Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The assertive role and reputation of corporate communication during the COVID-19 crisis is an important legacy. It’s a period when the role of the communication function was elevated within every organisation. This is the legacy of COVID-19 for corporate communications.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

There has never been a more popular time for remote communications, especially for businesses. Throughout the worldwide pandemic, plenty of employees around the world have had to work from their homes to make sure they’re staying safe, and with all that work comes a lot of remote communications solutions.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

PoliteMail was a proud sponsor of Connect 19 — the PRSA Employee Communications Section’s annual conference. Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first” says author and organizational consultant, Simon Sinek. Fortunately, your corporate communications team can kindle that love.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The GCS COVID-19 Communications Industry Report tells the story of a profession demonstrating agility, innovation and resilience. I’ve had the unique position of recording the huge changes in how private and public sector organisations in the UK have communicated during the COVID-19 crisis.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The traditional notion of “bad press” is negative coverage in a reputable journalism outlet that exposes legitimate complaints about a company — for example, coverage of a shareholder lawsuit, or a scandal about workplace conditions in a local or national newspaper. PR teams have been handling these kinds of events for years.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2021

More than a year later, these DE&I communications and programs are entering their sophomore phase, where enthusiasm has tempered and calls for action go unanswered. CEOs stepped up in droves to make promises to the BIPOC community that they were heard, understood and welcomed within the company. Communicate regularly.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 6, 2020

Employees hold all the cards. Employers need to adapt in terms of what employees really want in the new economy. How do you expect to keep star employees motivated when you’re giving them, essentially, what amounts to a cost-of-living increase? Another huge perk almost every employee would value. Not even close.

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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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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 31, 2020

It’ll be the first time since March that many communication practitioners have been able to work without the competing demands of childcare or home schooling. Helping organisations operate alongside the virus We’ve become the front line of an organisation’s communication response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 10, 2021

This week, we’re focusing on one of the primary functions of communications and PR—producing impactful content that resonates with your brand’s key audiences. Great content lies at the heart of everything communications does, including employee and leadership communications and PR. Elizabeth Barrett. VP Research, Gartner.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

The COVID-19 Communications Advisory Panel report sets out critical skills for practitioners as society learns to live with COVID-19. I worked as part of a team of professional marketing and communications associations on behalf of the Government Communication Service at the outset of the crisis.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

We may not think about it that way — we’re simply drafting a memo to employees or writing the president’s message for an annual report. As PR professionals, it’s our job to help executives communicate their ideas, plans and priorities in their own voices. In this low-trust environment, communication from the C-suite must be authentic.

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PRSay

MAY 26, 2020

As hospitals and health care services gradually reopen in the coming weeks and months, communications and PR professionals will be helping patients, caregivers and staff adjust to the new normal after COVID-19. For communicators, the challenge is to help people feel comfortable about returning to their doctors and hospital services.

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Barokas

MARCH 16, 2020

Widespread social distancing and remote work has challenged all of us to pause and evaluate how we communicate, operate and manage projects in the workplace. It’s also caused many companies to refocus their PR, marketing and communications plans. Barokas Communications Team. Stay well, stay safe, stay sane, stay home.

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PRSay

MARCH 22, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. In 2023, the oldest Gen Zers will turn 26 years old.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

As the situation continues to unfold, here are six crisis communications lessons from past pandemics to keep in mind: 1. Communications should speak first to the families and communities affected by the virus, and explain what the organization is doing to help them. Enlist employees. Plan for the worst. Keep people first.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 11, 2023

That’s because it’s important to properly communicate to customers, investors, and other stakeholders why they should remain interested in the company. Public relations is a strategy for businesses to maintain communication between themselves and their stakeholders. There are many ways to build community relations.

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David PR Group

MARCH 16, 2020

Right now, most businesses are up to their antibodies in operational and human resources issues, but you also need to remember to communicate with your customers. If you are assisting people or businesses impacted by the virus, how are you communicating it? It’s not business as usual, so don’t pretend it is. –John. –John.

