Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

At behavioural science agency Lynn PR we have characterised the COVID-19 mental health crisis and the challenges facing mental health provisions in a briefing paper. The UK Government has pledged an extra £2 billion a year to mental health services from 2023 as part of a landmark reform of mental health laws.

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5W PR

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this high-stakes arena, public relations isn’t simply useful when it comes to crisis control. Government agencies with competing priorities, military branches with specific technological needs, private contractors vying for contracts, and a cautious public with varied opinions on the industry.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 13, 2022

Government agencies usually require them. And many PR agencies simply hate them. Most agencies have been burned in the RFP process. Sometimes, it was a case of a sham RFP process, conducted only to leverage the incumbent agency into lower pricing. The Request For Proposal. Purchasing executives love ‘em.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 13, 2018

Wiltshire Council communication chief Laurie Bell told the story of the unfolding Novichok crisis in Salisbury at the CIPR Northern Conference in Newcastle. In March the UK government reported that Novichok, a Russian nerve agent, had been used in a poisoning attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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PRSay

MAY 26, 2020

“The general public became terrorized by media stories about the pandemic,” said Jennifer Smith, APR, Broward Health’s associate vice president of corporate communications. “In The campaign also includes TV spots and messages distributed through government-relations and community-affairs channels.

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Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

It also provides information on key economic indicators, government initiatives, and advice for foreign companies looking to navigate Finland’s media environment. The Government led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has a very ambitious program to balance the State budget and support growth.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Some of the most important and rewarding work I do is in helping the public service sector, be it police agencies, fire departments, cities and municipalities, hospitals, emergency management departments and others, better plan and prepare for a crisis or emergency situation. How to position your agency as a social media influencer.

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Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Pete area, but I’ve worked in agencies, corporations, and my experience spans a variety of industries including academia, banking, government, healthcare, tourism, and utilities. Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

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Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Last month, global thought leaders convened in Davos, Switzerland at the 54 th Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Meeting, bringing industry, academia and government leaders together to discuss the present – and future – of business and society. We can give people agency. has one perspective versus Japan, versus Europe, versus Africa.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

The CIPR, #FuturePRoof, PRCA and Provoke Media have all polled the PR industry throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The freelance PR market shut down in the first week of April as agencies and in-house teams reacted to the markets they serve and cut costs. Google has published a tool to help understand search trends during the crisis.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

Crisis management is something every company needs to implement as part of its business processes. Without a documented plan, how would you handle a crisis? If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. What is a crisis?

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 21, 2020

You need to work hard to find opportunities in a recession, but innovative agencies will always sniff them out. In a recent post I wrote about how to scale an agency out of lockdown. In the agency market there are opportunities that have been created by COVID-19. Agencies exist to provide specialist skills or scale.

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 6, 2022

The energy crisis in the UK has shown the failure of government and oil and gas companies to address societal issues such as the climate crisis and fuel living. Organisational leaders are making challenging daily decisions that have serious, long-term impact on their companies and their communities.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 31, 2020

The outcome of trade talks won’t be known until mid-December Show up and demonstrate leadership - brave organisations will continue to be defined by the crisis Schools are back in the UK this week. Helping organisations operate alongside the virus We’ve become the front line of an organisation’s communication response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But thankfully, our worst fears at the beginning of this crisis have proved to be groundless.,” Talent in flux The human impact of the crisis dominates the responses. Strategic role of PR The strategic role of communications has generally received greater recognition during the crisis. said Ingham. “I

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Reputation Us

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Web3 brings the opportunity for reputation based on participation, allowing you to engage with communities online—and to own/control your consolidated reputation data. The report showed that, as trust in government continues to spiral, there is a greater expectation for businesses to lead the charge. See our blog for more details.).

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NewsWhip

APRIL 14, 2020

We recently had a virtual sit down with Zach Silber from Kivvit to discuss the ways COVID-19 is impacting the PR industry and how agencies’ responsibilities have changed during these last 30 days. Zach is the Chief Innovation Officer at Kivvit, a national data-driven public affairs & strategic communications agency.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Some of the most important and rewarding work I do is in helping the public service sector, be it police agencies, fire departments, cities and municipalities, hospitals, emergency management departments and others, better plan and prepare for a crisis or emergency situation. How to position your agency as a social media influencer.

