Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 31, 2020

The outcome of trade talks won’t be known until mid-December Show up and demonstrate leadership - brave organisations will continue to be defined by the crisis Schools are back in the UK this week. Internally it will focus on the balance of home and office working. The next four months are likely to be as chaotic as the last eight.

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PRSay

JUNE 15, 2021

And we have a new President and new leadership in Congress. For corporate communicators, Pride in 2021 can seem confusing and challenging. Speak out against anti-LGBTQ efforts at the local, state and national level — This means advocating for our humanity not just when it’s convenient, but when it’s necessary.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If the internal and external communication function inside an organisation didn’t report directly to management before the crisis - it almost certainly will now. Communication as a strategic management and leadership function Communication has been a critical management priority for organisations throughout the crisis.

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Kelsey Bohl , the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Press Office at Walmart. I also did communications for our vice president of product at the time, where I handle internal all-hands meetings and things like that. That’s how I ended up here.

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PRSay

AUGUST 13, 2020

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, where I now live, and contributed my professional skills to local chapters of Indivisible and Black Lives Matter. In those cases, do we swallow our discomfort and remain professional above all else, or do we join the employees who are rising up as internal activists?

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. Back in Minnesota, Tess served as a Digital Production Intern with On Being, then moved into her latest role as Communications & Engagement Coordinator for Appetite for Change. I thought I’d ask my network for help!

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PRSay

MARCH 6, 2020

Keeping your employees, clients and customers informed will help keep the focus on what’s currently happening and allow you to tailor your strategy as new developments occur, such as changing work-from-home policies or curtailing nonessential business travel — steps that corporations from Facebook to Microsoft have already taken.

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Cision

JUNE 25, 2015

Here are 10 easy ways to maximize new press using your own internal resources: 1. This tactic can be especially effective for garnering local press (Think: Local company earns coveted spot on prestigious Inc. Circulate internally. Report back to leadership. Share on social media. 500|5000 list).

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Your corporate story can prove that sound business decisions have been made along the way, pay respect to your employees, build goodwill, and demonstrate long-lasting corporate strength. Legos' Corporate History Video.

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2022

As an incoming local Chapter president, I had a lengthy list of tasks to prepare for the new year — update the Chapter website, confirm the January program, write my newsletter column and plan the next board meeting. You don’t know there’s a problem until your tire is low, but you can fix it with a free plug from your local tire shop.

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Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

With over 50 years of industry leadership, Business Wire has established irrefutable trust from within the news market and has proven its thorough understanding of the needs of the digital age by creating a technologically sophisticated, patented distribution network.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Here are some highlights from three professional development sessions at the PRSA 2017 International Conference in Boston on Oct. Haworth recommends attending town gatherings and interacting with local elected officials, regardless of their political beliefs. 3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2019

In high school, she landed an internship with a local radio station and started a club for kids trying to pursue a career in broadcasting. SHRM would have been a dream client because leadership is innovating across its products, events, member experience and communications, so it is a thrill to be in-house.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

For example, a PR program for a multinational corporation (MNC) setting up a new retail chain in China is very different from working with a government department to promote a new destination within a city. Be locally relevant, build trust, be mindful of your tone of voice and don’t underestimate the power of relationships.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

So, I thought it was worth commemorating since the MN PR Blog has been an instrumental part of the local PR community for 15+ years. He posted agency and corporate PR news. I wanted to get some additional flavor for what the MN PR Blog meant to people in our industry, so I asked some colleagues and leaders in local Minneapolis/St.

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PRSay

JUNE 9, 2021

The suit claims that Publicis Health worked with Purdue’s internal marketing team to “humanize” the brand by creating “patient vignettes” — examples of patients with certain clinical conditions — to help doctors spot people for whom they might prescribe OxyContin. “A

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 27, 2020

These statements not only reflect sound leadership, they have allowed conversations against injustice to continue in the marketplace. Enlist internal champions: While your goal may be for everyone in your organization to embrace the idea of racial reconciliation, not all will be equipped or enthusiastic about this plan.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

The wide-ranging discussion covered: how to land your first job in PR; the role of a PR practitioner; the importance of continuous learning; opportunities in the North East versus other areas of the country including London; working for a start up versus a corporate organisation; the importance of mental health and culture.

