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The Power of Local Knowledge: Why Product Development Should Start with Listening to Your Community

Stern + Associates

At the SAFElab , where Patton is the founding director, social workers and local residents join Patton and his team to add context to social media messages, which helps programmers build algorithms that interpret messages correctly. Through keynote presentations, interactive workshops and as an advisor to AI companies Kai.ai

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Future skills for public relations practitioners - World PR Day

Stephen Waddington

Physical events cancelled during lockdown shifted online as COVID-19 disrupted conferences, meetings, training sessions and workshops. Companies that have invested in their local communities during the crisis continue to benefit from a reputational dividend. These were maintained throughout the lockdown.

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

Communications Conversations

What really differs from one setting to another is the quality of leadership and the resources you have to succeed. The free prep workshop alone was a fabulously valuable experience, and I wished I’d done it years ago. You’ve held numerous leadership positions over your storied career. I was a solo corporate comm.

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4 Tips for Authentic Executive Communications as a Ghostwriter

PRSay

Executives seek to amplify their own voices through “thought leadership.”. Blythe Campbell, APR, has been a ghostwriter for eight different CEOs and their leadership teams over a 30-year career in public relations and marketing. But even the most gifted communicators can’t possibly create all the content demanded today.

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World Economic Forum Recap: 7 Experts Showcase a Brighter Future

Stern + Associates

What decisions should we be making for the betterment of our local communities, but globally overall? Let us arrange for these esteemed experts to advise your organization via virtual and in-person consulting sessions, workshops and keynotes. Guess what? It’s the coolest year of the next 100 years… We immerse people in the data.

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Part II: PR Education & Learning – A Recap of the October #PRStudChat Twitter Discussion

Deirdre Breakenridge

Should it be doing internal or external internships, joining a club, working for a local organization, or serving as volunteers, hands-on experience is students’ best teacher and number one motivator. As the faculty advisor for my school’s PRSSA Chapter, I saw so many students transformed as a result of their leadership experience in PRSSA.

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5 Reasons You Might Need to Issue a Press Release

PR Fuel

They get picked up by local and national publications, help journalists, and allow you to control your messaging. This could be for a range of reasons, such as communicating a change in leadership, speaking out on an important issue, clarifying confusion, or announcing a new change that the media will need to know about.

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