Alisa Crider, public relations & social media coordinator at Hampton Roads Transit has worked in public relations for five years. “My first gig in the PR world was with the wonderful, Susan Long-Molnar of Managing Communications Consulting,” says Alisa.

You are having a briefing meeting with a new client and want to be sure to capture all of their comments, so you bring a tape recorder to the meeting. You don't want it to be a distraction, so you place it inside your folder on the table.