PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. Students write about a current event and critique the assessment.

Communications 116

Communications Case Study Training Reputation 116

Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

From going to prison after being convicted for violating the FCPA (the US foreign anti-bribery law) to founding Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC, and educating multinationals on current issues and challenges with respect to compliance, ethics and anti-bribery, Richard Bistrong has come a long way. When I was asked to speak outside of the U.S.,

Interviews 105

Interviews Ethics Government Internal 105

Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

But, you just can’t have an event recognizing the best of our industry and completely exclude the people in corporate, non-profit and solo settings. who work for corporations or non-profits or are solo practitioners that I believe deserve the spotlight (some nominated by me; others nominated by friends). “Eri is a dynamo!

Transportation 122

Transportation Social Media Corporate Agency 122

MaccaPR

JULY 2, 2014

This will set yourself apart, as a full 25 percent of communicators surveyed in a 2012 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) study were not familiar with their own Wikipedia pages. According to that same PRSA Wikipedia survey, 60 percent of corporate and agency PR professionals saw factual errors in their Wikipedia pages.

Wikipedia 101

Wikipedia Marketing Ethics Facebook 101

PR Conversations

AUGUST 7, 2014

I toyed with “61 ways to know if you’re ready for wearables,” tip-toed around “True Life: Why PR was disconnected from the Internet of Everything” and dallied with “Must watch: 17 corporate data disasters that killed the companies,” as my post title. The wake up call.

Publicity 87

Publicity Ethics Technology Government 87

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Jay Carney, Amazon’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, used a self-published article on Medium to rebut a critical New York Times article and attack its credibility. The BBC used its own Media Centre on its corporate website to highlight the fact The Sun also paid MPs who write columns and articles for it.

Crisis Communications 60

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Media 60

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 12, 2017

How organizations, corporations, and individuals can now bypass the journalistic filter to take their “owned” messages directly to the public, which, in turn, amplifies them in social media without regard for factual veracity, or worse, with the knowledge that what they’re sharing is purposely misleading. Russia’s Media Trolls (May 2014).

Journalism 28

Journalism Guidelines Government Training 28