Post written by Hanna Lee and posted on the site: www.hannaleecommunications.com Patrice Tanaka Joyful Planet LLC “Share your cookies and toys. This is my mother’s advice and it has served me well from the playground to the boardroom.”
Patrice Tanaka, 65, CEO, Chief Joy Officer, Dancer, NYC
Post written by Ageist Editors at www.agei.st Patrice Tanaka, 65 In 2002, after spending the previous 12 years building up a PR agency with 12 other partners, serving as the primary caregiver to her husband, and turning 50, Patrice Tanaka visited an executive coach. “I was fried,” she says. The coach asked her to do something predictable:…Read More
How to Construct your Personal-Professional Purpose Statement
Originally written by Lauren Thomas, a senior studying public relations at Brigham Young University, and posted on progressions.prssa.org I struggled through my last internship. I was so excited to start it and I hoped to learn a lot from the company with which I was about to spend my summer. The company was cool, the environment…Read More
Discussing PR, Diversity and Joy with Paladin Award Winner Patrice Tanaka
Post written by Tiffany Cody at www.prsay.prsa.org Last night, the PRSA Foundation honored Patrice Tanaka — co-founder of Patrice Tanaka & Company, CRT/tanaka and PadillaCRT (now Padilla) — with its Paladin Award. In honor of that event, we’re revisiting our interview with her. Why did you decide to pursue a career in public relations? What…Read More
Paladin Honoree Tanaka Stresses Diversity and Inclusion
Post written by Jack O’Dwyer at: http://www.odwyerpr.com/ Patrice Tanaka, recipient of the 2017 Paladin Award of the PRSA Foundation, which recognizes courage in the pursuit of worthy causes, stressed the need for diversity and inclusion. Tanaka now heads Joyful Planet, which is focused on helping individuals and organizations to discover and live their purpose to…Read More