PREMIER ACADEMY CELEBRATES 40 YEARS

By: Tamika Morrison/1st Lady of PR

On March 24th, our agency was busy managing all of three client events/activities - it was truly an exciting day that ended on a sweet note with the celebration of Premier Academy's 40th Anniversary Celebration Gala.

The event took place in the heart of downtown Atlanta at the Loudermilk Center. A classy affair, Executive Director, Cindra Taylor looked radiant anticipating addressing the well-dressed crowd of esteemed professionals in early childhood education that came out - not only to receive awards for their tireless dedication providing exceptional early childhood education - but to celebrate Premier Academy for being such a great example of how exceptional an early childhood education is the foundation upon which future educational successes is dependent upon.

Kings of Strings, Ken Ford surprising guests with his appearance

Ken Ford accepting his 'Trailblazer Award' alongside Cindra Taylor (right)

Former pre-schoolers turned doctors, CEO's and accomplished men and women returned to say "Thanks" to Premier Academy for a great formative education. And Ken Ford surprised the crowd with his appearance to receive his award while we were viewing his video acceptance speech. That was such a moment - a proud moment for me personally! It was culminated by a dynamic performance by Ken Ford Foundation 14 year-old virtuoso, DeMarkus Davis who wow'd the crowd with his rendition of "King of Strings" Ken Ford classics off his latest CD, State of Mind.

DeMarkus Davis - 14 year old violin virtuoso of The Ken Ford Foundation

Special thanks to: Tiffini & Chanda of Tastemaker Magazine, Veronica & Condace at 95.1/WSB Radio, Kenny Pugh at The Chat Kafe Radio Show (Love 860AM), Neil Harley of Total Education Network and Twanda Black of 104.1FM. Check out the write-up from Tastemaker Magazine as well as read Cindra's entire profile in their newest Foodie issue on pg. 17! More pictures can be viewed on our Facebook Page.

Tamika Morrison & Tiffini Gatlin of Atlanta Tastemaker Magazine (LOVE the earrings Tiff!)

Tiffini getting her "Wobble" on!

Tamika Morrison & Dr. Bisa

T.MORRISON AGENCY Clients IN the Media - Week of February 28th

In HONOR of Women's History Month, I want to start off my homage to my grandmother, Anna Lois Davis Morrison, whom I don't remember personally because she passed on when I was only 7 months, but the stories of the love she bestowed upon me, I feel like I've known her all my life - I do remember her love!  Thanks Grandma for believing in me when you first laid eyes on me!

I love to report good news, it keeps a permanent smile on my face, no matter how hard we're working behind the scenes! Here are our clients showing off wonderful talents this week:

Matchmaker, Ming Gregory had an AMAZING time as a guest on The Steve Harvey Morning Show.  She was on to talk about her dating agency, Color Blind International.  Unfortunately, Mr. Harvey was on location in Orlando, but we had the pleasure of meeting Shirley "Strawberry" and "Rashan, Steve's Boss", (he was a trip, made me a little nervous at times, LOL). Steve Harvey is such a FOOL and had us dying laughing the entire time! I can tell his cast have a ball working with him.  The jokes can throw you off your game if you're not ready, but Ming did her thing and before we left, she made sure to let Mr. Harvey know he would be seeing her again, as he instructed us to sit down with his producers to talk about....well, you'll just have to wait to hear more!  In the meantime, if you're in need of some help navigating the online world of dating or really want the help of a professional, check out Ming and her relationship counselor's at Color Blind International.

For the Umpteenth time, MING, get OFF the phone! LOL

Shirley Strawberry & Matchmaker Ming Gregory in the studio

Ming laughing at Steve Harvey's foolishness - SMH!

Mr. "Rashan, Steve's Boss" is in the bldg!

