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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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How the APR Changed My Future

PRSay

Conducting multi-phased details of PR initiatives evolved with ease, and command of the ever-growing owned social media channels that debuted in the early 2000s became deft. My employer was growing, and our C-suite leaders needed an easier way to swiftly understand communications initiatives. She earned her credential in 2001.

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The crisis gets personal

Stephen Waddington

The cheery articles on social media talk about the need for discipline. Hyper connectivity is exhausting The isolation of lockdown has seemingly created a need for connection in our networks and communities. It manifests itself by oversharing on social media and constant use of messaging and video services.

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Survey: Most PR Pros Say that Media Relations is Getting Harder – Here’s What You Can Do About It

Deirdre Breakenridge

This is PR at its finest – relations with a public community. In other words, well-executed content marketing helps you develop an additional platform to communicate with reporters. Most (68%) respondents report holding in-house communication roles and 90% have 10 years or more experience in the industry.

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Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism  

Sword and the Script

How will it change PR and communications? Several surveys offer a glimpse into the collective thinking of the public relations community – and that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). For example, I was part of the B2B technology PR community in 2001, and it was decimated when the so-called tech bubble burst.

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Learning From Past Crises to Navigate Post-COVID-19

Reputation Us

But when it comes to crisis communications and reputation management, I believe they can learn plenty from previous crises to navigate us through this pandemic. Today my team and I work to safeguard the reputations of our credit union partners, emphasizing communication strategies for staff, members and community. A: Listen.

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