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Six Narratives That Make up My Leave-behind Pack for Storytelling Workshops

Ishmael's Corner

One of the best parts of my job involves conducting storytelling workshops. I’m constantly refining the package shared with participants in our workshops for business storytelling. Block That Adjective! ” (The Wall Street Journal): Alexander McCall Smith, best known as the novelist behind the “No. In a hammock.

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The 15 Best PR and Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2020

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This awards event celebrates the best of the best corporate, agency, nonprofit, and education teams, and the work they produced during the entry period. Tracks like Media & Journalism and Professional Development help savvy marketers to connect with other pros and take advantage of tech. . Dates: March 19, 2020.

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The 10 Best PR & Content Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2019

Onclusive

The conference features over 120 sessions and workshops presented by the leading brand marketers and experts from around the world covering strategy, storytelling, ROI, demand generation, AI, and more. These events cover a wide array of specializations, from how to measure internal communications to effective brand journalism strategies.

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PR Rock Stars: Retired Vice President of Content & Public Relations at DKY, Holly Donato

Communications Conversations

You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. Corporations and non-profits are not that different from each other. I was a solo corporate comm. director in several corporations, and that was really challenging.

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Building Your Communications Career from the Ground Up: 5 Ways to Make Any Job Work for You

Deirdre Breakenridge

According to a report by Burning Glass and the Strada Institute, 39 percent of Communications and Journalism majors will be underemployed in their first job. I was interested in Patagonia’s Corporate Social Responsibility , so early on I worked to learn more about the company’s environmental programs. Everyone needs to start somewhere.

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The Gift of Desperation

Ishmael's Corner

We’ve been able to walk the talk, building out a storytelling methodology that serves as the foundation for how we develop content in client campaigns, our storytelling workshops and internal training. Every PR company with a pulse touts storytelling expertise, but it tends to be a squishy concept. as well as a distinctive point of view.

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PR Speed Round: Q&A with HARO Founder Peter Shankman

MaccaPR

While on the road in Boston for his Mastermind series, his workshop for business leaders to take their companies to the next level, the MaccaPR blog had a chance to pick his brain on the topics of PR stunts, evolving media relations, NFL crisis communications and social media communities. Source: Amazon ). To be honest, TED found me.