Parenting Expert, Dr. Bisa is quite the 'go to' woman, zippin' around Atlanta giving her advice, counsel and initiating educational plans for our children. From her work with The United Way of Metro-Atlanta, the Atlanta Public Schools, writing children's books, delivering parenting workshops and giving of her time to several nonprofits and organizations to conducting classes to early childhood educators to help them keep their jobs in place and provide learning tools to enhance our children's educational success, she also finds time to speak to the media - whew, I'm tired!  This week Dr. Bisa spoke with journalist and host, Krystle Nicole Russin on her radio show yesterday giving valuable parenting advice, check it out here.

Our newest addition to the team has been doing a wonderful job as well attracting media with her savvy & sexy brand, so check out Master Lash Specialist, Ms. Shea Evans of Flirt 'n Flutter Beauty Boutique Lounge with her exclusive on Rolling Out Mag's TV special.

It's great to be in the company of women doing awesome things! Happy Women's Herstory Month ladies - keep making HERstory relevant!

And The Beat Goes On....

Wow, life right now feels like a nice mix of the kind of excitement you get when you strap on your seatbelt in anticipation of a roller coaster ride that's sure to give you a range of emotions from exhilaration to trepidation, fear and relief - a beautiful mess! Guess what, I love it! It means, I'M ALIVE!  (giggles).

Well, there's much to share as our clients are LIVING and BREATHING their PASSIONS for serving others and sharing their natural God-given talents with the world! Very exciting watching these brand-makers SOAR!

Parenting Expert, Dr. Bisa

Thursday was such a day of celebration with our Parenting Expert, Dr. Bisa's debut on Essence.com (courtesy of Blogger Extraordinaire, Afrobella)! Congrats Dr. Bisa!  She looked so beautiful in her "Natural Hair" story, Essence.com's line up of natural hair stories featuring beautiful, dynamic and inspiring women!  Then the weekend continued with client, Renee Knorr at a power meeting with other magnificent women as we discussed the latest in celebrity golf, fashion and lifestyle. Quite exciting as we 'name-dropped' celebs you'd only see on Oprah's couch - OW! Then it was on to Matchmaker Ming Gregory of Color Blind International to prepare for NATIONAL!!!! (sighing here....A. Little. Bit. Stressed.)

Client, Tia R. Ervin of Milestone Occasions kicked-off her signature "Mom & Me" Bridal Luncheon at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead with a nice and intimate crowd of mothers and daughters getting ready for the biggest day in their lives.  It was very beautiful, inviting and fun! Ms. Tia R. Ervin knows her stuff!  I understand why she was named The Knot's 2010 Wedding Planner of the Year and why Lifetime's Get Married featured her thrice! We were joined by Ms. Talking with Tami as our media guest, I think she had fun, check out her write-up.

Beautiful Lighting courtesy of Toni McDaniel of Floral Couture

Tia R. Ervin w/"Foxy" - Courtesy of Talking w/Tami

Then it was off to the event of the night, courtesy of Art of Facts PR and Myliek where client Sakiri Vodka and Renee Knorr had the opportunity to be dreamy and dapper at the 'Wedding Soiree' held at the beautiful and swanky Ventanas in Downtown Atlanta - breathtaking view of the city!  It was a book signing with authors, celebrity wedding planners Gail & Hester.  It was SO CHIC! Renee was a very gorgeous Bride and her beautiful spirit was the icing on the cake!  Sakiri Vodka was the exclusive Vodka for the evening that had 3 bars - 2 downstairs (one rooftop) and one upstairs.  Myleik, GREAT JOB!

Model, Renee Knorr & Tamika (T.Morrison Agency CEO)

Beautiful Spring-like night on the rooftop at Ventanas-ATL

Renee Knorr, Gorgeous Bride @ "Wedding Soiree"

And then there goes that beat!  The fire bell rang n the form of my vibrating Blackberry way too many times and (oh so very loudly)! Then and I was in PR 'damage control' mode and OFF as I dashed from the fab soiree like Cinderella to rescue a client in need.  A. Day. In the Life.....Of....P....R.... Love it!

