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Pride Month in a Year of Loathing: Allies Needed

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PRSA has curated a wide range of professional development and educational resources, all designed to recognize and celebrate the LGBTQ+ population within and beyond the communications profession. In 2003, he co-founded FH Out Front, the first global LGBTQ communications practice at an international PR firm (FleishmanHillard).

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Spin machine: reputation and media experts are turning to TikTok

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But soon after the method increased in prominence, so did the internet – and, with it, opportunities to dissect the work of figures such as Blair’s director of communications, Alastair Campbell. ‘One always remembers certain phrases like “Education, education, education”.’

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Offleash Celebrates 20 Years

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The year was 2003. While media results stay paramount, the agency has successfully launched new services over the years, from media training workshops to IPO strategy and VC/investor communications, to building out specialized practice areas for content and research. Android, MySpace, and Tesla were founded.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Drew Herdener on the Evolution of Amazon’s Comms Team

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When Drew Herdener joined Amazon in 2003, the company was evolving from its early successes as an online bookseller. Today, Herdener is vice president of worldwide communications. Thomas Brooks also asked how Herdener and Amazon’s communications team manages a crisis or potentially challenging news cycles.

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Evaluating board performance: Assessing effectiveness to strengthen governance

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An excellent place to start is with the Higgs Review ‘Good Practice Suggestions’ , which were published in 2003 to provide guidance on the role of the Chairman, non-executive directors and any nomination and renumeration committees. It’s a common governance risk found in organisations of all sizes.

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3 Themes To Watch For During SaaStr Annual 2023

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For PR and communications professionals, staying on top of industry trends is vital. Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky will present on the impact of AI on creativity and digital experiences and the profound transformations taking place in the creative world. They’re a goldmine of insights. One to watch?

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Experts be damned: on post-factual communication

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It is one thing for Blair to ask us to sympathise with the complexity of decision making leading up to the 2003 invasion; but it’s quite another to suggest he’d do it again even with the facts. A more assured strategy would be not to rewrite facts with hindsight but to own up to our limitations. This is just muddled messaging.