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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. 9/11 Memorial Site. 2011 Update.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. 9/11 Memorial Site. 2011 Update.

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Selfish Altruism: Ned Lundquist on Origins of the JOTW and an Appeal to Take the Annual Comms Survey

Sword and the Script

He’s really done wonderful service for the communications field and has built a 6,000-person strong community in the process. Nearly two decades later, Ned and I would team up to survey his subscribers for the annual JOTW Communications survey. Now in its fifth year, the survey is open to respondents.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. Welcome to 2021!

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6 Pro Tips to Create Bigger Buzz for Your Business

Cision

Once Shea developed his production process, he went back to his online communities to get the word out: “The backpacking, fishing, outdoors community has a very active and robust online community of blogs, forums, and review sites. Our owners also take a lot of pride in being active members in their communities.”.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

Future survey topics to explore include additional probing on communications research and measurement as well as strategy and the effects of technology on corporate communications and PR – especially distinguishing between free tools and those which require additional buy-in or budget approval. Connect with him on Twitter.

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

While I try to keep it updated, it certainly does not reflect all the blogs I subscribe to in my Reader. Part of this is because some of the blogs I Read (yes, that’s a capital “R&# ) have nothing to do with public relations… but I love them any way. and break up the blogs accordingly. Dave lays out how.