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A Guide to Pride Without Pandering

PRSay

LGBTQ people are voters, employees, family members and consumers. It’s not your LGBTQ employees’ job to be the sole voice representing your company, and not all LGBTQ employees are able or interested in speaking out for you. Do you have employee resource groups or other affinity organizations for diverse staff?

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Celebrating SHIFT’s Independence: Jim Joyal, Agency Partner

Shift Communications

In honor of Independence Day, we sat down with SHIFT Partner, Jim Joyal , to get his thoughts on SHIFT as an independent PR agency and what that has meant for the Agency since he helped found it in 2003. After being founded in 2003, SHIFT remains an independent agency. Let’s be honest, 99.9%

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Metaverse for Marketing: Twice the Hype?

Shift Communications

That was in 2003. When it hits, we’ll be served a huge heaping of headlines proclaiming company X’s innovative leadership because they held a sales meeting in the Metaverse, or led employees on a mindfulness retreat, or established connections with global partners, or celebrated an important milestone.

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Gary V: Most hated or most loved person in social media?

Communications Conversations

In 2015, his VaynerMedia agency was named one of AdAge’s A-List agencies and has more than 600 employees. See also: His VaynerMedia is the agency behind Planters recent Super Bowl social media approaches, which have drawn criticism over the last two years. 3 – He’s a self-made guy (kinda).

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What is Storytelling? Why Does Storytelling Work? What are Good Examples? [UML]

Sword and the Script

Today, employees were happy, customers were plentiful, and earnings followed suit. This 2003 interview between the Harvard Business Review and a Los Angeles-based screenwriter describes a story this way: “Essentially, a story expresses how and why life changes. Looking for an agency that can think big and execute? Talk to Us !

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SeeDepth Masters In Marketing Interview: Author And Marketer Drew McLellan

Mindful Marketing

Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 25+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group, in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R. The agency specializes in B2B financial services industries. Drew also owns and runs Agency Management Institute (AMI), which offers agency management training and consulting.

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Not sorry to see you go – career churn and public relations

PR Conversations

These two women remained in the occupation, demonstrating personal career agency in stepping away from the gendered notions that women should focus on female issues. Based on historic reports in the the UK version of PR Week, churn appears to be most prevalent in the agency sector. Volatility of consultancy sector PR careers.