The McDonnell Group

By Don McDonnell

ATLANTA – Dec 31, 2010 – Since everyone else has done it these past two weeks, I am jumping on the bandwagon to highlight our top smart grid blog post of 2010 written by our colleague Nancy Broe. Like our colleague Marc Marton, Nancy loves to write and tell our clients' stories of success and innovation. The smart grid blog lets them both showcase their talents. Just as Marc often likes to "go native" with our media colleages in deference to his reporter roots, so too does Nancy like to tell a story in deference to her novelist's eye for detail and wordcraft.  

Nancy’s June 2010 two-part smart grid blog post: “10 Tips For Smart Grid Media Relations From the Wright Brothers”  not only drew far and away the top number of web site page hits in a year that saw our overall traffic grow by close to 40%, but also inspired a bunch of inbound written and verbal thanks and kudos from our readers and customers in the utility and software industries.

As we approach the sixth anniversary of The McDonnell Group’s founding in Spring 2011, we’d like to thank our more than two dozen customers for your trust, confidence, and for your continued loyalty to our parternships. 

I would like to personally thank every member of our world class strategy, proprietary research and public relations services team for their professionalism, dedication to knowledge-based service, and for their commitment to the vision, mission and values that guide us. 2011 is shaping up to be a great one....so happy new year!