Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

The first reason is to acquire a new piece of technology. Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. There are several reasons why one business would acquire another. Did you know?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. It said these deals were bad for customers, bad for employees, and often bad for investors (LPs, not the fund managers). I took a business ethics course when I was studying for my MBA.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Improve internal communications. Learn more: Lobbying Internal Communications (IC) “Strengthening internal communication through various methods, including face-to-face communication, can improve employee engagement and build trust between management and employees.” Driving Employee Engagement.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Shaw, corporate vice president of communications at Microsoft, during the lunchtime keynote session Monday at the 2019 PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Understand the role we play in the world, and technology, asking questions and seeking the truth.”. Employees are your best defense against disinformation,” Shaw said.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

There isn’t a whole lot of coverage about PR technology. Vocus owned or acquired brands like PRWeb, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), iContact, and several lesser-known social media technologies. c) PR Tech Reviews based on my review of the technology (1-2 per year). 2) SocialChorus adds new employee comms products.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. Some of this variety stems from the organizational chart.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. The report provides an international perspective on the challenges facing the PR business. It was published by Leeds Beckett University at the Euprera Congress 2019.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

TVEyes launched podcast monitoring in the fall of 2019 , quickly became a white label partner to Meltwater, Burrelles, Cision and Muck Rack, and today monitors 25,000 podcasts. Social Chorus said it’s redesigning its employee engagement platform FirstUp Studio. Have an interesting announcement from a PR technology vendor?

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2020

In the time since Yount was tapped by the Critical Mention Board of Directors to lead the Company, he has overseen several transformative projects and achievements that resulted in 15 consecutive months of record-breaking new bookings through December of 2019. These milestones included: . Expanded content coverage across the globe.

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PR in High Definition

JULY 31, 2020

Fast forward 850 years… It is alleged that two members of eBay’s executive team sent or forwarded text messages in 2019 suggesting it was time to “take down” a newsletter editor and its publisher, a husband and wife team, and all because they had criticised eBay. How has eBay responded so far?

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 27, 2019

Community teaching and newsjacking tools, Edelman on trust, putting the paid in PESO, a how-to book for 2019, Amazon data driven brands, Instagram marketing offline, and more. Community based learning and the application of technology in learning were strong themes. There are powerful insights for internal and corporate communication.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here’s the monthly PR Tech Sum rounding news and links from the world of PR technology. Now it’s announcing this: SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal have combined to create Firstup, a new company built to reimagine employee connection through transformative workforce communications. Minor notes from the world of PR technology.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2020

Two respondents noted a split structure with internal communications reporting to HR, and external communications reporting through sales. The 2019 edition of the survey had similar findings with 38% of respondents saying they report to the CEO while 35% reported through marketing (click image for higher resolution). What about HR?

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Technology will get smarter, intelligently automating traditionally human-powered activities while adding layers of complexity. Workflows : Internal and external workflows were used to run all marketing campaigns. Unpacking the Challenge: How to Help Marketers Understand & Apply AI. Career paths will evolve.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

I call it the PR technology summary ( PR tech sum ) and here’s what I found over the last 30 days. The press release doesn’t spell out any specific technology initiatives, so it seems this is merely an agreement allowing each business to sell the others’ products. “Q4 Here we go…. The company has raised a total of $66.3

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

One thing is certain, this giant step in the technological revolution is here to stay and only growing more extensive and impactful daily. Content Creation and Curation: AI technologies can assist marketers in creating and curating content. I have been playing in this new field since 2019 and the working model remains the same for now.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It became one of the year’s biggest news stories, one worth exploring in-depth as 2019 concludes. As social media has empowered popular movements, large corporations have learned to react with increasing agility in their communications — and in their internal decision-making. Tip 1: Live your values. In an Oct.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you are striving to build your short list of PR and communications technology vendors, this long but neatly organized list of companies and resources might prove helpful . My last PR tech sum went up in November of last year – and very little in the way of substantive news has happened in the PR technology community since.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Some communicators on Prezly even use this for internal communications. As you build your contacts, this will later help you sort them – i.e. legal reporters that cover law firm technology in Chicago, or marketing reporters that cover startups and martech in Boston. You can send these pitches to a list of reporters, or pitch 1:1.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

Technology and data have supercharged consumer expectations for a personalized, connected experience. But technology isn’t the whole story. And it’s not just the technology we’re excited about. Internal communications and events. The future of marketing is more intelligent and more human. Here’s what it means to you.

