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ICON 2023 Preview: Award-Winning Journalist Michele Norris on Discussing Race and Creating Community

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With a distinguished decade-long tenure as the host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and a thought-provoking role as a Washington Post Opinions columnist, Norris helps unravel entrenched beliefs on race, diversity, and bias while empowering her audiences to engage in difficult conversations within their communities.

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How the New York Public Library’s Blog Mobilizes Communities

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And for nonprofit organizations on a budget, blogging can often be the most effective way to engage and mobilize communities. I encourage people to write whatever inspires them, and often this does have a natural timeliness (“my favorite TV show just ended, I want to write a post about books that are similar in theme.”).

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How People Made 2010 What It Was

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How People Made 2010 What It Was December 31st, 2010 Tweet Just a few more hours before we put our 2010 calendars away and start our New Year, eh? My, time flies. I turned 40. Bring it on!

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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What the Uvalde Shootings and Other Crises Reveal about Press Conferences

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Despite very public and memorable examples, communicators seem to learn this lesson the hard way. Environmental Protection Agency, 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged well over 87 days before it was finally capped on July 15, 2010. According to the U.S. Acknowledging that information may change. in Dallas.

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Corporate PR Index: Two Cool New Indices Track Corporate Reputations and Risk Exposure to Misinformation [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

As I write this the brand most exposes to misinformation risk include Tesla, JP Morgan, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Disney. In 2010 he signed the Giving Pledge and made numerous contributions to secondary and post-secondary education institutions and others, many of which have programs and facilities named in his honor. Content picks.

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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

In 2010, Vocus acquired the Help a Reporter. Second, these weren’t just emails lists from downloaded content – but communities of engaged readers. In checking the share price in writing this post, the company is trading at around $18 per share or about 30% above its closing price on the day of its public debut. Case in point?

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