Donn Thomas
DONN THOMAS, Secretary, General Conference Bureau of Public Relation
Articles by Donn Thomas
Popularize our Health Message Through Advertising
December 1948
To attract a crowd for almost any kind of public event, one must advertise. As Seventh-day Adventists we have little use for the Hollywood brand of movies, but we might well consider what Hollywood does to popularize its product. Promoting…
Creating a Favorable Impression
June 1948
Repetition—an Advertising Fundamental
June 1949
You seldom find a good Seventh-day Adventist who has the Coca-Cola habit; but, as a denomination, we might well analyze the advertising technique that sells 34,000,000 bottles of this beverage a day.
Repetition is the foundation…
The Stranger in the Black Suit A Parable
April 1955
One bright Sabbath day a stranger in a black suit made his way toward a medium-sized town. Happily he stopped his car at a drugstore as he came into the city. He went inside and looked in a telephone book to find the location of the Seventh-day…
These Books Will Help You To Write
February 1955
One day I received from a friend some definitions of public relations on a mimeographed sheet. One of these intrigued me because I couldn't understand it. I got out my dictionary and began substituting words and it made less sense than before.
Right…
