Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Communicating during mergers and acquisitions can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be as tough as we make it. Consider your audience and prioritize communicating with your employees. Employees are arguably your most important stakeholders, and news of a merger or acquisition causes anxiety to spike among them.

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Ethan McCarty , the founder and CEO of Integral , an award-winning employee activation agency serving leaders of communications, HR, marketing, and technology. Ethical perils in personalizing employee communications. You’re creating that shared belief for 400,000 employees.

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Mindful Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Most organizations are grateful they’ve weathered the economic turmoil; at the same time, they also should be showing gratitude to the stakeholder group that has become increasingly important to them: their employees. From a personnel perspective: It’s better to keep existing employees than it is to hire new ones.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The failure here was really one of governance, of course. It issued a cryptic statement alluding to his failure to be “consistently candid” in communications, followed by silence, which gave rise to all kinds of nasty rumors. By Monday, most of OpenAI’s rank-and-file employees were threatening to follow them.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 8, 2023

The goal is to refocus employees and stabilize morale. Coordinate internal and external comms carefully This is harder than it looks. Affected employees will immediately spread the news, of course. Also, any written communication will be shared outside the company. Don’t torture them with extraneous details.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A European internal communications veteran explains: In order to help organisations use communications to get results , practitioners should call on simple skills and experience —not a book of runes, silver bullets or magic fairy dust. ” We need to shed some light on employee communications.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 8, 2013

I was surprised to get a Facebook request from my company ( Six Degrees PR ) to join its Page named “Six Degrees PR bunker.” I never thought that any company would step up to connect and engage with its employees through a private Facebook Page – this was quite a surprise to me. Facebook: Improving Employee Communications?

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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Reputation Us

OCTOBER 12, 2015

A solid communications strategy starts with prioritizing your internal audience. One of the most overlooked types of communications for companies is addressing their internal audience. In my 22 years of professional business experience, I have rarely seen a client have really solid internal communications.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 13, 2021

Top communications challenges are 1) too many priorities 2) cutting through the noise and 3) working with “leaders that don’t understand comms” (36%) – educating execs is “superpower” . When businesses face a problem they don’t know how to solve, it tends to turn to one of two departments for help: legal or communications.

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Communications Survey Education Leadership 166

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 8, 2021

According to Glassdoor, the average interview process from first contact to a possible offer can last up to 23 days – varying of course based on the industry. With this in mind, what are the go-to questions aspiring public relations employees should ask in an interview? . Or even frustrating.

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5W PR

APRIL 9, 2024

This document serves as a guide, outlining the course of action during a crisis. Clearly delineate roles and responsibilities for each member, like who will be the face of the public relations crisis , who will be handling internal communications, and who will be consulting with the legal team, among others.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 6, 2022

Of course, NFTs are also ideal tools for scammers, fraudsters, and even money launderers, so they could easily end up on next year’s Losers list. QR code usage first soared after the COVID-related lockdowns, of course. He had his own plans , of course. Even former Melania Trump wants a piece of the action. Better.com.

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Facebook Crisis Employee Government 310

Stern + Associates

JUNE 22, 2023

Corporate communication isn’t just a tool to roll out when a problem arises – it should be an integral part of an organization’s strategy , says Dartmouth Tuck School of Business Corporate Communication and Leadership Professor Paul A. Communication is a strategic general management function and such an important tool.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Employees who experience or witness incivilities are more likely to be uncivil toward others, the study found. In the workplace, CEOs say, a culture of incivility threatens employee morale and productivity, corporate reputation and revenue. Which communications assets can we use to make our kindness campaign a success?

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

According to a report by Burning Glass and the Strada Institute, 39 percent of Communications and Journalism majors will be underemployed in their first job. Some employers offer professional development opportunities, whether it be workshops and trainings or subsidies for continuing education courses. Offer to help create new content.

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Communications Nonprofit Training Study 171

PRSay

AUGUST 30, 2022

And when told they’ll lose their jobs, employees are just as shocked today. Still, when layoffs become necessary, there’s a lot that employers can do to mitigate the pain and difficulty that employees experience. Garg came to represent accusations that corporations treat employees as expendable units. People were shocked then.

