Teak Media + Communication

08/31/2026

Project Bread's School Food Fellowship trained nearly 90 Chicopee cafeteria staff this week, turning family recipes and restaurant favorites into scratch-cooked school lunches.

One standout dish: a cook's own Puerto Rican family rice recipe, now a student favorite. Western Mass News was onsite to capture the sights, sounds, and tastes:

Chicopee Comprehensive High School’s cafeteria staff is preparing for the school year with training focused on scratch-cooking and restaurant-style meals.

08/27/2026

Dolly Parton's legacy goes far beyond country music. She was a philanthropist, a savvy businesswoman, and an authentic leader whose communication lessons will live on.

From sharing your origin story to reframing a negative narrative, here are four leadership lessons nonprofits can learn from the one and only Dolly. 🤍🦋🪽

Years from now, many people will remember where they were when they heard the news of Dolly Parton’s death.

08/25/2026

A remarkable gift 🎁🖼️

The Boston Globe covered the news that Mark Rothko's son, Dr. Christopher Rothko, has donated his father's 1934 watercolor of Gloucester Harbor to our client Cape Ann Museum's permanent collection. The painting is currently on view in the landmark exhibition "Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea" and captures Gloucester's Inner Harbor nearly 100 years ago.

As Dr. Rothko said, "Now this watercolor is back home where it will be treasured." On Sept. 18., Dr. Rothko and his sister will speak at the Museum during the exhibit's symposium. While sold out, those interested can still register for the livestream on the Museum's website.

Read the full story about this gift in the Boston Globe:

The painting shows a view of Gloucester’s Inner Harbor as seen from East Gloucester.

08/24/2026

Kinda chic to spend 29 years only working with organizations making the world better. 💙🌎

08/21/2026

New data confirms what Project Bread has been warning about all year: the "big, beautiful bill" has cut off food stamp benefits for more than 1 million children nationwide. The statewide food security nonprofit is on the front lines of this crisis in Massachusetts, working every day to ensure families don't fall through the cracks.

This new NBC News piece outlines the scale of the damage and why organizations like Project Bread matter more than ever. Here's the full story:

The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.

08/20/2026

"Worst aquarium ever." One three-word Google review. One T-shirt. One very good PR lesson.

Our latest blog breaks down how the New Bedford Whaling Museum turned a one-star review into a national CBS News segment and 738 T-shirt orders in a single afternoon. And what nonprofits can learn from it.

Read our blog on Whale of a Review: How a New Bedford Museum Turned a Bad Rating Into a PR Win . We are a Boston PR agency working with nonprofits and socially responsible companies.

08/14/2026

SVP Diana McCloy spent a gorgeous and delightful day getting to know Teak's new client, Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, Mass., with the incomparable Director Anne Scott-Putney as her guide.

She loved seeing the antique car collection, carousel, wetu, and exhibition space where we will be promoting a new Maritime exhibition next spring, featuring quintessential New England art and artifacts such as intricately woven Nantucket lightship baskets, extraordinary seascape paintings, and scrimshaw.

She enjoyed meeting and appreciated all the wisdom from Dr. Alan Granby, Jennifer Madden, and Judith Goetz as we prepare for next year's exciting exhibition.

08/07/2026

81% of long-form LinkedIn posts now read as likely AI-generated. During the World Cup, a fake AI video of Messi faking an injury hit 8 million views before anyone noticed players were wearing the wrong uniforms.

AI slop is everywhere and platforms are finally fighting back. LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Substack have all launched new tools to detect and demote it. Here's what that means for your social media strategy:

Anyone who has seen images of President Trump on his social media as everything from a decorated war to Elvis, knows what “AI slop” is.

08/05/2026

The Wall Street Journal sent longtime art critic Judith H. Dobrzynski to visit Gloucester last month to review the Cape Ann Museum's monumental "Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea" exhibition.

Her review, beautiful in print, affirms the significance of the story, unearthed by its curator, Eliza Rathbone, that the three notable artists, Milton Avery, Adolf Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko, spent many summers together from the 1930s to the 1950s, inspiring one another's art and careers on Cape Ann.

We are grateful to her and her editor, Eric Gibson, for seeing the importance of this show and for sharing it so widely. It's on view until Sept. 27 so hurry up to Gloucester. You will be equally enthralled.

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/avery-gottlieb-rothko-by-the-sea-review-illuminating-an-unlikely-kinship-ca325799?st=qYurcM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

08/04/2026

Jackie and Hayley recently got to experience Ruckus! at the Old South Meeting House with B Local Boston and we are still thinking about it. 🇺🇸

This brand new immersive experience from Revolutionary Spaces drops you into the very room where everyday citizens made decisions that ignited the American Revolution. Dynamic sound, lighting, and projected animations bring the debate and defiance of the 1770s to life from the floorboards to the balconies.

It was powerful, clever, and speaks to all ages. It leaves you with one clear message: it was ordinary people then, and it's ordinary people now, who can shape our society and government. The future is ours to create.

As a B Corp committed to using business as a force for good, that message hit close to home. Grateful to B Local Boston and Revolutionary Spaces for bringing Boston's conscious business community together for such a meaningful and timely experience during America's 250th anniversary year.