Stephen Waddington

JUNE 29, 2021

Our COVID-19 UK Public Relations report has kickstarted a series of industry conversations about what drives innovation in communication and professional services. A discussion in The House of Marketing, Media and PR community of practice suggested that R&D tax relief credits provided a direct intervention for established companies.

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Karen Freberg

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I thought this was pretty cool to see, and I do believe Adobe is the first to do something like this in the space of digital literacy and creativity. There were lots of activations present at the Community Pavilion as well – including one with the new Terminator Movie coming out. Insights on social media from speakers.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 7, 2023

This month’s PR technology summary includes: Cision partners with video ad network Captivate; Q4 enhances investor relations CRM software; Updates from Notified, and Earnings from Meltwater and Q4; PR tech people on the move and more. Isentia “appointed Rainer Rhedey as chief technology officer,” Mumbrella reported. “In

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Mark My Words

JANUARY 14, 2021

‘We do this through our non-profit work within Archewell Foundation 501(c)(3), in addition to creative activations through the business verticals of audio and production.’ ‘It’s a place where compassion matters, communities gather, and storytelling is the engine.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

AI is among the fastest-growing marketing trends, with 80 percent of marketers predicting in 2016 that AI would revolutionize marketing by 2020. Creative skills (26%). Where humans outperform AI: Creative thinking (70%). Community building (27%). The time to better understand AI’s relationship with marketing is now.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fabric Academy is a digital learning and development community founded by entrepreneur Lisa Eaton. Lisa Eaton is the founder and managing director of Unwritten , a strategic communication agency based in the North of England. How has Unwritten managed the creative process during lockdown? Lisa launched Fabric during lockdown.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you. Companies should be investing in the story behind their quarterly or annual results to resonate with the investment community and positively influence valuation.”

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 18, 2020

I’ve become irrationally irritated by the bakers, creatives, gardeners, homeschoolers and language learners posting motivational content around the internet. If this happened in 2020 it wouldn’t attract a murmur of attention let alone become an international news story and clock up 40 million YouTube views. Please come and join us.

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wiredPRworks

JUNE 10, 2020

But, 2020 is different. One 2020 upgrade: attendees can post audio and video comments using the Yappa Commenting Tool, which could be a cool add-on to other virtual events and conference meetings. Here’s the Summer Game Event Schedule: All E3 2020 Replacement Conference Times. Disclosure: My two boys are skateboarders.

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Stern + Associates

APRIL 13, 2023

Sustainability as a Fulcrum for Corporate Innovation Driving innovation for organic growth is always challenging for companies, says Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson, author of the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year, “ Reimagining Capitalism in a World On Fire ” (2020). Unfortunately, says Steven E.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here’s this month’s summary of the news from the vendor community this month. Recapping recent activity Meltwater quietly went IPO in late 2020, raising $400 million. The company sells services and was using proprietary technology to assist in the delivery of those services. The company raised $6.2

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Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A trade-off mindset between the four domains of life ­– work, family, community and self (mind, body and spirit) – prevents us from leading and performing as effectively as we would like. Put People First to Unlock Innovation, Creativity – and Higher Profits. Going Beyond Work/Life Balance for True Mental Health.

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PR 20/20

APRIL 1, 2021

That led me to launch Marketing AI Institute in 2016, create the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON) in 2019, and, most recently, introduce AI Academy for Marketers in 2020. Think about how rapidly technology has evolved over the last two decades. This technological revolution is unstoppable. The Rate of Change is Accelerating.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 is still uneven in communities across the country and around the world. Brands are showing up in unprecedented ways to support their employees, customers and communities. If you can, find a way to give back — and rally your community to do the same. In the U.S., Source: Instagram.

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Its annual ICON conference is your opportunity to develop your skills, share ideas, learn fresh ways to grow yourself and your business, all while immersing yourself in a fostered community of professionals and resources that can enhance career knowledge. For independent practitioners like us, there’s PRSA’s Counselors Academy Section.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 14, 2020

By 2020, some 87% of all vehicles in the U.S. She’s a former colleague and friend and currently heads communications for the Auto Care Association. She’s my guest on this first edition of the Off Script Q&A series of 2020. 2) What are the key communications challenges facing the organization?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cultivating diverse teams and fostering inclusive workplaces encourages creativity, innovation, and empathy and enhances an organization’s productivity and competitive edge. From an ethical vantage point, inclusion is an acknowledgment of every individual’s inherent dignity and worth, irrespective of their abilities.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. In 2020 I think we will see analytics playing a bigger role in helping teams become more proactive in their approach with customers and less reactive. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Cori Pearce | ChurnZero.