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Employee Real Estate Video Internal 86

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Our job descriptions tells us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D. For the sake of creating a comprehensive list of all the tasks today’s PR and communications teams are responsible for, we’ve compiled a list of 20 responsibilities or areas of focus.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. ” In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees.

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Corporate Reputation Policies Employee 272

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s an emotional and undisciplined communications approach, to say the least. Amazon has always been sensitive about bad PR around its treatment of workers, of course. The trollish tweets undermine the messaging that Amazon spends millions in PR and lobbying to communicate. Swisher calls it “top-level chucklehead.”).

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PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. Remember that you’re a real person communicating with other people.

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Employee Leadership System Corporate 196

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Any crisis communications team must be ready to respond at any hour to an escalating event, and that speed is vital.

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Trends Corporate Employee Analysis 199

Axia PR

APRIL 24, 2020

It’s difficult to determine the best course of action for communications during this unusual time. You want to be as sensitive as possible to people’s distress and anguish, and you want to stay engaged, operating from a place of care and concern for your employees, your customers, and your community.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your average internal communicator is lonesome. There’s a magazine and intranet to write for, multiple special projects, and internal social media. That, my friends, is why employee communication measurement is in the state it is in. Measure what you are covering internally. She’s busy. Really busy.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 7, 2016

A couple weeks back, I published an article that discussed best practices for communicating with your key stakeholders in a crisis. Depending on your organization, your internal stakeholders can be anyone from your employees, to your volunteers, candidates, and so on. The importance of internal crisis communications.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It can help deliver key messages, communicate expertise and drive thought leadership for business brands. Op-ed pieces and bylined articles are a staple in politics, but they’re equally effective for entrepreneurs and business leaders who want to communicate their ideas and build a reputation for bold thinking.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 25, 2023

PR teams should subscribe to individual Substack newsletters to stay informed, of course. Communicators can also use the platform as an internal tool to keep employees, stakeholders, or clients informed about industry trends, company updates, or thought leadership content written by executives.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees. Anonymity helps, of course.

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Corporate Reputation Policies Employee 156

Maxim Behar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

We will meet one of the most successful people in PR and communications. He is the founder and CEO of M3 Communications Group. It was with Mr. Behar and M3 Communications Group that we organized the events "Recharge Your Career" and the international forum "Be Renewable" last year. Welcome to our podcast! Maxim: Hello!

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Energy Communications System Hotels 59

Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another long-term trend is, of course, the anticipated impact of the new US president over the next 4 years. As we enter 2021, the world at large and communications professionals in particular find themselves at a significant turning point. What will be our “new normal”?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 30, 2015

The July edition of #measurePR focused on an area most PR pros don’t often think about: internal communications. Here’s some of what we talked about: On best practices for internal communications and the measurement thereof: A2 Measure the right things, not just the easy-to-measure ones. measurepr.

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Presspage

AUGUST 12, 2022

Those who’ve achieved it have to focus harder on details like procedures and training manuals, as the size of the business separates the founders from employees and formal processes replace face-to-face contact. That’s why any communications solution you choose must be a secure one – without becoming a PITA (pain in the neck) for its users.

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Enterprise Communications Privacy Pharmaceuticals 78

Presspage

AUGUST 12, 2022

Those who’ve achieved it have to focus harder on details like procedures and training manuals, as the size of the business separates the founders from employees and formal processes replace face-to-face contact. That’s why any communications solution you choose must be a secure one – without becoming a PITA (pain in the neck) for its users.

Enterprise 78

Enterprise Communications Privacy Pharmaceuticals 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 15, 2020

Office employees have been thrust into remote work, and many are using personal devices for business communications. We’re all spending far more time online than we were before, and it’s easy to be lax about digital security, social media activity, and communications with colleagues in virtual meetings. True enough.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’m excited about the New Year because it’s a busy season for the sci/tech fields, and I work as a communications consultant to science and technology companies. Not all presentation training is the same, of course. Trainees may have expectations for greater involvement in external communications.

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