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 11, 2024

You have to work, earn money, pay taxes, your taxes, offer fair wages to employees. Just observe the videos shown on international television, if shown at all. It's absurd that in the midst of all this technological and societal revolution, our political system remains unchanged. This is how you contribute the most.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work. Employee communication will continue to be a major focus for many CCOs.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 19, 2018

I was the lowest-ranking employee in Toro’s history to stand before the Board and make strategic recommendations, and this had less to do with how awesome I am – it was mostly attributed to being in the right place at the right time. And what should brands have their eyes on as we head into 2019? What’s a fax machine?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Ageism, the practice of sunsetting experienced pros , has been with us in the work force for many years but today has become a routine practice in technology and many other industries. It could be a part time gig for a task that you can do in a time frame much shorter or at a cost much less than a full time employee.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows. This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. For reference, here’s a list of PR technology companies I’m watching. Give our services a try.

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

But in the end, the truth is that we who do business with this and seriously advise large international companies do our job the same way our colleagues in Germany, France, and the UK do theirs. We were advising them on how to present themselves to the media, to their employees, and to the public. It really is a revolution. Maxim: Yes.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Internally, I’m having less and less of the conversation with my work colleagues defending social as not a free medium. How will you create thumb-stopping social in 2019? In 2019, we’ll see emoji keyboards expand to make it even easier to find relevant emojis for our social media posts and community management.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 11, 2022

I don’t get too excited about private equity money in PR technology. Three in this case — and across international borders in a competitive market with a half-dozen incumbent vendors. And now on to the monthly PR Tech Sum rounding news and links from the world of PR technology. * * *. PE Firm Buys 3 PR Tech Vendors.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: Mr. Galant is the CEO of Muck Rack, which is also one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology. Note: Mr. Martin is the co-founder and COO of OnePitch, which is also one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology. Note: Talkwalker is one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Event dropped from a roughly $16 billion market in 2019 to about $6 billion in 2020, according to a study reviewed by Marketing Charts. Happy employees are the ultimate growth driver. Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster, according to a study by Salesforce.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 6, 2022

As you make decisions around leadership, company culture , technology and innovation for 2021 and beyond, be sure to keep these recognized experts in mind. Leading Technology and Humans Rights Scholar Who Helps AI, Video Game and App Developers Avoid Building Biases into Products. The Advantages of Inclusive Leadership. Smart apps.

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Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Though external factors may seem to conspire to widen the gender gap, women continue to break new ground in fields including artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, healthcare and space technology, serving as crucial role models to anyone facing adversity at work.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

HOWEVER… If you take a closer look at the 2019 list, you quickly realize almost the entire list is made up of agency folks. Although he got his start in the agency world at Weber Shandwick, he quickly moved to the corporate side and joined transportation technology company PeopleNet—now Trimble Transportation — in 2015.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Marketers have poured money into technologies that distribute content, but very little into technologies that help creative. This was buoyed by the rise of “legal operations” and was enabled through process reengineering and technology for improving collaboration, service delivery (including alternatives) and legal spend analytics.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2019

There’s a lot that’s happened over the last month among vendors that make technology for public relations (PR) professionals – and I can’t wait to show you this month’s summary of news from the PR technology community. In January 2019 Cision acquired two more companies – TrendKite and Falcon.io. Though figures for Falcon.io

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PR in High Definition

JUNE 28, 2022

From 2019 to 2021 , print subscription circulations fell by 7%, and single-sale copies by 11%. Internal communications: A company can be offering the best service ever, but if it has eye-wateringly high employee turnover, low workplace satisfaction, and poor reviews on Glassdoor, its reputation is going to be impacted.

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