PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Toni Muzi Falconi writes: Regular readers of this blog are aware of my long-term, personal relationship with the Grunigs, yet I confess surprise when I read Jim Grunig’s first comment on this earlier blog post. ” We’re delighted you also waded into our blog’s territory to opine. At the Arthur W.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 13, 2015

Well, technically, I’m back home today–but I was in Orlando at the #SoloPR Summit and Florida Public Relations Association Conference yesterday and earlier this week. Hope you’ll give the show a listen. . “To byline or not: 5 reasons why your blog should identify its authors” [link].

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ReimaginePR

MARCH 17, 2015

I expected the response to be a resounding yes – as in my mind, scraping an email off of the web, adding it to an untargeted list and blindly blasting a release undermines a publicist’s primary objective: to build and maintain the integrity of relationships with the media and public. Hope to talk to you soon, Your New PR Bestie.”

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Practical Law Construction

APRIL 14, 2021

No birthday would be complete without a birthday list of long-desired gifts but, as a public body staffed by public servants, there is little point in trying to think of what presents we could give as they couldn’t be accepted anyway. Where the time and money risk lies for delays caused by COVID-19.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It can be an excellent means of public engagement, but it can also go spectacularly wrong. When the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) asked the British public what it should call its flagship £200 million research boat last year, responses varied from Hooty McOwlface to Mr Splashy Pants. Lessons in crowdsourcing.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I hope not. How about confidentiality dilemmas with recording complex conversations, leveraging one client to benefit another, exaggerating facts, blowing a non-disclosure agreement, understanding where loyalties lie, concerns for public safety or offering career favours? Are you yawning yet? Answer: YES/NO.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Each September, PRSA recognizes Public Relations Ethics Month, supported by programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme, Public Relations Ethics: Strengthening Our Core, guides a special focus on the six core values highlighted in the PRSA Code of Ethics.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 3, 2023

When I first learned that OceanGate’s record-setting sub went missing enroute to the wreckage that lies 2.37 ” ​ Subscribe to Mindful Matters blog. By now, most have heard of the Titan submersible’s ill-fated excursion to explore the sunken Titanic. Learn more about the Mindful Matrix.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 4, 2019

That will get your news public without any awkward conversations. Focus on publications with interests that lie squarely in your corner of the universe. Focus on publications with interests that lie squarely in your corner of the universe. Namely, you have to believe what you’re pitching matters right now.

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Ethical Voices

JULY 25, 2022

I never imagined I’d have a career in public relations. And there weren’t many public relations specialists in my market. I think one of my most popular blog posts of all time was I wrote it about 16 years ago when I was sleep deprived from my first son being born. Ethics and predatory lending.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 16, 2022

The company that found itself the focus of the humiliating headline was none other than Ernst & Young (EY)—one of the Big Four public accounting firms. As one who hopes to help calibrate the moral compasses of the next generation of business leaders, this question hits close to home.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Predictions reflect facts, experience, and often a bit of hope for the future. Even pessimistic predictions are hopeful. Firms that stick to being mere providers of media relations will continue to lose market share.” This may be complementary product or service vendors, editors at niche publications, bloggers, or others.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Polly Ikonen : So, there’s writing a blog post, and then there’s writing a blog post anyone would want to read. ChatGPT’s blog lacks specifics, anecdotes, cultural references, stylistic oomph. However, there is a growing body of research on the use of AI in the public relations industry that you may find helpful.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A reader speculatively sent me this guest blog post after the conversation this week around World Mental Health Day. I don’t usually post anonymous blogs but this is an important issue and I’ve verified the identity of the author via two sources. And I have hope. Not in my experience. But not as bad as last week.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Issues in practice 1.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2015

What topics and content formats that relate to your business will they find meaningful? You can find content related to your business, such as industry trends and statistics, tips and how-tos, informational or entertaining videos, or community-related sources to curate.” Social media – Most people do this well.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

These incidents were probably nascent signs of my yet-unrecognized passion for public relations… a raging curiosity to ask “why?” For public relations professionals, curious wave-making can lead to wonderful benefits for clients or employers. Curiosity: One of the Three Cs of Public Relations.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2016

