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Stop with the hocus pocus – employee communications is for muggles

PR Conversations

I’ve sat through convention and forum talks where various oracles pronounced that: employees just want to be loved. Just look at the many different ways Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on death and dying , and her change curve turns up in jolly presentations about employee motivation. Will it help us to listen better to employees?

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The Best Business Storytelling Posts from 2014 (Part II)

Ishmael's Corner

Genius Storytelling from the American Chemical Society : How do you help the masses understand the importance of chemistry in our everyday lives? Very clever on the part of the ACS to explain the science —and specifically the chemical makeup of Sriracha sauce. The debacle was not his fault.

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Meet the Media: Andrew Schunk, Reporter at Rubber News

Bianchi Biz Blog

Certainly, supply line nightmares continue to wreak havoc across the board, at every level, and the loose labor market (employee-friendly) is not helping manufacturers, especially on the warehouse floor, but really everywhere. We look at the newsworthiness of anything–a safety incident at a chemical plant, a consent decree from the U.S.

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Crisis Communications & Social Media When “It” Hits the Fan

PRSay

Meanwhile, near my home, a massive chemical plant explosion killed two and injured 114. As employees ran for safety, one stopped to take a photo of the fireball, then sat in his Ford F150 and created a Facebook page. Thirdly, spend time on a clear sunny day writing the bones of the news releases you will need.

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Avión Tequila “Health Claim” PR Snafu Part of Bigger Problem

PR Breakfast Club

The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production. Allison Brod PR had no comment, and the employee who sent the pitch is no longer with the company.

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Winning better relations with the community

PR Conversations

His career also involved posts as former assistant to the president and public relations member of the Policy Committee at Ford Motor Company, and he was one of the creators and first director of The Dayton Plan of community and employee relations originated in the Dayton Divisions of General Motors Corporation.

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Winning better relations with the community

PR Conversations

His career also involved posts as former assistant to the president and public relations member of the Policy Committee at Ford Motor Company, and he was one of the creators and first director of The Dayton Plan of community and employee relations originated in the Dayton Divisions of General Motors Corporation.