Ronn Torossian

Ronn TorossianRonn Torossian is the Founder of 5WPR, a leading U.S. PR Firm. Under his leadership, the firms clients have included Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Tropicana, Anheuser-Busch, Barnes & Noble, Cantor Fitzgerald, IHOP, Evian, EDS, VeriSign, XM Radio, Seagram’s, The Loews Regency, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment, Marriott Hotels, Vail Resorts, the Government of Israel, and others.

Ronn Torossian is a past semi-finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and has been named to the “40 under 40:” list of PR Week and Advertising Age. Torossian is regularly featured in national media, including Fox News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. His best-selling PR book, “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations” is available at bookstores.

Ronn Torossian lives in Manhattan with his family and is a member of the prestigious Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He is active on the board of a number of Jewish and educational non-profit organizations, and is a regular contributor to media outlets on political and religious matters.

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Interesting Jewish Jobs Just Announced

While my PR firm, 5WPR is always hiring there are many jobs available in the Jewish community. Some more interesting roles recently announced: · Annual Campaign Manager, Union for Reform Judaism: The URJ’s Annual Campaign includes direct mail, email, and telefund initiatives, facilitation of annual giving groups including the URJ’s Board of Trustees campaign, and [...]

Israel Public Relations/Hasbara Program With Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Center for Public Diplomacy/Hasbarah is hosting a breakthrough program once again for Israel advocacy and education, organized in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. www.Cpdh2012.com has more information Collaborating with many academic institutions and organizations around the world, last summer there was a diverse group of students, professionals, and diplomats from 15 countries across 5 continents in [...]

Brilliant American Public Relations Move

With President Barack Obama going to Israel soon, the United States Embassy in Israel has launched a smart Public Relations gimmick.   Obama will be making a speech, and 20 invitations will be given out via social media outlets. First things first, anyone interested has to like the US Embassy page at: www.facebook.com/U.S.EmbassyTelAvivIsrael And then they [...]

Media Round-Up

Interesting articles: n  Ronn Torossian asks in Arutz 7: Does Benjamin Netanyahu want to be James Baker?: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12958 n  YNet has an excellent op-ed about the effects of BDS.  As it starts: The 9th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week, which kicked off in Europe on February 25th, included the usual celebration of hypocrisy and boycotts. Students [...]

Jewish Film Festivals: Mark Birnbaum, Woody Allen & The Simpsons

There are a variety of Jewish film festivals occurring throughout the US. Films showed range from Woody Allen movies to classic Holocaust movies by Mark Birnbaum, Zionist movies from Israel and other movies. n  The Sephardic Film Festival is held annually – with the mission of “to illuminate the scope of the Sephardic experience; to [...]

Rabbi Nachman

As CEO of 5W Public Relations, there are always decisions to be made – and emails from the Breslov Research Institute keep things in perspective when its time to make a difficult decision. Received these notes today wanted to share:”Even when no words come, do not despair. Come back day after day to your secluded [...]

ZOA Praises ADL, AJC Call For Further Review of Hagel’s Record – AIPAC & Others Silent

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) yesterday called for a “further review of Chuck Hagel’s views on vitally important national security and foreign policy issues…before any final vote is taken.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has said “the sentiments Hagel expressed…border on anti-Semitism in the genre of professors Mearscheimer and Walt and Jimmy Carter,” now wants [...]

Non-Profit Jobs: American Jewish World Service, Kars For Kids & Others

From ongoing opportunities with Kars for Kids to JCCA, there’s always different job opportunities with non-profits. Some of this weeks better jobs: Senior Grant Writer, The Educational Alliance: We are a Jewish organization, serving people of diverse ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds who live, work and learn in our neighborhoods. We strive to nourish the [...]

Israel Public Relations Round-up

Some interesting news stories from last few days: n  Interesting article in Israel Hayom which argues that the Mossad needs to better utilize public relations – they are regularly attacked in the media and can no longer claim that the Mossad doesn’t exist:  http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=3458 n  Arutz 7 has a new program about Israel Public Relations, [...]

Israel Winning the PR War

n  Ronn Torossian in Times Of Israel on the Gay Community Against Israel – Truly is amazing given that there is one country in the Middle East where gays aren’t imprisoned… and that’s the country being opposed by the gay community.  Read and comment here: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/103474/ n  In Arutz 7, revelations that “Prisoner X”, Ben [...]