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Building Trust & Connections: Authenticity’s Role in PR

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

From my favorite airline (which is open and sincere in good times and bad) to my credit card company (who handled a data breach quickly and efficiently), down to my neighborhood auto repair shop (which is almost honest to a fault), these traits are a major driver in my day-to-day purchase decisions.

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The Value of Strategic Communications in the PRSA MBA/Business School Program

PRSay

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. The program has since grown to 15 schools nationwide.

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

Sponsors from Speedo to Ralph Lauren fell away from Lochte, as social media posters and journalists feasted on the crushed reputation of the 32-year-old Olympian. The cover-up cost him four sponsors, his reputation and – maybe – his career.”. So what could Lochte have done differently?

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PR Tech Briefing: Onclusive Provides PR with Attribution Capabilities and Promises Novel Approach to Distribution

Sword and the Script

The weighted average takes into account the following: Relevance of the article to the brand (feature vs. mention); Reputation of the publication (domain authority); Social engagement and amplification; and. DA is just one factor in the equation. Sentiment analysis. What Onclusive is trying to do here, is taking that to the next level.

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How Can Old School Strategies Counter Disinformation? – Ellen Crane

Ethical Voices

Ellen addresses a number of important ethics issues including: What to do when your ethical values diverge from your employer’s values? I worked for American Airlines, for Hill and Knowlton, a real estate developer, law firm, national restaurant chain, and then I started my own firm. Ethics is very important to me.

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PR On The Small Screen: 5 Great Shows

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Like some PR pros, she leverages media relationships to leak important secrets or to rehabilitate reputations. For a certain type of company suffering from chronic missteps, like United Airlines (which can’t seem to go a week without one), a strong and savvy fixer seems a good investment. Better Call Saul”.

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Vendors are starting to show new use cases for AI in PR [PR tech sum no. 49]

Sword and the Script

Beyond mitigating the physical or cyber damage, there is also a fight to ensure that an organization’s reputational damage is mitigated.” The classic example of this is an airline that has an untimely delay with a plane and passengers stuck on the tarmac – and mentions on social media and news explodes.

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