Download or read book Alacrity written by Charlie Ryan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALACRITY - PUBLIC RELATIONS, POLITICS & JOURNALISM IN WEST VIRGINIA, is a memoir by Charlie Ryan who founded West Virginia's foremost public relations/advertising agency, Charles Ryan Associates. Ryan's personal recollections cover his 50 years as a broadcaster, agency owner, and university dean. From the railroad town he grew up in, to his role in journalism and agency operations in West Virginia, Virginia and Washington D.C., Ryan's personal stories paint a vivid picture of rollicking public figures, a lifetime of challenges, wins and losses, and the ability to grow a personal service firm with staying power. In his foreword, journalist and business owner Jack Canfield says, "Those who need inspiration to find their goal will see this as a gift-a manual of inspiration."