Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2021

Following a tumultuous year, 80% of PR and comms professionals say organizations place a greater value on comms, according to the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey. Organizations value communications more than ever. Karen and Shonali were part of a group of six contributors to the survey and report.

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Survey Communications Ethics Measurement 124

PRSay

MARCH 14, 2022

In a 2020 Harris Poll that surveyed members of all generations, more than half of Gen Z respondents (ages 10-25) said they consider themselves creative, compared with only 44 percent of older respondents who described themselves the same way. As we market and communicate to younger generations, it’s important that we listen to their advice.

Creativity 153

Creativity Employee Survey Internal 153

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern workplaces, effective internal communication is paramount. It serves as the lifeblood that fuels organizational synergy, promotes transparency, and provides a sense of community among employees. It may feature unintuitive interfaces, causing employee confusion and frustration.

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Internal International Communications Employee 97

PRSay

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Nearly a third of employees have become less engaged with their work, new surveys find. According to a study by The Conference Board , the commitment and connection that people feel to their jobs fell over the last six months for all employees, regardless of their work location or schedule. Photo credit: terovesalainen ].

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Survey Employee Conference Leadership 103

PRSay

APRIL 22, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had positive outcomes on employee engagement and collaboration, but mixed results on productivity, according to a new study focused on internal communication by the Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm. The importance of engaging employees.

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Employee Crisis Survey Study 177

Communications Conversations

APRIL 30, 2018

A recent survey by Dynamic Signal brought some fairly interesting facts to light. Consider the following: Three out of four (75 percent) employees report wasting time to keep up with the constant dings, pings, chats and more. Pay close attention to the words used in responses in this survey: Overwhelmed. Constant dings.

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Employee Technology Communications Corporate 94

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It also surveyed 1,500 respondents in the U.S. survey respondents said the following: 61% trust business. According to the survey, business was the only institution that respondents classified as both ethical and competent. Both media and government were labeled – by survey responses – as unethical and less competent.

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Government Survey Ethics Media 146

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 20, 2022

LinkedIn says a whopping 30% of a brand page’s engagement comes from employees. That same LinkedIn survey also says employees are 14 times more likely to share content from their employers than other types of content on LinkedIn. but if I had to guess it would easily be north of 50% employee comments.

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LinkedIn Employee Survey Internal 74

Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

In many organizations, a major fragmentation exists between executive leadership and the communications function. As a result, communications professionals often become vulnerable to budget and headcount cuts. As a result, communications professionals often become vulnerable to budget and headcount cuts.

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Communications Corporate Reputation Employee 248

Stern + Associates

MARCH 27, 2024

Historically, PR, marketing and executive communications were focused on the customer and the shareholder. When it comes to attracting and retaining talent, there’s a clear need for the executive communications team to be instrumentally involved. The current and future employee is now a key strategic audience.

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Strategy Communications Employee Groups 115

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 174

Institute for Public Relations

AUGUST 15, 2023

Gallup analyzed how employees feel about their work life, and proposed changes that could help grow the global gross domestic product (GDP). A global survey of 122,000 participants was conducted from April 2022 to March 2023. Key findings include: 1.) Key findings include: 1.)

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Employee Survey Blogging Communications 52

Reputation Us

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Taking your communication efforts to the third power considers all audiences The Golden Rule of real estate is the three Ls: 1) Location, 2) Location and 3) Location. Successful businesses consider the “three Cs: 1) COMMUNICATE , 2) COMMUNICATE and 3) COMMUNICATE. So how do you strategically allocate your “Cs?”

Communications 97

Communications Real Estate Reputation Internal 97

Institute for Public Relations

MARCH 11, 2024

Grammarly and The Harris Poll explored the state of business communication and how generative AI plays a role in challenges such as privacy, bias, and productivity. An online survey of 1,002 full-time employees and 253 business leaders was conducted from Sept.

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Communications Privacy Survey Study 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Annual marketing salary survey shows remote interviews and shorter hiring process have become the norm as a consequence of the pandemic The was a cartoon going around the business world a few weeks ago that asked “who led the digital transformation in your company?” The survey polled, 2,400 senior managers (U.S.) Try our services.

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Survey Trends Marketing Creativity 102

PRSay

AUGUST 4, 2021

While the delta variant is putting some of the plans on hold for the moment, it’s critical for leaders to manage workplace changes, whether that means bringing all of their employees back to the office full time, choosing a remote/work-from-anywhere option or transitioning to a hybrid-work model. Anticipate and manage change fatigue.

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Communications Employee Transportation Energy 158

PRSay

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Amid the turbulence of the last three years, “The role of communications has been elevated,” Ivan Pollard said. Uncertainty allows communications to thrive.”. Pollard leads the marketing and communications center for The Conference Board , a not-for-profit think tank in New York. During his Nov. During his Nov.

