About Michelle Tennant

Good Morning America Producer Mable Chan calls Michelle Tennant a “Five Star Publicist.” Tennant, a partner and executive publicist with Wasabi Publicity Inc., calls herself a “storyteller to the media.” Her passion is telling “truly good stories” and “exclusively representing people who make a positive difference in the world.” For 30+ years, media friends have solicited her help in crafting news stories by requesting sources, sound bites, and statistics. An award-winning writer, Michelle peppers campaigns with insight from her master’s degree in human development, BFA from a top 25 drama school, and expertise seeing PR transition from typewriters to Twitter. She’s either spinning stories or spinning at the gym. After hours, she savors the Smoky Mountains with her husband, Siberian Husky, and backyard chickens. Learn more about her work through her column at Psychology Today. Check out the clients she's currently pitching at SearchPressKits.com.
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Afraid of Success? 10 Most Flexible Careers – Michelle Tennant’s Story in More Magazine

By |2016-10-13T16:38:11-04:00November 11th, 2011|

This image of a half kayaker/half business woman is from an article on the TEN MOST FLEXIBLE CAREERS for women in MORE Magazine this month. I’m featured. In fact, I’m the half paddler half publicist who inspired the graphics team to create such an amazing image. Read my story. After the article was published, I decided to use it as inspiration for a keynote address [...]

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Educate and Entertain

By |2016-10-13T16:38:11-04:00October 25th, 2011|

Recently a server did ”circus style serving” (as he likes to call it) and presented a plate trick when our meals were ready. (See video above.) I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: “Editorial media contacts do not care about selling your product, service or organization.” I know this comment feels like a lion attacking you at the [...]

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Add Fire to Your PR

By |2016-10-13T16:38:11-04:00September 7th, 2011|

By now you’ve heard I love entering contests. My business partners and I also run contests. That’s why I know contests are a) a great vehicle for PR and b) just too much fun … especially if you win like I just did!!!   I won the State Parks Campground Cookout contest with my Fire Foil Packets recipe. I was just [...]

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