Philadelphia, PA, July 19, 2018 — McDAY, Philadelphia-based Technical Public Relations and Advertising Agency, has announced last month a new and exciting addition to its chemical and biologics client portfolio: Belchim Crop Protection USA (Belchim). Belchim is the largest independent global producer of agrochemical and biological products.
Belchim Crop Protection USA recently opened a U.S. [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Susan Stipa at McDAY Honored as Technology PR Concept
PHILADELPHIA – PA – July 2018 The first ever Irish Echo Big Impact Awards ceremony was held last month in a setting designed to inspire – the historic Union League of Philadelphia. The entire McDAY team – individuals from as far away as San Diego, CA and Cape May, NJ – held the largest table [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay President Selected as 2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
McDay President Susan Stipa Selected as
2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
Philadelphia, PA – April 30, 2018– McDAY, a strategic marketing communications firm based in Center City, Philadelphia, today announced that its president, Susan Stipa, has been named to Irish Echo’s 2018 Small Business 50 list. The Irish Small Business 50 recognizes entrepreneurs [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Among Thrive Global’s 99 “Limit Breaking” Female Founders
Our president, Susan Stipa, is humbled to be listed among Thrive Global‘s inspiring group of women business leaders. Each woman represents an incredibly wide, and wise, variety of dreams, stories, and successes.
For McDAY, our 2017 #OnTheNiceList holiday campaign was not a marketing gimmick. Our company firmly believes that kindness will not only pay off in [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Honored as a Top Woman in Public Relations
On November 30, 2017, PR News announced their Top Women in PR for 2017, and McDAY’s president, Susan Stipa, was selected as one of the honorees. Nominees were judged on their bold accomplishments and advancements in public relations, including managing crises, developing brand messages, protecting and building brand reputations and creating content for digital platforms.
The Maximizer, The Futurist, and The Discoverer at PepTalk 2017
McDAY, a PDE member company specializing in technical PR and marketing for life sciences and the chemical industry, recently attended PepTalk, Protein Science Week in San Diego to help launch a new chromatography column for Gore’s PharmBIO division. Gore is the same company that keeps us warm and dry w/ GoreTex(R), and their PharmBio division [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Named to PDE Board of Directors
November 10, 2016 – McDAY’s president, Susan Stipa, has been elected to The PDE: Philadelphia Trade Association’s Board of Directors.
“I am happy to be able to join some of the leading professionals in the Philadelphia region’s pharmaceutical industry, and appreciate the tradition of an organization that is the oldest pharma trade association in the [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Six Steps to Getting Your Scientific Clients Published
A Perfect Subject for Halloween: Technical Ghostwriting
You work in public relations? We live in your world.
With one exception. Brain cells are on 1000% full illumination when our scientist and engineering clients talk to us – and our own brain cells often quiver in fear, admiration and simple astonishment at the incredible brainpower on [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Client reaches milestone in agreement with biotechnology company
We are thrilled to announce that our client, iBio, a leading provider of plant-based biotechnology for developing and manufacturing biological products, was successful in its application of its proprietary technologies and achieved the first milestone in its commercial development agreement with AzarGen Biotechnologies of South Africa.
“We focus on addressing the consequences of preterm birth with a [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY proud member of The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
August 10, 2016, Philadelphia, PA. – Susan Stipa, president of McDAY, announced that the company has become a member of PDA. The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global facilitator of science, technology, and regulatory information. The PDA creates awareness and understanding of important issues facing the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community and delivers education [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Brainstorming: When It Rains, It Pours Ideas
Quick tips for more successful brainstorming sessions.
We are continually challenging our clients to brainstorm with us for article topics. Finding a good topic for an article can be the most difficult part of the writing process. So how do you find not just a good, but a great topic?
The way to get good [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Why him and not me?
Been wondering why your colleagues are being asked to speak at so many industry events? What about your old engineering classmate who is appearing in all the pharmaceutical technical publications you read?
You never even knew he could write!
His clients are really noticing. He is making a personal name for himself as a Subject Matter Expert, and [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Former President of McDAY to receive local award
February 15, 2016 – The McDAY staff would like to congratulate Bill & Natalie McLaughlin on receiving The 2016 Taoiseach, or “Chieftain,” Award from the Irish American Business Chamber’s (“IABCN”) Ambassador’s Awards.
Natalie McLaughlin is the former president of McDAY and she and Bill McLaughlin continue to advise and assist our McDAY team on a regular and [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Bad Habits Hit Home
Bad habits do hit home, literally.
I recently came across a list on Business Insider’s site discussing 12 bad habits that keep us from being productive and I was struck by how close to home it hit for me. And I say this literally, because I am one of the lucky, in a growing trend, that has the [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY Participates in an International Event
Susan Stipa, president of McDAY, lent her expertise via Skype to Inc60s latest event at the Bank of Ireland, Galway. Participants asked specific questions about how to develop their businesses in the U.S. market. Click on the title to see the full video!
Susan named a person on the move by the Philadelphia Business Journal
We are proud to announce that Susan Stipa, McDay’s President and Owner, was named by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of their “People on the Move“!
“Susan Stipa recently purchased and became president of McDAY, a strategic marketing communications and PR firm. A chemical engineer and former Commercial Director at Foster Wheeler’s Biokinetics, she [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY Introduces a New Website
June 1, 2015 – McDAY president Susan Stipa was pleased to unveil the company’s new website today.
“McDAY targets a completely unique niche, focusing on highly technical clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and oil/gas industries. We have a 27 year history in the process industries and life sciences and are pleased that our website showcases our [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay Travels North
May 22, 2015 – In June, Bill Brydges, CEO of Brydges Group, and Susan Stipa, president of McDAY, will travel together to visit Amgen, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Pfizer, Genzyme, LotusWorks, and A/Z Corporation to discuss a variety of new products and solutions with senior executives in manufacturing and operations.
McDAY and The Brydges Group often collaborate with [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Safety Glasses and Reading Glasses, Unite!
Scientists and writers? The two professions bring to mind images that, initially, feel completely at odds – test tubes and laboratories versus pens and computers, equations and logic versus language, dialogue and creative use of adjectives, for example. Dare I say safety glasses versus reading glasses?
This is a chasm that has always seemed much [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Seven Partners “Hear” Pharmaceutical Lifecycle Challenges Together
April 22, 2015 – McDAY held a press briefing for client Klyo Collaborative, which completely packed a meeting room at Interphex 2015. Dr. Barry Holtz presented a brief overview of this pharmaceutical industry alliance, which offers serious levels of expertise from bench scale to bedside. One of their differentiators from any design/engineering company around is their [ Click Title for Full Article ]
