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Do you depend on your development director for nonprofit storytelling? Yes, you do! But in our Berkshire region (with nearly 1,000 nonprofit organizations) development jobs are hard-to-fill positions, and vacancies are plentiful. But there is no shortage of stories waiting to be developed and told -- and you can still reach your donors and stakeholders with solid storytelling. If your development job is vacant, don't put your storytelling efforts on hold, because you can still find, tell and dispatch your compelling narratives. So if...

As part of the CHP Berkshires' partnership with the iBerkshires.com news outlet, third graders at St. Mary's School in Lee participated in the "Junior Marketing" program to learn the ins and outs of design, advertising and brand recognition. For the full story, visit the CHP blog, where all 'ads' are presented, along with the iBerkshires video showcasing the students'...

Public Relations Assistant: Summer Internship 2021EGLahr PR & Mediaellenlahr.com Established communications consulting business in Great Barrington, Mass., seeks part-time public relations assistant beginning May 15-Aug. 15, 10-15 hours per week. Some hours are required on-site in a socially distanced, open office setting. Documented experience and in event-related publicity is a must, as is fluency in social media suite platform management. You will have excellent exposure to learn a wide range of public relations and communications...

[caption id="attachment_2647" align="alignleft" width="640"] Town Manager Mark Pruhenski in Great Barrington[/caption] In recent weeks, the Town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts has been none too happy about its good name being co-opted for the so-called "Great Barrington Declaration." This wild Darwinian call for "herd immunity' as a  COVID-19 solution has raised alarm bells all over the world, and here on all sides of Main Street. Great Barrington, the town, has been striving to be a COVID-safe community for months, even as cases in...

WGBY-TV visited the Community Health Programs mobile health unit in Pittsfield, where CHP Berkshire Pediatrics is caring for its smallest patients during...

It took just a few short, devastating months for the COVID-19 pandemic to bring the world economy to a crawl. With stunning speed businesses large and small, from Main Street to Wall Street, have been crippled. Early on, a flurry of email messages from businesses and nonprofits, large and small, cascaded into our email inboxes, followed by more, as conditions changed from week to week. The broad range of communication tools, communication, and the people who use them, have been in emergency mode. And they will be -- for some time to come. No...

Community Health Programs' Dr. Jeremy Stoepker was interviewed on WAMC Northeast Public Radio's "Medical Monday" talk show, on the topic of LGBTQ...

Community Health Programs CEO Lia Spiliotes' commentary on the Affordable Care Act has made headlines in several publications, including Commonwealth Magazine (Boston). Ms. Spiliotes; healthcare commentary is is regularly published in regional and statewide...