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Roger Darnell
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Author, publisher, PR consultant, producer, and career guide collaborating with illustrious luminaries every day. UCF Film+TV. DM rd(at)darnellworks.com
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Dear Veterans: We honor your sacrifices and we thank you for your service on Veterans Day (11/11), today, and every day, forever.
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#universalpositive #VeteransDay #USA
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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📣 Big ups to the talented people at Hyperquake for their leading roles in this year’s BrandersFest event in NYC. Highlights include Marshall Thompson joining SEGD’s Cybelle Jones to talk about activating brand identities in real life, building trust, and driving growth. 👏

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BrandersFest 2025: ORIGIN is more than a conference — it’s a call to the originals. Join 100+ brand-driven founders, creative leaders, and strategic thinkers for two powerful days of keynotes, panels, masterclasses, and curated networking. Whether you’re scaling your startup, repositioning your brand, or launching your next big idea — this is your origin point.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Latest edition of my free Big Ups newsletter publishes today: “Jane says”

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#hope #resilience #determination
Roger Darnell is an author, publisher, PR consultant, producer, and career guide collaborating with illustrious luminaries every day. His free newsletter “Big Ups” offers game-changing insights, exclusives, extras, and giveaways. Subscribe now: http://rkdarnell.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Ready to acquire new skills, expand horizons, and have some serious fun? 👋🎇

Check out DWA’s Ultimate #Events Calendar for November: up.darnellworks.com

Please DM feedback, ideas, and tips. Let’s go?

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Daybreak photo by Pierre Blaché showing London’s famous Tower Bridge. Captured with the Sony Alpha 7 III and published on Pexels on 4 August 2019.
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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#TransformationTuesday wisdom courtesy of Dr. Jane Goodall (1934-2025): “You have it in your power to make a difference. Don’t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now. God bless you all.”
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, Dr Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes.
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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2026 iF DESIGN AWARD submissions are due on 5 November. 11,000 entries from 70 countries will compete for honors across design disciplines of Product, Packaging, Branding & Communications, Service & Systems, UX, UI, Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Concepts. Learn more at ifdesign.com/en/
The iF DESIGN AWARD enters its 72nd season with updated disciplines, 93 categories, and simplified entry guidance. Underline your market position among other global players in the field of design and architecture.
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Thank you, friends. 🙏😊🥂

After starting out with a bold idea back in 2000, I have now spent 25 years doing work I love: helping bold leaders and brands make their marks in this world.

Here’s to every client, collaborator, and mentor who’s been part of this journey, and to what comes next. #DWA25
The Darnell Works Agency has been selected as PR Agency of the Year for Corporate LiveWire's 2025 GLOBAL Innovation & Excellence Awards. Established in 2010, Corporate LiveWire is one of four core products from UK-based publishing and media company Fenice Media, Limited, along with The Luxury Travel Guide, The iGap Travel Guide, and The iFestival Guide. With an international presence, Fenice Media's platforms connect its clients with a unique, global audience. Providing business professionals with the latest news on important business, legal, travel, and lifestyle developments from around the world, Corporate LiveWire is a leading media platform for this exclusive market. Corporate LiveWire provides both free media content and opportunities for subscriptions to regular books and magazines in print and digital formats, while also hosting the annual Global Innovation & Excellence Awards.
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Last week’s recognition stirred up a lot of gratitude – and more than a few memories (like this one from CES in 2000). 😄

I’ve been reflecting on the journey, the people, and the impact we’ve achieved together. Through it all, your support and kind words mean the world. 🙏

#DWA25
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Happy Autumn, everyone! The latest installment of my original travel series “Rare Air” is live at rkdarnell.com, featuring the Watauga River near Boone on a beautiful day seven years past. #RareAir
Scene featuring the Watauga River near Boone, North Carolina, on a beautiful fall day seven years past.
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Latest edition of my free Big Ups newsletter publishes today: “Dare you”

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#effort #fulfillment #try
Roger Darnell is an author, publisher, PR consultant, producer, and career guide collaborating with illustrious luminaries every day. His free newsletter “Big Ups” offers game-changing insights, exclusives, extras, and giveaways. Subscribe now: http://rkdarnell.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Ready to acquire new skills, expand horizons, and have some serious fun? 👋🎇

Check out DWA’s Ultimate #Events Calendar for October: up.darnellworks.com

Please DM feedback, ideas, and tips. Let’s go?

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Photo by Nirmal Rajendharkumar showing an aerial view of New York City at night. Captured with the SONY ILCE-7M3 and published on Unsplash on 3 February 2020.
October 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#TransformationTuesday wisdom courtesy of Kobe Bryant (1978-2020): “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”

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Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard who also played small forward, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA.
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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2025 Earth Partner Prize submissions are due on 10 October (up to $17,000 in funding). Young creatives (ages 14 to 30) from all backgrounds and identities are encouraged to present original works that reflect on environmental and social challenges facing the planet. Learn more at earthpartner.com
Through the Earth Partner Prize, Art Partner seeks to involve young people in discussing environmental matters by offering a high-visibility platform for emerging talent—especially from underrepresented communities.
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Sincere congratulations to all the nominees and winners in this year’s @creativepool.bsky.social Annual global competition! creativepool.com/annual/2025/...
The Creativepool Annual 2025 winners were announced at its fabulous venue, Sinfonia Smith Square on 11th September 2025.
September 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Courtesy of Hyperquake’s Managing Director of Brand Building, Josh Belcher: For modern brand leaders, the path is no longer linear. How does your brand prioritize the NOW ⚡️, NEAR ✨, and NEXT🚀? www.hyperquake.com/blog/brand-s...
To stay ahead, brands must be able to operate across multiple time horizons at once. They need to manage the now, the near, and the next.
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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ICYMI: Via shots | Fivestone Studios enters a new era under the leadership of new Managing Director Jesus Garcia Galvez magazine.shots.net/news/view/je...

