Eric Hazard

Eric Hazard

New York, New York, United States
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From the heart of Texas to the pulse of New York, my journey has been driven by a…

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Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Graphic

    University of Pennsylvania

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    Graduated from a 12-week certificate course focused on the future of money taught under the guidance of MIT faculty members. The course explored innovation in financial markets, disruptive technologies such as blockchain and the impacts of fintech innovations on the future of commerce.

Publications

  • From Entrepreneur to Start Up: Securing Venture Capital

    Millennial Magazine

    My article for MiLLENNiAL Magazine on how to secure venture capital funding to grow from entrepreneur to start up.

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  • The revolution will not be broadcast: news in the age of discovery

    Muck Rack

    Time was when the most trusted name in news were people such as Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow. Generations of Americans would tune into a nightly news broadcast at the appointed time to receive the headlines of the day. Today the most trusted names in news are Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey; not for the news they deliver, but for the news facilitation they foster. With the shift to digital delivery, ensuring your content is discoverable is more important than ever.

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  • Fintech: Making Finance Fair

    Millennial Magazine

    My article on how fintech is leveling the playing field for access to financial services.

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  • Boldness, aspiration and vision: how hip hop changed communications

    Muck Rack

    Communicators today would do well to reflect on the power of the message delivered by Wu-Tang, Tribe, Biggie and the hip hop pioneers in the 90s. These lyrists and poets gave the world impactful messages that resonate stronger today than when they dropped 25 years ago. Find the connection to the audience with authenticity and the resonance will follow.

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  • Your LinkedIn Profile Sucks

    Muck Rack

    You’ve probably set up a LinkedIn profile to answer the question you’re asked everyday: what is it you’d say you do here? The problem is that like nearly half of all LinkedIn users, the profile you set up was incomplete. It doesn’t say anything and it looks like you work just hard enough not to get fired. To use the patois of modern youth: It sucks.

    Here are some tips to help your profile suck a little less.

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  • After the ‘death’ of Twitter consider these alternatives

    Muck Rack

    As Twitter adopts algorithmic timeline display, consider these alternatives for real-time social media engagement.

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  • 10,000 character tweets: this is why we can't have nice things

    Muck Rack

    Twitter came out in early January with talk of expanding the character limit of a tweet from 140 to 10,000 characters. The proposal threatens to unravel the fabric of Twitter's identity and what makes is great.

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  • No 'hearts' for the end of Twitter's 'stars'

    PR Week

    What does Twitter's change from stars for "favorites" to hearts for "likes" mean for b-to-b communicators? Confusion, at least at the start.

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  • Reaching the Hedge Fund Manager: Yesterday's News

    Cognito Word of Mouth

    An examination of the how hedge fund managers are consuming news and applying it to financial decisions.

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  • The Public Face of Disclosure

    Securities Technology Monitor

    The financial services industry – and those who communicate about it – will find ourselves evolving with the ever-changing technological landscape; thanks to an SEC report clarifying the extent to which companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation FD. The SEC’s decision to allow the use of social media technology for the distribution of news ushers in a new era for corporate communications.

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Honors & Awards

  • Media Relations Professional of the Year

    Bulldog PR Awards

    Awarded annually to innovators and passionate professionals who excel in crafting a compelling story, working with influencers or the media and delivering measurable results for their organization.

  • Public Relations Professional of the Year

    Bulldog PR Awards

    Awarded annually to innovators and passionate professionals who excel in crafting a compelling story, working with influencers or the media and delivering measurable results for their organization.

  • PR News 2018 PR People Finalists

    PR News

    Each year, PR News benchmarks the top established PR professionals over the last year, as well as naming a shortlist of rising luminaries in the field.

  • 2014 Hike Leader of the Year

    Catskill 3500 Club

    For the countless hours of devoted service in assisting aspirants and members to fulfill their goals of climbing the Catskills' 3500 foot peaks and for the love of these mountains

Organizations

  • Catskill 3500 Club

    Member #2132

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    Membership in the Catskill 3500 Club requires climbing all 35 Catskill High Peaks and four specified peaks again in winter.

  • Page Up

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    Page Up, founded in 2013, is the membership organization for Arthur Page Society members’ most senior staff leaders. Comprised by more than 200 senior communications executives who work with Page Society members at corporate, PR agency, educator and nonprofit organizations, Page Up members, are recognized leaders in the communications field and have an average of more than 20 years of experience in the profession.

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