Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A few weeks ago, Ad 2 hosted a great event (led by former Tommie, Chloe Lewis)–a Women’s Leadership Panel. Other leadership roles: LeeAnn was involved with MN PRSA earlier in her career as the co-chair of the student relations committee. Holly is now the vice president of corporate branding and partnerships at Polaris.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2020

The recession of 2008 changed housing. One question that provided insight into how things have changed was about collaboration, especially with executive leadership. About: Ragan surveyed 315 PR professionals across organizations including corporations, agencies, non-profits and government.

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Cision

JANUARY 20, 2016

For Scott Beaudoin, corporate social responsibility isn’t just good for society; it’s a necessary business practice. Here, he discusses his new role as chief strategy officer and executive managing director of corporate and brand purpose at RF|Binder and how he hopes to help companies become more purpose-driven and socially responsible.

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wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

She has worked with mission-driven organizations throughout her career and is a thought leader providing leadership in all aspects of data-driven integrated marketing and communications. An early social media advocate, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008. Her podcast, Growing Social Now, launched in 2021.

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Doctor Spin

MAY 30, 2023

The following are some of the most significant learnings from Barnum, viewed through the lens of contemporary management and leadership practices: Mastering public relations. In today’s digital age, the importance of personal and corporate branding is paramount, and businesses can learn from Barnum’s ability to build and leverage his brand.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I mean, I started this blog in 2008 and I got sideways looks. He posted agency and corporate PR news. Over time, it became a critical leadership resource. So, I thought it was worth commemorating since the MN PR Blog has been an instrumental part of the local PR community for 15+ years. And, he was prolific.

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ReimaginePR

APRIL 18, 2015

Where the vast majority, the undeniable profit drivers, with the exception of upper management positions barely make enough to live comfortably on their own, the distribution of income in this company is no better than that of the other big players in the corporate world.” ” So what was the upshot?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

What we made, on a platform called Moveable Type in 2008, was a pretty good start, but there was also a lot of red-tape. Our new owners immediately began to eliminate redundancies, as they say in corporate M&A. Whatever reservations or prejudices corporations seem to have about blogs and blogging, that is melting.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

People are afraid, for example, and many corporate clients have policies that prohibit such interviews without a permission slip. You certainly need the sales leadership on board with a reference program, but marketing has to drive it, or it will fade away. Ask your customers for interviews on your corporate blog – soft interviews.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 12, 2016

Long-time Solo PR Pro Premium member and frequent collaborator Karen Swim, who has worked alongside founder Kellye Crane since the blog was launched in 2008, has taken ownership of the company. Today, we’re happy to share news of a transition that has been underway for many weeks.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. From 2008-2014, Scott was the first global head of social media and digital communications at Ford Motor Company, where he helped turn the company around.

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 2, 2024

But one of the things that did happen back when I was at the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office, this was back in 2008, 2009, county government, which is separate from the clerk’s office, but we still work closely because obviously, we’re managing all the county funds. County government has several elected commissioners.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

For example, the financial crisis in 2008 spurred corporations to reduce the number of law firms they use (big companies can easily have 100 law firms) in favor of boosting headcount in corporate legal departments and bring more legal work in-house over the course of a decade. Growing any team is a leadership challenge.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 27, 2018

James Grunig assembled a team of six public relations academics and practitioners under his leadership. It sought to explore how public relations could evolve from a tactical craft that broadly focused on publicity and media relations to become a management discipline.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

“When I first started blogging in 2008, it was to document my own journey through a changing media landscape, knowing PR needed a new approach. “On a business/corporate level, I draw the line when it is clear a business has the resources to compensate me and is just clearly taking advantage.”

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PR Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Following the financial crisis in 2008, management thinkers and others have rightly questioned the role of business leaders in society. A new term coined: responsible leadership. A new term has emerged for an elevated emphasis on ethical business practice: responsible leadership. A new approach to leadership.

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Mark My Words

APRIL 6, 2018

The memo from corporate PR is for CEOs is keep heads well below the parapet. Shareholders ought to see that in an increasingly crowded corporate ecosystem thought leadership from the top is a huge asset for a brand. In many ways these figures are exceptions to the rule as both probably feel they have nothing to prove.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 23, 2017

Bob Pickard, CEO of Signal Leadership Communications, makes the case for the new president as a gifted public relations person. Spicer angrily criticized the press for presumed distortions and even built a detailed case for why the side-by-side photos of the Trump inauguration and President Obama’s 2008 ceremony were somehow wrong.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

And it fills me with pride, Dave, to see how you have ascended to a position of leadership in this industry that we all love so much. Page Society — to enrich and advance the leadership role of communicators — has never been more relevant. Page Society Hall of Fame on Sunday, Sept. Dave is a Ketchum alum.

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Mark My Words

DECEMBER 29, 2015

For some of the great blunderers of the year -corporates and celeb-prats- PR’s magical powers were unsurprisingly limited. However, as the comeback of wolfish investment bankers at Barclays and elsewhere goes to show even a calamity on the scale of the 2008 crash eventually passes into the dusty vaults of memory.

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