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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Social media breakup.

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Conference Recap: Microsoft’s Frank X. Shaw on Thriving in the Next Communications Age

PRSay

Shaw, corporate vice president of communications at Microsoft, during the lunchtime keynote session Monday at the 2019 PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Digital and social media have created an experience that’s like “pumping static into a room. Storytelling. “In How do we want to be defined as a profession? “We

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The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros

Sword and the Script

Karen Swim , PR, Marketing and Social Media Consultant, Words For Hire , LLC and President of Solo PR Pro. Respondents identified the top comms challenges as 1) cutting through the noise (35%); 2) too many priorities (31%); and 3) lack of employee experience (25%). Owned media is the top area of emphasis.

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Your Attention Is Your Superpower. Learn How To Get It Back

Stern + Associates

According to award-winning author Johann Hari , the causes range from our devices, email and social media to even the air we breathe. One of the solutions for regaining attention at work is for employees to feel connected to the meaning in their work. Attention is deeply connected to meaning.

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Diversity training for brands is no longer a “nice to have,” it’s crucial

NewsWhip

To recap, in 2019, both Gucci and Prada were in hot water for designs that evoked blackface. Engagements to major racially-charged crises in 2019. The first six months of 2019 saw Gucci, Katy Perry, and Prada brush with blackface in their designs, and just in time for Black History Month, Adidas served up an all-white shoe.

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Wake of the Pandemic: Businesses Value the Role of PR and Communications More than Ever [Survey]

Sword and the Script

When asked about specific functions, respondents overwhelmingly said employee communications (93%) grew in importance compared to pre-pandemic times. Those contributors are: Karen Swim , PR, Marketing and Social Media Consultant, Words For Hire , LLC and President of Solo PR Pro. Blog: What Does “Storytelling” Mean to You?

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

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.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”.

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