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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. In other words, companies that have a member of their board with marketing experience yield higher shareholder returns.

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Behind the Headlines With National Journal President Kevin Turpin

Cision

Building an effective communication strategy is the key difference between companies that are successful and those that aren’t. Kevin Turpin, president at the National Journal, details his vision for the company with a focus on innovation and creativity. National Journal was the perfect fit for that criteria.

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Just Like Bad PR, There’s Bad Journalism Out There

Ishmael's Corner

Which brings me to a recent episode of bad journalism, a USA Today feature with the headline, “7 Companies Outspend Apple on Innovation,” by Matt Krantz. After all, it stands to reason that the most innovative company in the world must spend on R&D accordingly. Naturally, I feel such fear is misplaced.

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Glassdoor reviews as a signal of corporate misconduct

Stephen Waddington

Company reviews posted by employees are an indicator of the cultural health of an organisation. However, new research set to be published in the journal Management Science suggests that Glassdoor posts are a good early warning sign of a sick culture and corporate bad behaviour.

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Don’t Overlook Your Office Neighbors: The Importance of Building Internal Relationships

Deirdre Breakenridge

The senior executives pointed out that building relationships with colleagues inside your company or organization is similar to building friendships. While this requires a huge time investment, many of these relationships can be built while working together on cross-departmental projects for the company or organization. and Trager, R.

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How Condé Nast Italia uses NewsWhip’s real-time data to spot trends and engage audiences

NewsWhip

Social media has become a huge part of digital journalism — something which Condé Nast’s Roberta Cianetti knows all too well. Condé Nast is a global media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social brands. Trend spotting in journalism. The challenges facing digital media.

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Flawed Dot Connecting from Washington Post Correlates Rise of PR to the Fall of Journalism

Ishmael's Corner

You can see this mentality implied in the introduction to the 2013 State of the Media from Pew reflecting on the previous year. “In In 2012, a continued erosion of news reporting resources converged with growing opportunities for those in politics, government agencies, companies and others to take their messages directly to the public.”.