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Who Were The PR Winners And Losers of 2017?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yes, 2017 feels like a lifetime ago, given our breakneck news cycle, but there were plenty of public relations lessons over the year for big brands and business categories. 2017 was like a charmed year for the digital commerce giant. For the MSM, 2017 was filled with ups and downs. The Winners. Mainstream media. The Losers.

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Privacy isn’t necessarily a good thing

Stephen Waddington

While that may be good for personal privacy, it’s a threat to public conversation. Facebook’s big play at its F8 developer conference this year was privacy. Personal privacy and security strikes at the core of Facebook’s proposition. Whatever your view of personal privacy it’s hard to argue that this is a good thing.

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Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data

PRSay

Analyzing this tension in an October 2017 article on Forbes.com, Kalev H. Revelations about Cambridge Analytica arrive at a time when organizations are already making privacy changes to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect on May 25. Facebook has also updated its privacy policies.

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PRSA 2017–2019 Strategic Plan: “Framework for the Future,”

PRSay

Big data offers insights that enable customization and pose new cyber security and privacy issues. Grounded in these accomplishments, we build the PRSA 2017–2019 Strategic Plan, “Framework for the Future,” on a strong foundation, and focus on a more strategic future. Jane Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA, chair of the Society for 2017.

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Has Apple Lost Its PR Magic?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The charging pad was originally announced in September 2017 and scheduled for sale last year. To compound matters, Apple started 2019 with another type of stumble – in data privacy, where it has worked hard to build a reputation as a champion for consumers while Facebook suffers one scandal another over its handling of user data.

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When The CEO Should Be The PR Spokesperson

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For those who said they did plan to speak publicly about issues, the most pressing topics named were data privacy, healthcare, and diversity and inclusion. That was what happened when Dara Khosrowshahi was installed as CEO of Uber in 2017. To announce a new strategy. It’s not always about crisis management.

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Why Millennials Won’t Unplug From Facebook

PRSay

But Facebook use isn’t just about chatting and scrolling through news feeds — a 2017 poll from LendEDU found that 40 percent of millennials rely on Facebook as their primary news source, compared with 16 percent who get their news from Twitter and 4 percent who use Instagram. .'” Millennials are apathetic about digital privacy.

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