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06/12/2023

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22/06/2023

Did you know? Catch the video versions of our BUILD St. Louis podcast at https://www.youtube.com/. Watch, listen and learn from the most innovative minds in construction and development.

20/06/2023

What's the path to success as a business development professional in 2023? LISTEN to this week's episode of BUILD St. Louis as Cordogan Clark's own Doug Peters, MBA shares the necessity of strategy and relationships that pave the way for future clients and projects.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cXetRd0ighxLu9lq4Lz3W

31/05/2023

NEW: Listen AND SEE. Many of you have requested full video and audio recordings of BUILD St. Louis. Done! Check out our new YouTube channel, BUILD America, where you can find each week's full video and audio episode.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Ui1K2ilotCFi3puf990PA

30/05/2023

Really thankful to Building PA Podcast for inviting me on. It was a blast!

In this episode, we have a special guest, Kerry Smith, a freelance writer and expert in media relations. We dive into the topic of storytelling and the interview process, exploring what makes a good story. Our enthusiastic hosts are excited to lea...

30/05/2023

LISTEN UP: Hear from Trivers Principal Joel Fuoss, AIA LEED AP about solid working relationships thoughtful conversations in real time that often lead to the saving and repurposing of St. Louis structures.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6L0oR1UFU66ZNaEPOp48WN

26/05/2023

OPPORTUNITY: BUILD St. Louis has room for an a/e/c (C Suite-level) expert as a guest for our July 3 airing on Spotify, Apple, Google and 7 other platforms.

Do you have an industry topic you'd like to address?

Contact Kerry today, [email protected] or message/reply here.

Now's your chance to educate and sponsor the region's new podcast that captures and shares the very heartbeat of construction and development.

24/05/2023

Healthcare Prefab Sources Needed: I am seeking expert sources for a national ENR special section cover story on modular & prefab construction in healthcare. Please share your name and contact info in a LinkedIn message asap (or email me at [email protected]) if you'd like your company to be included in this article. The only cost is your time. Thanks!

22/05/2023

NEW EPISODE/LISTEN: Joining us this week on BUILD St. Louis - the new podcast capturing the very heartbeat of construction and development - is Amy Berg, president at S. M. Wilson & Co. Amy speaks about how dramatically the construction industry has changed for the better in terms of opportunities for women.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QTbdWjGIY9YSpGEEWWy6v

15/05/2023

LISTEN UP: In this episode of BUILD St. Louis, Jennifer Beckage, Esq. CIPP/US, CIPP/E, founder and managing director of The Beckage Firm, discusses the unique vulnerabilities that construction companies and developers face from cyber attacks.

https://spoti.fi/3LeNc5l

08/05/2023

Wonder why fewer contractors are bidding on public-sector construction projects these days? Listen to this brand-new episode of BUILD St. Louis. Washington University in St. Louis Program Director of Graduate Studies in Construction Management Steve Bannes really knows his stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HQNy4eYeIqll73ZA3AcLx?si=4d130bd0d64a4d6e

04/05/2023

Have you wondered why publicly funded construction projects in St. Louis have had trouble attracting contractor bidders? Don't miss this episode featuring Wash U's own Steve Bannes as he discusses multiple answers to this curious question. Steve's episode drops this Monday, May 8 on BUILD St. Louis. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

01/05/2023

Many of you have been asking me why I've created BUILD St. Louis, the new construction and development podcast.

Through the years, I've had the privilege of interviewing SO many innovative minds in the industry. After these fascinating interview conversations, print journalism space constraints left a lot of this valuable information on the cutting room floor.

BUILD St. Louis affords us all a deeper dive into relevant topics and gives our amazing experts a chance to uncover not only the what but also the why. Now I can include a comprehensive, holistic discussion of issues and opportunities impacting not only St. Louis but the nation as well.

I hope you'll check out our first BUILD St. Louis episodes and give us a 5-star review. Happy listening!

https://apple.co/4259jlA

01/05/2023

Hi, Everyone! If you have a few moments today to check out my new podcast, BUILD St. Louis, and give it a 5-star review (on Apple Podcasts), that will help me enormously.
https://apple.co/4259jlA

30/04/2023

Guess what? The first six episodes of BUILD St. Louis are now available! Check them out on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts.

https://spoti.fi/3LeNc5l

https://apple.co/4259jlA

https://bit.ly/421VX9J

27/04/2023

Want a sneak peek (listen) to BUILD St. Louis, the new podcast capturing the very heart of construction and development?
Our official launch is this Monday, May 1.
Don't miss it!
Listen to the first 3 episodes here:
https://apple.co/4259jlA
https://spoti.fi/3LeNc5l

05/04/2023

05/04/2023

Exciting news! May 1 is the launch of Informationworks brand-new podcast, BUILD St. Louis, that features the most innovative minds in construction and development.
Don't miss it.
BUILD St. Louis will air on Apple, Google and Spotify.
Contact Kerry Smith now ([email protected]) if your company would like to sponsor an episode.
Here's to a series of substantive discussions that build our region.

