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Communicators Discuss Challenges for the Asian American & Pacific Islander Community

PRSay

As a Filipina American and member of the PRSA National Diversity & Inclusion Committee, I appreciated that our first webinar addressed what we, the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, have been dealing with since the COVID-19 outbreak began.

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Brands Must Show They Understand and Respect the LGBTQ Community, PRSA Webinar Panelists Say

PRSay

Featuring some of the country’s leading LGBTQ communications professionals, the event covered how PR practitioners can engage with and support the LGBTQ community. Panelist Ben Finzel, president of RENEWPR, spoke about how the Black Lives Matter movement affects the LGBTQ community, especially the Black transgender community. “It

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Celebrating the PR Profession’s LGBTQ Community

PRSay

“Let’s recognize the power of public relations to shape ideas and forge opinion,” said Galloway, vice president of communications for Wells Fargo Bank and chair of the PRSA 2020 International Conference. “PR Increasingly, corporate cultures encourage employees to be their authentic selves.

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2020: The Year That Taught Us Resilience

Offleash

If Charles Dickens were writing “A Tale of Two Cities” in 2020, he might have changed “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” to “it was the worst of times, no really, it was the worst of times.”. We were steadfastly focused on giving back to the community, through our OffleashCARES initiative. By Joanna Kulesa.

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How 2020 Has Highlighted the Importance of Being Open and Honest

PRSay

We’re only halfway through 2020, but the year has already ushered in a once-in-a-century pandemic and a world-altering movement to dismantle systemic racism. So what do the rapid changes of 2020 mean for your organization? For many, it should mean refocusing on the importance of being open and transparent.

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Communicators Can Help Americans Vote in 2020

PRSay

Communicators have “a lot of great partners out there” who can help provide their employees with local voting information, said panelist Kelly Mason, director of corporate communications at Levi Strauss & Co., which is one of many companies giving employees time off to vote.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. Here are the headlines. Issues in practice 1.