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PR 20/20

JULY 24, 2019

As marketers, we’re obsessed with trends and technologies that make us more efficient, drive better campaign results and simplify performance reporting. So, what if you could gain access to technologies that would make your day to day better? AI-powered technology is in its infancy. Marketing AI technologies are no different.

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Scott Public Relations

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It requires tremendous effort in planning, creativity, and execution, and even then your efforts are always subject to events. In fact, it’s estimated that 80% of content will be videos as soon as 2020. Sign up to receive our monthly advice on healthcare, insurance and technology PR: Scott Public Relations.

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Karen Freberg

JUNE 24, 2019

This past week attending and working at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was one of the most rewarding, inspiring, and educational professional and personal experiences I have ever had. We had an exclusive talk by Nick Law, Creative Director at Publicis as well for the Educators Summit. How cool is that?!

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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. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. I see a few things.

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Karen Freberg

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Great colleagues, students, community, school, and area. This decade allowed me to fine tune, evaluate, and creatively execute assignments and opportunities for my students over the years with some amazing clients, such as The Louisville Bats, The Breeders’ Cup, and most recently Facebook. Freberg 2.0 (Mom Stay tuned!

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 13, 2021

Over the past year COVID has caused many companies and organizations to take a major pivot from holding in-person conferences, symposiums and events at venues across the country and world to creatively working to conduct those same conferences, symposiums and events online to virtual audiences across the globe. Times have certainly changed.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2022

Debra Bethard-Caplick (DBC): Adjunct Instructor, Loyola University School of Communications since January 2020. Courses taught: Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Communications Ethics, Media Relations, Campaigns (graduate program). DePaul University College of Communications, 2011 – 2022.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Social Media has become a powerful tool for communicating directly with consumers and engaging them with targeted content and creative contests. While some fear new technology and its influence on the world of PR, others embrace it. The top 11 crises of 2020. The Top Ten PR Crises of 2021.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. There’s a lot of opportunity, particularly on LinkedIn, to experiment with creative, educational and interesting content that keeps people on platform. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

This means my last summary of PR tech news was in early June – and in the eight weeks since, there’s been a number of annucments from the solution provider community. The PR software community has taken note and they are responding. I wrote a product briefing on the Notified PR platform in 2020 – and an update in March of 2023.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Ageism: The Pause that Perplexes Patti Temple Rocks and Scott Monty Opine on the "Agedemic" at the PRSA Silicon Valley Friday Forum on November 20, 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.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

The study projects that by 2020, podcast revenue will top $650 million.”. Host Kerry O’Shea Gorgone – who always sounds like she’s smiling – has recently interviewed marketers on topics including brands, metrics, personalization, content marketing, and even, occasionally, the value of creative in marketing. daily | ~15 minutes).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

billion in 2020. Read more: The Top 10 Communications Challenges in 2022: It’s not the Budget it’s the Clutter. Companies should be investing in the story behind their quarterly or annual results to resonate with the investment community and positively influence valuation.”. 66% said conferences (including virtual).

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Following the 2020 pandemic, 2021 continued to surprise us in both good and bad ways. Communicating will always be important, but now more than ever taking a role as communicators and advisers being conciliators, raising values such as the ability to listen to the other, the value for the environment and respect for the communities.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

Over 2,400 years later, technology, science, and medicine have evolved exponentially, but many words in the oath are still remarkably relevant: “I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug. Methodology.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Over 2,400 years later, technology, science, and medicine have evolved exponentially, but many words in the oath are still remarkably relevant: “I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug. Methodology.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

However, in 2020, citing concerns over access to user data, the Trump administration deemed the Chinese-owned app a national security threat and sought to force a sale of its U.S. In October 2020, Ocean Spray received an unexpected boost from a user-generated TikTok video. We embrace creativity. After its U.S. operations to U.S.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve used some of the noisiest conversations in our community of practice as our guide. Artificial intelligence - The UK Government’s National AI strategy outlines a plan to invest in the AI ecosystem, to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy, and to ensure the governance of technologies. You’d be welcome to join us.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In an era of ‘fake news,’ is more important than ever for organizations to be honest and transparent in direct everyday communications with employees, investors, customers, and communities, whether that communication is person to person, through social and PR content, or with traditional media.”. – Colleen Martell | Martell Communications.

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