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PRSay

JULY 14, 2020

Would they be applying for government assistance programs? Here are some of the ways transparency plays a major role, whether you’re a PR or marketing organization, a major conglomerate or a community business: Transparency within your team. How would they plan for the pandemic? What was their business able to withstand?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2020

How will it change PR and communications? Several surveys offer a glimpse into the collective thinking of the public relations community – and that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). About: Ragan surveyed 315 PR professionals across organizations including corporations, agencies, non-profits and government.

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Reputation Us

APRIL 17, 2019

Boggs was also a broadcast buyer for the national advertising agency Hal Riney & Partners. Jennifer Holzapfel-Hanson is a marketing communications writer and editor with more than 20 years of experience working across a variety of industries, with a core background in financial services. Jennifer Holzapfel-Hanson. Content Manager.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. Pay-to-play. “I

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Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

There is a lot of chatter in the events industry around sustainability and how frameworks such as the triple bottom line (TBL) and environmental, social, and governance ( ESG ) factors influence event planning. Investors often use ESG to assess the risk and potential return of an investment. Do Sustainable Events Cost More?

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Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

From a CSR standpoint, consumers are using Twitter to call for governments and corporations to take more action against climate change in what has been dubbed “The Great Restoration”. This seems to follow an overall trend of geo-political discussions on the app – including addressing and discussing the recent Ukraine crisis.

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Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

From a CSR standpoint, consumers are using Twitter to call for governments and corporations to take more action against climate change in what has been dubbed “The Great Restoration”. This seems to follow an overall trend of geo-political discussions on the app – including addressing and discussing the recent Ukraine crisis.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 21, 2015

I was the president and acting CFO at my agency for about seven years; a job that I loved to hate. If you’re in PR, then chances are it’s because the company needs brand awareness, reputation / crisis management, or community, media, financial / analyst or government relations to name a few areas of expertise.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 21, 2015

I was the president and acting CFO at my agency for about seven years; a job that I loved to hate. If you’re in PR, then chances are it’s because the company needs brand awareness, reputation / crisis management, or community, media, financial / analyst or government relations to name a few areas of expertise.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers. The #FuturePRoof community goes from strength-to-strength. If you work in issues and crisis it can be especially acute.

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Solo PR Pro

APRIL 24, 2018

We are delighted to share today's guest post from Solo PR Pro Premium Member, author and crisis communications expert, Doug Levy. . Times and technologies change, but the realities that prompted one of the most famous emergency communications in history remain true today. What communications methods can reach your audience?

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

An accredited public relations professional and educator, Nancy has more than 20 years of experience in media relations, government affairs, community outreach, employee communications, business to business marketing, crisis communications, public participation, and integrated marketing communications.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like the annual JOTW survey , however, most are by contributors or organizations from around the community. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communications roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000. The results? Give our services a try.

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Prohibition

MAY 29, 2021

Lidl will also donate products each quarter to The Simon Community ???? A truly great example of taking a potential crisis in your stride and turning it around. To put this into a little bit of perspective, it was such a bad idea that it even managed to make the UK Government look good in its own response. Packaging update.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 12, 2018

When I started my first communications agency, people asked me for my “elevator speech.” Prior to founding CommunicationsMatch, Locke held senior corporate communications roles at Prudential Financial, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank and founded communications consultancies. Let me provide an example.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

When a crisis hits the news, we are reminded of a valuable lesson: that companies and businesses often have to act fast in order to prevent further damage from taking place. Crisis communications is an important aspect to tackle as a business owner. This guide is written to assist in every aspect of crisis communication.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 2, 2015

A global crisis situation – such as that experienced by VW currently – brings out an ugly side of public relations. Such ‘rules’ reflect their own opinion or a form of ‘received wisdom’ We saw it with Toyota, BP, Thomas Cook, and any other recent crisis of small or large magnitude.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Faces and Markets of PRGN is a series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight. Robust Economy : Hong Kong’s economy is characterized by its low taxation, minimal government intervention, and an established international financial market.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 27, 2015

I enjoy the adrenaline rush of crisis communications. I fell into the PR profession by chance, not choice, as a result of government layoffs. But more seriously, I would say the Canadian Space Agency. a critical thinker– and a quick thinker (particularly during a crisis). Why do you work in PR? an innovator.

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