Communications 88

Communications Conference Survey Corporate 88

Sword and the Script

JUNE 15, 2021

The first step in communications is audience identification. That’s my take on a survey by Typeset and Mantis Research. The survey found: just 33% of business marketing writers make calls to customers; just 35% conduct surveys; and. less-than half (48%) participate in online communities with their audience.

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Survey B2B Marketing Interviews 119

Shift Communications

APRIL 26, 2023

And people are split on how executives are doing with their internal communications strategy. 60% of people said executive teams are sincere in their communications, but just 53% said they prioritize internal communications enough in a new survey we ran. Why executive communications are being scrutinized.

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Internal International Strategy Communications 78

Institute for Public Relations

MAY 19, 2023

This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. Gallup researched how employee engagement and workplace elements impact organizational outcomes, profitability, productivity, and wellbeing. Quarterly surveys of 15,000 U.S. employees were conducted throughout 2022.

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Internal International Communications Employee 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. Most communicators say the volume of work has grown, but so too has the variety of work. Those who said communications work has “changed very significantly,” wrote: 1. Proven business value.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 130

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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Strategy Survey Automotive Data 418

Sword and the Script

MAY 28, 2019

There’s a level of granularity that needs to be explored and that’s why I ran this survey late in 2018 – the aim was to conduct a deeper line of questioning. Some of the findings from the survey results included the following: 1) Most say brands should avoid politics. Click To Tweet. Do You Really Want Brands to Take a Stand?

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Survey Brand Branding Analysis 135

Stephen Waddington

JULY 15, 2020

The CIPR of State of the Profession survey was concluded before lockdown. The 2020 CIPR State of the Profession survey is a time capsule. The field work, based on surveys from 1,300 practitioners, was completed on 27 January. My hunch is that the 2021 survey will tell a different story.

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Survey Policies Crisis Community 159

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers, and everything else will fall in place. Finally, a survey probed the views business leaders have as to the effects of EX and CX on growth.

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Employee Study Survey Leadership 102

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 100

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Two documents published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) provide best practice guidelines for using individual and group communication channels. Internal communication is an important management function that contributes to leadership, productivity, and employee engagement within organisations.

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Internal International Communications Employee 78

Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 15, 2023

The traditional work landscape is has experienced seismic shifts and that means great opportunities for communication professionals. While these shifts might seem challenging initially, they present invaluable opportunities for communication professionals, especially those who own their agencies. This is where you shine!

Communications 74

Communications Employee Trends Internal 74

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Another edition of the bi-annual survey of CMOs published by Christine Moorman , a professor at the business school at Duke University, was published at the end of August. I’ve read and written about the survey since about 2013 and have found it to be an interesting indicator of industry benchmarks. 4) Do employees trust their brand?

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Survey B2B Marketing Trade Shows 100

Cision

MAY 16, 2016

It details a multi-country, multi-industry survey examining how successfully businesses communicate across their organizations. IPR defines organizational clarity as the extent that “employees recognize a line-of-sight between their job and the marketplace they operate in, against the backdrop of the company’s strategy.”

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Internal International Communications Employee 218

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It can be easy for a corporate PR team to neglect a critical aspect of business communications — internal PR. In certain cases, high-profile companies take it for granted that employees are corporate cheerleaders, or they may leave the responsibility for employee engagement to HR. Employees have great ideas.

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Internal International Communications Employee 136

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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Corporate Communications Government Crisis 113

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

Corporate communications and PR can be a lonely business of sorts. As communicators, we are sometimes holed up in self-imposed exile creating content for others to deliver on ever-shrinking budgets. The idea of doing less with more is not uncommon to communicators. Guest Post by Scott Kaminski. Or are we? Let’s hit it.

Survey 74

Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2024

Staffbase launches beta for new internal comms tool; Muck Rack team up with Shankman; Agility PR Solutions parent touts LLM deal with “big tech” In an unscientific observation, I’ve noticed a lot of companies are hiring internal communications. Traditionally, that role is a mix of HR and communication yet I’m seeing some changes.

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Internal International B2B System 90

PRSay

APRIL 7, 2020

A lack of trust in government and media has caused many people to ignore crucial health advice about the novel coronavirus, raising the importance of employer communications, says a special report from the Edelman Trust Barometer. 19, found that employees trust their employers far more than they trust governments or news media.

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Crisis Company Communications Government 152

PRSay

APRIL 26, 2022

For businesses, societal discord presents risks to corporate reputation, employee recruitment and organizational morale. The USC report, “ The Future of Corporate Activism ,” calls professional communicators “pioneers in this unfamiliar territory.”. Communicating with purpose. Sometimes, however, such campaigns lack substance.

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Corporate Report Survey Employee 145

Stephen Waddington

MAY 24, 2021

COVID-19 has normalised video for stakeholder engagement and accelerated the role of professional communication as a management function. The European Communication Monitor (ECM) 2021 reports on the adoption of technology in communications and the role of communication management.

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Report Communications Big Data Survey 127