It's called "Synergy"

Synergy - in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently.  Read it again and allow it to sink in...


I'm realizing when things happen effortlessly without coercion, long, drawn out conversations and unnecessary negotiations it is DIVINELY orchestrated or synergistic.  That's what life has been like at T.MORRISON Agency since our re-launch in January and boy, does it feel like cloud 9!
It also pays to properly utilize resources and relationships!  As a publicist that eats, sleeps and breathes PR, I learn more and more each day about relationships, resources and the powerful tool of connecting - that's one of the major components of success!


Because of the above, a woman I had the privilege of working with also happens to blog for Essence.com.  I know what her interests are and it just so happen that parenting expert and T.MORRISON Agency client, Dr. Bisa was a perfect fit, so we're looking forward to having Dr. Bisa's Q&A featured soon!


Also, we're gearing up for some exciting events and began our media relations campaign on a couple of them and started getting calls back from media outlets - I'm working on securing a TV feature for the client. I'm telling you, THIS is what I live for and on the flip-side, I had to reach out to a media outlet interested in a client's PR crisis and I'm telling you, wisdom is of the essence here!  Learning quite a lot on this side of the PR-coin!


So then it was off to some 'synergistic' connections with my newly hired business consultant with a specialty in IP (Intellectual Property) law and man, did she SCHOOL ME! *thanking God & Angels now!* on how to strategically move forward protecting all my assets to continue my win/win. This woman has IT!  We were meeting at a cute lounge called the Cupcake Lounge in Grant Park (pics below), the atmosphere is sexy and the Red Velvet cupcakes - OMG, I must have DIED and went to angel cake heaven, seriously!  Taj is sweet and treated us very well!

Today, was another day of effortless synergy from a powerful meeting with Producer, Ashia & Host, October Rose at Friday Girl TV to exchange and brainstorm over great ideas with all of our clients to digging into the voicemails with callbacks. Giving praises and honor to WHOM it all belongs to!  I am truly living life like it's golden and it feels wonderful to grow with tastemakers with a purpose and an understanding of how to bring great energy and passion to the table that naturally creates SYNERGY!

Making the "Love Day" Count

Today was an exceptional day, not to mention, it was Valentine's Day!  It was definitely a day of great celebrations and I had the pleasure of staring it off with breakfast at J. Christopher's in Vinings with a client facing a PR crisis situation and his attorney.  I am having fun figuring this media maze out and trying to 'outsmart' the cat! (smdh at the media on this one!)

Then it was off to the studios of CW 69's 'Focus Atlanta' a local program that focuses on the local taste-makers that makes Atlantans proud.  Parenting Expert, Dr. Bisa was the special guest to talk about the 2nd edition of her national credited preschool curriculum, WINGS.  Host, Keisha Lancelin seemed to be taken in by the interesting information Dr. Bisa had to offer about the early learning stages of kids birth - 5 and the importance of parents honing in on those skills that will ultimately set their child up to be successes in the classroom and with their peers.  The segment will air February 27, 2011 on CW69 (channel 10 in Atlanta) at Noon. A very engaging and hot topic of the moment - especially with Tiger Mom and all. I loved all the excitement - LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Then we ended the day with a special client/friend lunch at Papadeaux mmmmm, mmmmmm good!  Dr. Bisa and I both had the scrumptious Louisiana Seafood Gumbo and I had fried oysters. What a treat!

Today was definitely a day of celebrating collaborative work - I love what I do! #PR! #PR! #PR!

The day ended in several follow-up phone calls to my assistant, other clients and now, it's on to the next episode of what's sure to be equally exciting for us! We got that #T.MORRISON Agency #Swag!

We wish all clients: Colorblind International, Ming Gregory, Imagery Films, Fashion & Beauty Expert, Renee Knorr, TANKOH, Dr. Bisa, Royal Cosmetic Surgery, Sakiri Vodka and those yet to come, (you know who you are!!) a very HAPPY Valentine's Day!