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Barokas

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Brandon Robinson, CAE, Executive Director of the Virginia Society of Association Executives: Get involved in a local SAE. Wherever your local association is, there’s an SAE for you. Becoming a member of that community and gaining access to that professional network and source of leadership knowledge is so valuable.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 21, 2018

We have a team member assigned to each of our retail territories so our stores have a specific point of contact and we can build relationships with local reporters. We all get out into the field on a regular basis to meet with our store leadership, identify great Blue Shirt spokespeople and meet with reporters.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The report provides an international perspective on the challenges facing the PR business. A study called the Velvet Ghetto commissioned by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) first called out the gender pay gap in the PR profession in 1986. ICCO consists of national PR trade associations in 55 countries.

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Let’s say you’re doing corporate messaging and you think that it’s unethical because it’s using partial truth only. It goes from whether you’re talking about universal versus absolute ethics, and you may have a guiding principle, but how do you adapt it for the localities? The key is respect. Absolutely.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

That work ended a couple years ago, but I knew I wanted to stay closely connected with Heidi so I invited her to be a part of a corporate communicator mastermind group I manage. Many jobs in the comms world require you to manage a broad mix of internal AND external communications. What do you see as the pros of this type of role?

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Too often, PR people define success as a big pile of clips, or a lot of neutral coverage, when in fact senior leadership thinks success is more leads or more messages communicated. Chances are you need data in specific buckets – i.e. corporate, product, customer service etc. Failing to get agreement on what “good” is.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Focused on the world of financial and corporate communications, club membership and participation in its SOJC stock index has increased 50% under his leadership. Bobby is poised for a career in corporate communications. For all of these reasons, she is among our top graduating PR students this year.

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PRSay

AUGUST 10, 2016

I definitely think more can be done locally and nationally, as well as at the agency and corporate level, to create greater inclusiveness in the profession. The industry must be dedicated to embracing and advancing diversity internally and externally. How can the industry be more inclusive of Hispanics? . Years in PR: 7.

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PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

Or the crisis plan is siloed in some hidden corporate corner completely out of date. It may be that practitioners highlight the issue during planning discussions, engage with HR or their leadership team. Where do organisational support structures, say HR, operate and what part should internal communicators play?

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Isabelle McLemore – Senior Director, Global Corporate Communications, UFC. Coming out of college I came across an opportunity as a communications intern at Tennis Canada. That’s probably our biggest thing in certainly public relations, and corporate communications as well. Using local resources is huge.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Personally I feel the tendency to state that public relations practice (including internal communications) is better today than in the past is a mistake as much earlier wisdom seems to have not only been lost, but denied by this stance. As such it enables consideration of this specialism across a period of 65 years.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 13, 2017

The team is full of experts that act as an internal agency to our staff clients. I am supported by great leadership that believes in innovating and providing a best-in-class digital experience for our members. Tell us a little about your role as associate director-digital strategy and innovation with the American Academy of Neurology.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

Joining me in this week’s episode is Ken Kerrigan , a Vice President at Infinite Global , an international communications firm specializing in public relations, branding, and content. Can corporations really be ethical media enterprises? ” They actually said, “Oh, we need to make a change in your account leadership.”

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 13, 2013

That means typically I get paid for my time, so it is rare for me to pay my own expenses to travel out of my local area for a speaking gig. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Here or there? This is what xPotomac gave its attendees.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 26, 2017

My favorite is when we outsourced our media rights to Learfield/International Sports Properties in 1999. He is an active leader throughout the local and statewide sport communities, as well as the industry on an international level. What were some of your most memorable Syracuse sports PR missteps and how did you overcome them?

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PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

I’ll shop exclusively with REI, Patagonia, and my local Backpackers Shop—or purchase those brands secondhand—because of shared values. PR 20/20 works with stakeholders across the company (employees, customers, leadership and beyond) to consult and align on the brand core. Internal communications and events. Change management.

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

But in the end, the truth is that we who do business with this and seriously advise large international companies do our job the same way our colleagues in Germany, France, and the UK do theirs. Then we'd go with a friend and give that money for boza and sweets at the local bakery, which now is a supermarket.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

The purpose of a PR Crisis Plan is to help you make quick and effective decisions when faced with negative publicity from a wide range of sources, including customer complaints, faulty products, product recalls and corporate scandals. Corporate impropriety, such as fraud, theft, negligence, corruption, deception, poor customer service etc.

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