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3 Steps to a Data-Driven Internal Communications Plan in 2021

PRSay

As you think about your internal communications plans for 2021, you must first recognize the challenges and changes that occurred in 2020. While this is not always possible due to resources, you might try teaming internal communicators up to examine each other’s area of control. Nobody plans to fail. They just fail to plan.

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Too Many Priorities: The 10 Top Communications Challenges Facing PR in 2021

Sword and the Script

By the looks of the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey results, that’s never been truer than today. Below are the top PR challenges in 2021, according to the survey: 40% said too many priorities. Those who are responsible for both internal and external communications must be absolutely overwhelmed,” she wrote.

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No Going Back After COVID — Communications Trends for 2021

PRSay

The effects will be felt this year and beyond and fuel the10company’s top 10 2021 communications trends, each with significant implications for companies and executives: 1. Internal communication goes beyond the employee. Instilling trust is the 2021 challenge. Empathy is essential. Can we trust each other?

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Internal communication critical to business transformation

Stephen Waddington

New research supports the assertion that internal communication has been critical to helping organisations transform during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal communication and how organisations engage employees is a critical factor in successful transformation projects. It has been at the core of organisational change.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Originally Published August 23, 2017; Updated August 9, 2021 ; Updated November 2023 PR is always evolving. Internal Communications Internal communications are crucial in determining how things are accomplished in any organization. To achieve the desired results, a strong thought leadership strategy from the outset is crucial.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Communications Executives on Building and Protecting Trust

PRSay

11 titled “Building Trust in a Distrustful Age” during PRSA’s ICON 2021. Panelist Aaron Sherinian is vice president, global communications transformation, for Philip Morris International, a company making a pivot to a smoke-free future. Philip Morris International has learned from faith traditions and institutions, Sherinian said.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Yamiche Alcindor on Telling Stories and Building Trust

PRSay

Yamiche Alcindor began her General Session during ICON 2021 on Oct. In a wide-ranging talk that PRSA Chair Michelle Olson, APR, hosted, Alcindor went on to say that 2020 and 2021 have been awful — “globally, nationally, personally, full stop.”. Secretary of State who died on this day at age 84. “He