Month: November 2015

Companies Vying to be “Top Place to Work” – I’m Typing to You.

Last week I had the tremendous pleasure of collecting the hardware associated with our agency being named a “Top Place to Work” by the Boston Globe – for the third year in a row! – and I’m taking some time to share how a business like ours receives such an accolade. We’re in great company, and while I’m confident that others on the Globe’s list manage… Read more »

The Boston Globe Names PR Agency Matter Communications a Top Place to Work for 2015

Magazine honors the best employers in Massachusetts NEWBURYPORT (November 16, 2015) – Matter Communications, a national PR and social media firm with in-house creative services and search marketing groups, has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the eighth annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. Top Places to Work recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state voted on… Read more »

Seeing the Positives of a Crisis

Note: On Thursday, Nov. 12 at 5 p.m., Matter Director Claire Papanastasiou will moderate a crisis communications panel at the Legal Marketing Association’s New England Conference. Panelists include Patricia Wen of the Boston Globe, Doug Banks of the Boston Business Journal, Ralph Martin of Northeastern University and Martin Murphy of Foley Hoag LLP. Contact clairep@matternow.com for more information. In the words of President John F. Kennedy:… Read more »

iTunes of the Digital Font World

Launched in May 2015, Fontstand created a Mac OS X app geared towards the flexibility of exploring thousands of font options. Developed by independent type designers Peter Bi?ak, Andrej Krátky and Ondrej Jób, the new service allows all users to experiment with fonts for an hour in any application at no charge. Like the font you’re test-driving, there are also options to rent each font for… Read more »