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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA, a decorated PRSA leader who was a friend and mentor to many members and champion for the ethical practice of public relations, died suddenly in his South Carolina home on Nov. In 2008, he received PRSA’s highest individual honor — the Gold Anvil.

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

The banking community has some unique dynamics… Scar tissue. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 still haunts many of us; Frayed nerves. We live in a world with plenty of corporate fakes: fake press releases , fake web traffic and even fake job postings. They lost confidence. They didn’t trust the bank.

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The Importance of Comprehensive Ethics Policies – Joseph Abreu

Ethical Voices

Joining me on this week’s episode is Joseph Abreu , the Chief Communications Officer for the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller of Lee County, Florida. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: The ethical importance of avoiding even the appearance of impropriety. The policy was so extensive.

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5 Proven Ways PR can Develop Client Media References in B2B Organizations

Sword and the Script

People are afraid, for example, and many corporate clients have policies that prohibit such interviews without a permission slip. Marketing also has purse strings that can be creatively – and ethically – spent to appease a specific rep with the right reference. Ask your customers for interviews on your corporate blog – soft interviews.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight. You have to keep in mind, big corporations can have hundreds of law firms on what they call a “panel.”

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Dawn of the Intelligently Automated Agency

PR 20/20

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

NOTE: Originally published on October 15, 2008. For example, the Brookhaven National Laboratory , on Long Island in New York, found that community groups disagreed with each other about whether the laboratory should restart a nuclear reactor after it leaked radioactive waste into the ground water.