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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. Lloyd is the President and Narrative Lead of Curious Public. Hockey isn’t just important to Canada — hockey IS Canada. We Canadians play the game in our driveways in the summer and on frozen ponds in the winter.

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Communications Synonyms (With Explanations)

Doctor Spin

It includes the tools and infrastructure that facilitate the exchange of information, such as telecommunications networks, the internet, and mass media platforms. Please support my PR blog by sharing it with other communication professionals. Refers to the systems, technologies, and methods for transmitting messages over distances.

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Top nine PR crises so far for 2019

Prohibition

The Chinese telecommunications company has often been criticised for not practising transparency. Nur Ashour, the founder of blog Catastrophic Cook, recently took to twitter to report that she was harassed for wearing a hijab in Dallas Starbucks, which was picked up by press outlets worldwide.

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PR Interns or Assistants – Which is Right for You?

Solo PR Pro

A continually important topic, it has been updated from the original version, which ran on this blog in 2010. Mary’s clients range from Alaska Native corporations, tourism and telecommunications to a variety of food organizations and two successful US Senate campaigns. The topic of interns versus assistants is the topic of discussion.

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Why it’s important to prepare for a PR crisis

Prohibition

Your business probably has multiple communications channels that you use regularly – website, blog, social media platforms, Make sure you use each of them to push out your statements and updates to your crisis until the issue has settled. For example, Chinese telecommunications company Huawei was accused by the U.S.

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How to Effectively Communicate Your Rebrand

Cision

You should try to communicate your rebrand on as many marketing channels as possible like email, blog and social media to ensure users are well informed and can find your business. Blog post explaining new changes. The more ways you reach out, the less confusing the change should be for customers. Requirements. About Us page.

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5 Outside-the-Box Content Creation Ideas

Cision

The telecommunications company Cisco Systems relies on humor for its video. “ Just like a blog post or white paper, the video wasn’t designed to drive sales immediately. This post was inspired by our free “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR ” white paper. How do you stand out with content? Infographic?