It’s become the default activity of public communications even around series issues. Take the “jilted bride” – a former PR executive – who “quit her job, sold her house…” and has a blog, is writing a novel, is shortlisted in the Top 10 Best Travel Blogs! Cosmoblogawards.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 27, 2018

Excellence Theory is a much debated model of public relations practice. Four Models of Public Relation In 1984, James Grunig and Todd Hunt published the Four Models of Public Relations as part of their book Managing Public Relations.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

I came away from the first day mainly bemused , but with a glimmer of hope. My bemusement and came from the realisation that so many people still don’t really have a clue about what public relations really is. Paul Holmes says that “public relations finds real stories and shares them.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 11, 2015

New client relationships usually start off all rosy and pink-cheeked, like a new bride walking down the isle, full of joy and excitement about what lies ahead once she slips that ring on her finger. Frankly, I hope he chooses immediately. Say the name is Public Relations Management Solutions. Public Relations Solutions?

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The Resolution Blog

MAY 7, 2019

From a PR standpoint, those data points are being leveraged from different technologies, and the opportunity lies in infusing that into the tools we use every day. Take one area of PR, like media relations. I read a lot of the top tech publications. We’re ultimately getting to the point of automation of process ease.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. But you can guard against them by putting in place a PR crisis plan before they happen – and reacting quickly if your business is struck with bad publicity. Are you prepared for a PR crisis?

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PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Public relations , or PR, is the process of communicating with your public or audience. Public relations strategies and tactics center around different ways to connect with your audience. Effective ads connect with the audience’s motivating emotions – hope, fear, pride, or need for security.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I’ve shared the results from this exercise in the first half of this post below (“Why I Was Not Blogging”). Why I Was NOT Blogging.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Trying to stay on top of changes and techniques in the world of public relations can be trying. Do you think attempting to mislead the public as to what was really going on gave them a better shot at their next job interview? The public will forgive and forget. My son Rowan on his first day of Kindergarten.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. And they all blog. His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. Author of 27 Blogging from Paradise books. Still reading?

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Journalistics

JANUARY 27, 2016

You lived through my value-sized “How to Create an Editorial Strategy for Your Blog: Part One” post and have come back for more – I like your determination. In either case, welcome to “How to Create an Editorial Strategy for Your Blog: Part Two.” What is your blog all about?

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PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

A comment left by New Zealand PR consultant, Catherine Arrow , on a recent post on my personal Greenbanana blog indicated that the topic (the language of grief and a biopsychosocial perspective on mental health issues) was worthy of further investigation. My argument supports your points, that individuals need wider support.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I’ve shared the results from this exercise in the first half of this post below (“Why I Was Not Blogging”). Why I Was NOT Blogging.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

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Journalistics

JANUARY 27, 2016

You lived through my value-sized “How to Create an Editorial Strategy for Your Blog: Part One” post and have come back for more – I like your determination. In either case, welcome to “How to Create an Editorial Strategy for Your Blog: Part Two.” What is your blog all about?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros August 25th, 2010 Tweet A few months ago, I wrote a piece on communicating effectively with a virtual workforce for IABC’s monthly e-zine, CW Bulletin.

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ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

I sincerely hope my story inspires you to do the same. I’d been business blogging since early 2014, and diligently sending out helpful stuff to my email list subscribers since early 2015. (I My blogging had become more ambitious and I’d written a few unconventional influencer posts that had gone down well. Table of Contents. #1

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 5 Tips To Avoid New Job Burnout January 3rd, 2011 Tweet It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job. If you are, you have beaten the odds, and my hat is off to you! Far from it.

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Where the Fishermen Ain't

AUGUST 30, 2016

When I talk to people in the communications, marketing, and public relations fields about the relevant implications of blockchain technology, I ask them the question "What do you think you and your stakeholders could do with a single, permanent, shared and survivable version of digital truth?". their “versions of truth”?and

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PR Fuel

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But in the hiring process your mileage may vary – you could get the next big public relations star or a complete noob who’s barely written a press release before. Either way, you need a training technique that not only teaches new hires the ways of public relations but also can acclimate them to how your business does things.

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