the position again in 15, July 2014. Recognized as the Warren Buffett of Mexico, Carlos Slim has wide holdings in a significant number of the Mexican companies through his SA de CV, Grupo Carso, conglomerate, have…

On June 16, 1917 in New York City, Katharine Graham was born. Coming from two successful parents, her father Eugene Meyer and Agnes Elizabeth Meyer, it seemed that she was destined to be a hard working and accomplished young women in the city of opportunity. Katharine Graham ended up being an incredibly influential woman in the field of journalism and women’s rights and will be remembered of her accomplishments for many years to come. She is a wonderful role model for young girls and hopeful…

Graham Norton, famous host of the comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show hinted that he may quit the BBC next year. The show’s been running for almost a decade and its guests were most famous actors and actresses, singers and writers of our contemporary pop culture. Among the high profile celebrities are Madonna, Will Smith, Tom Cruise and many others. The Graham Norton Show’s been extremely successful, and its charismatic host won 5 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Entertainment Performance. Who…

Martha Stewart an American businesswoman, writer, former fashion model, and television personality star; in the early 2000’s Martha Stewart was convicted of charges related to the ImClone insider trading affair and was sentenced to prison. Even though Martha Stewart was not a member of the biotech company ImClone, I believe the charges that were proposed and set in the case are fair and justified, because Martha acted upon a tip from her broker, and then after she lied to investigators about why…

Business: The entrepreneur I have chosen is Martha Stewart. Martha Stewart founded “Martha Stewart Living Omni media (MSLO)” in 1997. This business is a diversified media and marketing company which is structured into four different business sectors; Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting, and Merchandising. The company has over 100 million consumers each month, across all media platforms. Martha Stewart is well known for her magazine and television show, Martha Stewart Living. She also has her own…

1. How would you characterize Martha Stewart’s initial public relations response to the charges against her? I believe that Stewart made no attempts putting her story out in news. Also, she didn't made any effort you show people that she's innocent and she hasn't done anything wrong. I believe she made the right decision by letting her lawyers do the most talking. 2. What key public relations principle did Martha Stewart violate? Martha Stewart thinks that didn't do anything wrong and haven't…

Heather Troain ACC960 The Martha Stewart Scandal History Martha Stewart is a household name. The famous homemaker is known for many things including her cooking shows to magazines to her line house wares, we all know who she is. She founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., a company involved in publishing, merchandising, and television. At an early age, Martha learned the basics of cooking, baking, and sewing from her mother and her father taught her gardening. After college, she…

Since the primordial times, the humanity felt the necessity to devise tools that would facilitate their daily activities. In a time where the world was craving for new devices, the inventors appeared. However, the rise of inventions is not limited to today’s world, and to understand that we should first define what an invention is. From my understanding, an invention is nothing more than a complex process of creating a new device; to rephrase it, when someone invents a tool, he or she is…

Photographs became an important tool for the National Geographic and helped with its ongoing efforts of positioning itself between the boundaries of science and entertainment (Lutz and Collins 1993:27). Alexander Graham Bell took over the National Geographic Society in 1898, and hired Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor who saw the potential in photographs increasing the magazine’s popularity (Lutz and Collins 1993:27). In 1905 Grosvenor published photographs that were sent…