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What U.S. Service Members Can Teach Us About Communications

PRSay

In addition to participating in tactical-training exercises, our group was provided top-level briefings that gave us a deeper understanding of the roles and mission of the U.S. As a professional communicator, I consider the conference to be a model influencer-outreach campaign. Lessons for communicators.

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Being Prepared for Wherever the Day Takes You

PRSay

So there I was, walking down the hallway of the Courtyard by Marriott in Minneapolis, on my way to attend day one of the 2023 PRSA Public Affairs and Government Summit on June 14-16 in Minneapolis, when my cell phone dings with following text: “Fire, Alert III, Twin, 17-L, ETA: Now.”

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AI and Journalism: What’s Next?

PRSay

But the actual work of reporting — and ensuring that public-facing content is accurately and ethically sourced, as well as factually correct — will be the work of humans for some time to come. That’s why Bospar sponsored a San Francisco Press Club panel covering the impact of AI in the newsroom, titled “AI + Journalism=?”

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15 years after: the collective “grilling” of Jim Grunig still delivers visionary insights on the future of PR

PR Conversations

15 years have passed and while some aspects remain surprisingly at the forefront of our conversations of today, others seem to have vaped into the background and therefore taking a second to reflect on them is a valuable exercise. I think organizations have always had to deal with multilateral communication, but they often didn’t realize it.

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The APR Is a Mountain You Can Climb

PRSay

After a few years of working with military public affairs, I was selected to spend a year as a fellow with the Army public affairs Training with Industry program (TWI). I often downloaded the weekly webcasts to listen to while I was driving or exercising.

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Tory Patrick's Bad Pitch Field Report

Bad Pitch Blog

Some work at an agency, some are in-house, and some work in public affairs. Maybe I''ll try drafting a press release while sitting on the exercise ball. Tory Patrick is an Account Manager at Vantage Communications. But what am I missing?! Crowdsourced News So I opened it up to a group of my PR friends. Lots of ''em.

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Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

PR Conversations

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. If you have any thoughts on this topic, we invite you to continue our conversation in the comments. And that’s just managing the process.

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