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From Crisis Point to Turning Point

Maxim Behar

Nothing proves this point better than the giant scandal that shocked the UK, South Africa, and the entire global PR community, culminating in September 2017, just as I started and restarted this book: the Bell Pottinger case. Ten years ago, my definition of PR had more to do with “telling the truth in such a way that people will like it.”

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How To Use Hashtags More Effectively in 2016

Cision

These are the obvious places for hashtags: platforms where the community uses hashtags as a means to organize information. This may not be true for Instagram, where multiple hashtags are often used and add more thorough context to posted images. Sites like Facebook and LinkedIn don’t share this utility with the others.

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Firefly braves the cold at Byte Night 2016

PR in High Definition

Instead, we were delighted to join the Action for Children team and many, many others in raising money to help end youth homeless at Byte Night 2016. We’ve have been honoured to help with media relations for Byte Night this year, working to raise awareness amongst the technology community, who have long been staunch supporters of the cause.

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5 Easy Tips for Learning in Not So Obvious Places

Deirdre Breakenridge

One definition she offers is “traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods.”. Each one comes with a definition and sometimes an example showing how the word is used. You could tell yourself you’ll look them up later or you may grab your smartphone to find out the meanings.

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#measurePR Recap (April 2016): Influencer Marketing

Waxing UnLyrical

They included: Gini Dietrich , CEO of Arment Dietrich and queen creator of the popular Spin Sucks blog community; Founder of the influencer marketing platform Traackr (my client), Pierre-Loic Assayag (my friend!); Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) April 14, 2016. I’m definitely not exaggerating when I say this chat was E-P-I-C.

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Convert Followers With Content: Q&A With Joe Pulizzi

Cision

The best content creators – and Joe is definitely one of them – are acutely aware of what an audience wants and needs even before they realize it. A: This community around content marketing was just beginning to boom, and there was a great need for them to meet face-to-face. In 2016, we’ll have over 4,000.

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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

The most difficult ethical challenge for me occurred following the Pulse nightclub tragedy in 2016. I was working for Orange County government and I led the communications team through a nightmare week. It was definitely something that no one ever wants to go through, and it definitely is a career mark for me.

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