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PRSay

MARCH 21, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. In 2023, the oldest Gen Zers will turn 26 years old.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Employee social advocacy programs are having a moment. Companies like Starbucks, Reebok and Humana (just to name a few) have implemented employee social advocacy programs over the last few years. Companies like Starbucks, Reebok and Humana (just to name a few) have implemented employee social advocacy programs over the last few years.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. Quite a few launched ad campaigns recognizing their own employees. The post Brands Bring Substance To COVID-19 Response appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 28, 2022

When it comes to engaging in social justice conversations, your employees, partners, stakeholders, customers, and neighbors want to understand who your organization is and what it stands for, sincerely. How does it relate to the business, employees, clients, or community? Let actions speak louder than words. “Be

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PRSay

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After working from home for nearly 20 months, many employees who’ve been given the chance to return to the office in person, even for one day a week, are finding they prefer to stay remote and say it makes them more productive. Some employees have living conditions that are not conducive to work, such as cramped spaces and noisy roommates.

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PRSay

JUNE 15, 2021

For corporate communicators, Pride in 2021 can seem confusing and challenging. LGBTQ people are voters, employees, family members and consumers. If the past year has taught you anything, then it should be that the price of admission to the LGBTQ ally community is now much higher. Seek communications help.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Supporting stat: One-in-five newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. From recent reports, reporters still like to communicate via email with PRs, but maybe you sprinkle in a phone call once in a while, or a Zoom call. Trend #4: Local news has a capital shortage. Local TV stations, too.

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PRSay

APRIL 5, 2021

In this new era, careful preparation, close coordination, and effective communication both internally and externally are key. Insights are also from the Center’s recent survey of 84 large public and private firms on how companies and their employee-funded PACs responded to the Capitol riot and objections to the election certification.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Next, it is interesting that Earnshaw’s chapter title focuses on relationships with employees, where the 2014 text has a more functionalist title. As such it enables consideration of this specialism across a period of 65 years.

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5W PR

JUNE 29, 2023

When a product gains popularity locally, brands consider expanding their market. Before rushing into translation, it’s important for beauty brands to understand the concept of localization and its implications. Localization involves adapting a product for a specific market, which goes beyond language translation.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 17, 2020

Those who went quiet and were going through the crisis communications playbook when it came to content on social channels. Best Buy shares CEO video message initially aimed at employees on LinkedIn. Nice to see a local company doing that here in Minnesota. Walmart uses employee-generated content to thank front-line workers.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 12, 2018

Last week, Jeremy Wheaton wrote an interesting piece on just how far we’ve fallen when it comes to companies and training employees to fill the increasingly large skills gap. However, today, I’d like to talk about a topic specific to our industry: Why don’t more companies invest in training their PR and social employees?

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NewsWhip

JANUARY 11, 2023

In mid-December a TikTok creator’s video of an 82-year-old Walmart employee went viral, resulting in almost $100k being raised through GoFundMe, allowing the man to retire. The story about the 82-year-old employee accounted for 11 of those articles and together earned over 213k engagements. The story earned more than 74k engagements.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Unrelenting geopolitical tensions make business and communications even more challenging than usual. In the ever-changing landscape of global business, China remains a strategic hub for multinational tech companies despite challenges on both the business and communications fronts.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 14, 2021

Customer relationship management (CRM), local search optimization, and digital product catalogues were all once new product or service categories, which are now widely known. Millennials are famous for desiring progressive employers who care for their employees’ experience and value a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 4, 2016

The Skimm only has 15 full-time employees, so the Skimmbassadors have been a HUGE part of publisher’s success over the last couple years. The Skimmbassador Program may be the best example I’ve seen of an employee social advocacy program. Every employee advocacy blog post or article you’ll read will state this claim.

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Cision

JUNE 23, 2016

I am excited about being part of an evolving industry where local influence is growing in importance. It is a lot more integrated, targeted and localized. and in local communities. Also, local news continues to be relevant. nearly nine in 10 residents follow local news closely – and about half do so very closely.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Whether you’re a nonprofit targeting donors or a corporation trying to build customer and employee engagement through a giving program, there is one group of consumers who stand out — millennials. If in doubt, start local and expand as time and resources allow. Drive engagement year-round. Make it horizontal.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

As a corporate communicator who, like others, nervously and helplessly watched the water rise, I learned about the parallels that can be drawn between the historic flood and how companies respond to their own crises. Similarly, companies can anticipate many of the resources they’ll need if a crisis strikes.

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