#immersive #digital #experiential
Fivestone is a digital experiential studio that leverages strategy, design, technology, and storytelling to create wonder and drive human connection. Drawing strength from five shared cultural touchstones – Honor, Bravery, Vision, Generosity, and Excellence – our groundbreaking multidisciplinary talents passionately resolve giant-sized storytelling challenges using emerging technologies and patent processes. What can we help you create?
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Latest edition of my free Big Ups newsletter publishes today: “Free time”

Please don't subscribe — unless you want to live larger and sweeter than ever 😊 rkdarnell.com

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#fulfillment
Roger Darnell is an author, publisher, PR consultant, producer, and career guide collaborating with illustrious luminaries every day. His free newsletter “Big Ups” offers game-changing insights, exclusives, extras, and giveaways. Subscribe now: http://rkdarnell.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Ready to acquire new skills, expand horizons, and have some serious fun? 👋🎇

Check out DWA’s Ultimate #Events Calendar for September: up.darnellworks.com

Please DM feedback, ideas, and tips. Let’s go?

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Photo by Luís Lança showing a coastal clean-up event happening at Saco da Capela, Ilhabela, in São Paulo, Brazil. Captured with the DJI Air 3 drone and published on Unsplash on 22 October, 2023.
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Submissions are due 8 September for Booooooom’s “Tomorrow’s Talent 5” Art Book. This fifth installment of its renowned Tomorrow’s Talent series aims to feature 60+ #artists and #illustrators who are making exceptional work. Learn more at booooooom.com
Booooooom is one of the internet's most prominent online art platforms, dedicated to discovering and promoting emerging artists. Founded in 2008 by Vancouver-based artist Jeff Hamada, the website features curated art, design, film, and photography with a focus on new contemporary art.
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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25 years into doing the work we love, we’ve received word of a special recognition that speaks directly to our mission: helping bold leaders and brands make their marks.

We can’t share details yet — but we’re honored, humbled, and more inspired than ever to keep raising the bar.

Stay tuned. #DWA25
With its proven expertise in developing highly successful marketing, PR, and media strategies, The Darnell Works Agency is the go-to PR firm for bold business leaders and their organizations. Offering unmatched writing talent and inside-media expertise, agency principal Roger Darnell sets his clients apart atop their industries. Already central to billions of positive media impressions worldwide, the agency's collaborations with leading business executives and media luminaries continue soaring to new heights.
August 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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From Director Michael Lippert, goingbarefoot, and Cutters Studios: “Sloane: A Jazz Singer” will have its PBS broadcast debut August 7th on PBS North Carolina!

Tune in August 7 at 9:30 p.m. EST on PBS NC: www.pbsnc.org/blogs/pressr...

#pbs #documentaries #jazz #filmmaking
In this important, beautifully documented feature film from goingbarefoot, late jazz legend Carol Sloane finally gets her due. Sixty years ago, Carol Sloane was a highly acclaimed jazz singer who was regularly invited to appear, alongside pop-culture’s Who’s Who, on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show. A top-tier Columbia records talent with dozens of records to her name, her extensive achievements include opening for Oscar Peterson at The Village Vanguard, and being named to the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Often compared to Ella Fitzgerald in her heyday, in truth, Sloane spent most of her life struggling to pay her rent. See – and hear – her unforgettable story now.
August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Latest edition of my free Big Ups newsletter publishes today: “Secret friend”

Live larger and sweeter than ever — subscribe now! rkdarnell.com

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#mentalhealth
Roger Darnell is an author, publisher, PR consultant, producer, and career guide collaborating with illustrious luminaries every day. His free newsletter “Big Ups” offers game-changing insights, exclusives, extras, and giveaways. Subscribe now: http://rkdarnell.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Ready to acquire new skills, expand horizons, and have some serious fun? 👋🎇

Check out DWA’s Ultimate #Events Calendar for August: up.darnellworks.com

Please DM feedback, ideas, and tips. Let’s go?

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Photo by Andre Furtado: Striking shot of The CN Tower, Toronto’s most iconic attraction. Published on Pexels 18 Nov. 2016.
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#TransformationTuesday wisdom courtesy of Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), also known as “Dr. Love,” an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.

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Courtesy of Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), also known as “Dr. Love,” an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.
July 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Have you seen The Shot Chart?

The Darnell Works Agency’s quintessential zine dives back into our most historic, fascinating, and impactful collaborations.

Read Issue 3: Gamers in Custom Publications at darnellworks.com 🎮

#storytelling #gaming #communications
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM