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How corporate IT is actually killing employee communications

Communications Conversations

As a polite reminder, it is the year 2014. But here’s the thing: When your employees go home at night, what programs and platforms are they using? . * A wealth of apps on phones that allow these employees to do everything from bank to make travel reservations to buy clothing with just a few simple clicks.

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Joyful Workplaces: The Surprising Edge Happiness Gives to Your Business

Stern + Associates

Organizational leaders are increasingly recognizing that employee happiness is an important goal,” says Elizabeth Dunn, Ph.D., An Enduring Organizational Resource: Social Connections at Work According to Dunn, one of the main keys to unlocking employee happiness is to build a sense of connection with colleagues.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Qualified employees are scarce, and companies recognize that they need to be seen as great places to work and thrive as well as strong brands. But it’s employee retention and engagement that will take priority.

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How Your CEO Can Save Your Company?s Image

Critical Mention

million fake bank and credit accounts had been falsely created by employees. The company said its unrealistic sales goals for its employees encouraged unauthorized bill pay and new bank accounts. There’ve been numerous PR scandals that have rocked Uber since 2014, many of them surrounding former CEO Travis Kalanick.

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State of Social Media 2Q 2015: LinkedIn Resumes Its Dominance

Shift Communications

LinkedIn continues its steady growth to 380 million users; since its divergence from Twitter in Q2 of 2014, LinkedIn has continued to outgrow Twitter and is near parity with Instagram’s audience size. Let’s see how the dark horse raced in Q2.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR . 2) April 7, 2014: Vocus. 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision. 2b) September 8, 2014: Outmarket. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies. 3a) October 14, 2014: Cision Name with Vocus Technology. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana. Sources: Crunchbase , DM News ).

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Will humans have to re-write AI’s draft of history? 42 marketing and communications predictions for 2024

Sword and the Script

PR still builds trust “Authentic customer testimonials, peer and employee reviews will increase in importance in 2024. To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content.

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