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Book review: Everyday Communication Strategies

Wadds Inc.

Amanda Coleman's Everyday Communications Strategies provides advice on proactively managing issues in corporate communication. Prevention is better than cure - and if a crisis situation is often described as a car crash, this book is all about avoiding collisions. Coleman’s manual is reassuringly comprehensive.

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Book Review: Communicate in a Crisis

Wadds Inc.

A review of Communicate in a Crisis by Kate Hartley. Communicate in a Crisis by Kate Hartley sets out to answer that question. It’s a manual for the digital age, a guide to how companies and communicators can chart a path through the dangers of fake news, social media “outrage” and the declining trust that can undermine brands.

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A New Era for Measuring Communications Campaigns

PRSay

We all know it’s important to measure our PR campaigns. However, according to Muck Rack’s 2020 “State of PR Survey,” 64 percent of public relations pros still struggle with quantifiable measurement — a 1 percent improvement from last year’s findings. True behavior change doesn’t happen overnight,” Grant said.

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Book Review: A Century of Spin

Wadds Inc.

Dinan is currently Head of the Division of Communication, Media and Culture at the University of Stirling. This is a controversial text that poleaxes public relations probity and informs media descriptions of professionals to this day, using terms such as propaganda and spin.

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Communications Careers: Measuring Progress in Steps Through Peaks & Valleys

Deirdre Breakenridge

I recently read an inspirational tweet about progress being measured in steps. Achieving success in your PR, communications or any career is about putting one foot in front of the other and repeating the process. A Guest Post Simon Erskine Locke, Founder & CEO of CommunicationsMatch TM. It was time to focus on the next objective.

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Book review: Reputation in Business

Wadds Inc.

An insightful book, packed full of pithy, punchy truths that would be a useful start to 2023 for any organisational leader. A perfect time then for the latest book from public affairs and economics expert Stuart Thomson - Reputation in Business: Lessons for Leaders. We’re in an era of huge change.

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PR Measurement: How is Communications Proving Value?

Sword and the Script

A study shows PR and communications can improve measurement with a little more effort; here’s a look at the metrics most commonly cited Measurement and proving value is the top challenge facing PR and communications , according to the 3 rd annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020. At least in the interim.