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Young Employees Bring Fresh Ideas, Perspectives, Creativity

PRSay

Often, the things we call creative have never been done before: a new way to advertise something, a unique approach to a PR campaign, a new kind of video effect. Invite your new employees and interns into the board room. Find more ideas on unleashing your creativity in the March issue of Strategies & Tactics.

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$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. The company helps leaders and communicators create, publish and distribute text and multimedia messages to an internal team.

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PR Lessons From The Biggest Failures of 2023

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

By Monday, most of OpenAI’s rank-and-file employees were threatening to follow them. Target found itself in a somewhat similar situation when anti-LGBTQ customers criticized its Pride Month displays, in some cases trashing store merchandise and harassing employees. It was a lose-lose.

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5 Reasons Not To Cut PR In A Recession

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Already, Facebook parent company Meta has warned of an advertising slowdown. It stands to reason that some businesses will cut back on marketing, advertising and PR when a downturn looms. Unlike digital advertising, turning on the “PR spigot” won’t instantly increase sales. Gain an edge over competitors.

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The Hallmarks of a Great Internship Program

PRSay

Rob Culp, Fellow PRSA , is the professional director of the graduate PR and advertising program at DePaul University in Chicago. That, indeed, happens, but students should be prepared for at least two stints as an intern before they are seriously considered for an entry-level position.

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How The Right PR Makes Better Business Deals

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Although some call it “free advertising,” public relations isn’t free. Some executives are reluctant to share their end game, due to the unpredictability of market conditions or because they don’t want employees to be unsettled. Good internal communications helps manage change. It’s not even cheap.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. The resurgence of internal communications Internal communications is one of the hottest areas of contemporary PR. I’ve developed each of these themes below. It is enjoying significant growth.