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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

It seemed like any ordinary day in August of 2002. I was filled with job opportunities every week and would occasionally feature a job seeker in a section of the newsletter called the One Paragraph Pitch (OPP). I didn’t know Ned, but I pitched an OPP and he ran it. I rode the WMATA bus down Wisconsin Avenue. I was elated.

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Join #PRStudChat on March 22nd for a Chat on How to Build Relationships Through Content

Deirdre Breakenridge

Through content you communicate, engage people and start conversations with them. ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather to discuss how storytelling and content help to build relationships with your community. Sandra is also active in the communications industry and professional community.

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Firefly braves the cold at Byte Night 2016

PR in High Definition

No, this wasn’t a vastly over-running planning session or pitch preparation. Funnily enough, the Firefly team first supported Byte Night fourteen years ago in 2002 during its fifth year. The post Firefly braves the cold at Byte Night 2016 appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Meeting CIPR President candidate Mandy Pearse

Stephen Waddington

I valued Mandy’s counsel on CIPR Governance issues and engagement with public sector communications communities during my time as President in 2014. As an MBA holder she’s among a group of practitioners that have been driving communications at board level for more than two decades. What’s your pitch to CIPR members?

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Adapting Strategies for Effective Storytelling in the Social Media Era

PRSay

For those who work in sports and entertainment PR, there are many areas of our practices we should be evaluating from how we pitch media in the social media era, to crafting captivating press releases, packaging media stories and effectively communicating our messages to the right audiences in real time.

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Look up, don’t look down. Think ‘reputation in the round’

PR in High Definition

I wish I’d known that in 2002 but it was still a useful learning in 2012. As communicators, if you want to build your brand or improve your reputation, it’s vital that you look up and around you. Because of these multiple touchpoints, there is a greater emphasis on consistency in your communications. Guessing is dangerous.

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Entertainment & Sports Section New Member Spotlight

PRSay

Isabelle McLemore – Senior Director, Global Corporate Communications, UFC. Coming out of college I came across an opportunity as a communications intern at Tennis Canada. That’s probably our biggest thing in certainly public relations, and corporate communications as well. Whether it’s to tweak your pitch.

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