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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

PRSay

As a nationwide health care system, OEM was able to pull assets from across the country to develop a plan, and they worked with the VHA Office of Communications on both internal and external PR efforts. We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills.

Ethics 202
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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

PRSay

Some of us are fortunate to work for companies that tell employees to bring their whole selves to work, that invest in corporate social responsibility and that act as responsible members of their communities. In this new model, organizations become part of a larger social system. Looking to the past. Margaret Ritsch, Ed.D.,

System 187
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An Ethical Test: Why I Blew the Whistle on Corruption at My Organization

PRSay

I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). As federal government employees, we learned we could provide an evidence file to members of Congress, the Office of the Medical Inspector and the Office of the Inspector General.

Ethics 150
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Crisis Management Lessons From Boeing’s 737 Max Disasters

PRSay

According to reports, an automated flight-control system had sent the airplanes into nosedives. Gordon Johndroe , vice president of global media relations and public affairs for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer, spoke to members of PRSA’s Corporate Communications Section in the Nov. We were playing catchup.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

I have colleagues who also layer on Trello and other content management systems as well. It’s expanded to include public affairs and government relations as the norm.”. More virtual events, remote employees require different channels of internal communications.”. Moral champions. “It’s More channels. Virtual events.

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

PR Conversations

public affairs, community relations, lobbying, sustainability, among others) together with the communication functions (e.g. media relations, employee communications, digital communications, advertising and media planning, etc) under “bundled” Public Relations inspired organizations.

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Train Your Brain to Apply “Longpath” Thinking

Stern + Associates

Applied futurist and social systems strategist Ari Wallach , founder and executive director of Longpath Labs , helps organizations and individuals discover and leverage a new version of “why” for their work that leads to deeper and more meaningful motivations for all stakeholders – employees, customers, communities and future generations.