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The Value of Strategic Communications in the PRSA MBA/Business School Program

PRSay

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. And nine out of 10 acknowledged more training in core communications disciplines is merited.

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What’s Better, PR Agency Or Client Side Work?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Like everything else in life, a move from agency PR to corporate or brand communications involves trade-offs. At an agency, “you have your finger on the pulse” of industry trends, according to Debbie Etchison, head of public affairs and corporate communications at a major pharmaceutical company.

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PR and social media set for continued growth

Stuart Bruce

He might have a point if you simply look at how social media can be used for consumer marketing or customer service. He apparently fails to understand social media’s importance for corporate affairs, corporate reputation, investor relations, human resources, CSR and crisis communications to name but a few.

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Best of Silver Anvil Winner: Comms Support in the Case of Minnesota v. Chauvin

PRSay

FGS Global provided pro-bono communications and legal support to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his team in their successful prosecution of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. What best practices can you share for counteracting misinformation or disinformation on social media?

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Senior PR practitioners lack digital and social media management skills

Stuart Bruce

Just 12% of practitioners with more than 21 years’ experience felt confident in their social and digital media management skills. Despite, or perhaps because of, their own lack of expertise 22% of heads of communications see the changing digital and social media landscape as the biggest future challenge.

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A Challenging Road to Accreditation???

PRSay

APR+M, teaches public relations full time at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. She is also a colonel in the Air Force Reserve serving as a public affairs officer at the Pentagon, and owner of AK & Associates, a Milwaukee-based consulting firm that specializes in media training and crisis communication.

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Creative New Business Development – Providing Value Through Research

Solo PR Pro

An independent communications consultant’s work is never done when it comes to new business activity and generating new leads. One of our Solo PR PRO Premium members , Kevin Anselmo of Experiential Communications, has done just that by conducting a comprehensive research study of a segment within his target audience: higher education.