02/06/2022

It was my great pleasure to talk with building material experts including Negwer Materials, Inc.'s Pete Wilhelms and write this Engineering News-Record story about how they're managing still-unpredictable supply chain issues to serve customers and keep building projects humming. Thanks to additional subject matter experts Rob Webb of Southwestern Suppliers, Inc. and Lynn Schwarz with the Building Material Suppliers Association (BMSA).

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION BUILDING MATERIALS & PRODUCTS TODAY Opinions expressed are those of the advertisers. PHOTO: ENVIROMANTIC / E+ / VIA GETTY IMAGES Navigating Supply Chain Waters Construction Industry Contends With Rising Freight Costs By Kerry Smith ◆ ◆ WHAT’S INSIDE Shipping Costs C...

12/04/2022

My thanks to outstanding virtual design and construction expert sources Tomislav Žigo, AIA, LEED AP at Clayco, John Cochran, PE and Nick Kniesche at Murphy Company and Roger Grant at the National Institute of Building Sciences for speaking into this recent Engineering News-Record piece I had the pleasure of writing. What y'all do is fascinating.

http://digitaladmin.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=715989?oly_enc_id=5389B5231056H0Z

11/02/2022

If a journalist offers to share a pre-published draft of his/her news story with you, please don't repeatedly "check in" to see if it's done yet or ask exactly when you can expect to receive it.
Most of us have a lot of articles on our plates (daily) to write. We'll do our best to give you an approximation of when we'll complete it (if it's not for a daily publication or time-sensitive TV/radio broadcast).
What we do isn't an exact science. Our articles usually involve interviewing sources from several companies, some who postpone our scheduled conversations and eat into the time we've got to write the article. Depending upon when we get those interviews completed, we're then able to write the story, weaving all the expertise together. Marketing/comms professionals, please remember that this process takes longer than producing an internal marketing piece, where your firm has control over the deliverable and its timeline.

09/02/2022

Honestly, I'm not crabby. :)
But if you're one of the many communications/marketing people who ask a publication to let you know when your (complimentary) press release is going to be published, please stop and think about this request.
Particularly if it's a small publication, there's no way we can notify individuals every time we upload information. Realistically we receive between 150-350 free submissions (and often more) per day.
If you want to know whether/when we published your submission, set up a Google Alert (with your subject's name/topic/headline) and you'll receive an email from Google whenever and wherever it runs.
https://www.google.com/alerts

02/02/2022

Although this was penned in 2016, it's more relevant today than ever, particularly in light of young marketing and communications professionals who may not have received proper media training.

Can you guess what this one thing is? Yup, asking a journalist for a list of interview questions. See this spot-on blog post about how we view this request.

The reporter told me it’s happening with more frequency.  “It” is public relations professionals having the brazenness to ask reporters to submit their questions prior to an interview. The trigger for our discussion was an instance where another PR professional had recently re...

27/01/2022

Beyond the research and expert source (interviewee) content, pure magic, artistry and the journalist's individual style go into the writing of a news article. Much like baking a torte, there's a reason we sift specific ingredients in (and out), carefully measure our audience and "bake" a story at the optimal temperature and duration to produce a piece that's interesting and digestible for our readers.

If we welcome you to review a story draft for accuracy only, please do so with our appreciation. But don't try to change the recipe and rewrite our article.

26/01/2022

When a journalist invites you to serve as an expert source for a developing story, it's totally fine to suggest additional potential subject matter experts for the writer to contact and include.

It's NOT okay for YOU to invite them to participate.

Journalists are held to strict word counts/limits for each story we write. By the time we've invited you to the story, we've likely already planned and invited the additional "guests" to this editorial event.

Also, if you're going to add additional listeners/participants (from your company) to our scheduled interview with you, please let us know this in advance.

A few days ago I was interviewing an expert by phone when (midway through the interview) an unidentified voice began speaking. Was I to also record the information she was offering? Who was she? Was she the firm's marketing director? My invited source's boss? Don't confuse the listener (the writer). Make it easy for us to share your expertise accurately.

25/01/2022

Zoom sessions are often an ideal platform for collaborative team discussions.

But for the journalist, video calls often add a degree of visual distraction and complexity that is not necessary.

Many reporters/writers are typing into a Word document at the rate at which you are speaking. We are also trying to glance up to see any visuals you are wanting to share in real time, which are often way too small to decipher because our Word document is maximized and your video sharing screen is not.

Rather than assuming we want to talk to you via video, consider choosing only one expert source and grant us access to him or her via a one-on-one telephone conversation.

Send any relevant videos, images and other resources one or two days ahead of our phone interview so we can take time and study them while we are not taking notes as your source is speaking to us.

Thanks for understanding that unless we are broadcast journalists, we need to be concentrating on the spoken word and your expert’s narrative, devoting our sole attention to that in order to produce the best news story.

24/01/2022

Reminder to marketing/communications professionals who continue to ask for a list of interview questions for an upcoming interview with their subject matter expert:

Please don't do this. Do ask us for a specific thrust of our story topic, yes.

But if you stop and think about it, we're NOT the expert. We don't work in your field, nor in your expert's position. That's why we're calling upon you to share expertise on the topic at hand.

Rather than sending you a list of specific questions, we're affording you flexibility in how you approach our topic. The second question we'll ask (and from there on) depends upon what we learn from your answer to the first question. Does this make sense?