PRSay

JUNE 7, 2023

But the actual work of reporting — and ensuring that public-facing content is accurately and ethically sourced, as well as factually correct — will be the work of humans for some time to come. As journalists and PR practitioners, now is the time to work with AI and apply it as a creative and productivity tool — without fearing the future.

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PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

In public relations, generative AI has the potential to automate routine tasks such as writing press releases, social media posts and email pitches, thus allowing practitioners to focus on strategic, big-picture work. Many PR agencies and departments are already using generative-AI tools to improve their efficiency and productivity.

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We talk about being an agency for change makers. I’ve been an agency guy pretty much my entire professional life. Inkhouse is the fourth agency I’ve been at and I dare say my favorite one. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? We have a responsibility to use data ethically.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

Entering proprietary information into a database not under client or agency control breaks that trust — and could have legal ramifications. How we don’t: to write press releases, talking points or other materials that are not already in the public domain. How we use it: with an eye toward our firm’s ethical standards.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

Entering proprietary information into a database not under client or agency control breaks that trust — and could have legal ramifications. How we don’t: to write press releases, talking points or other materials that are not already in the public domain. How we use it: with an eye toward our firm’s ethical standards.

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Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

AI tinkering and experimentation The approach to AI by public relations agencies and communication teams has been tinkering and experimentation. It’s an insight both in terms of the reputational impact to individuals and organisations, and the threat to creative and professional work. The results are equally surprising and terrifying.

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Offleash

JULY 19, 2023

I’m not attempting to (age myself or) minimize the actual risks and important ethical questions surrounding this next wave of AI. While AI can automate, streamline, and improve the work we do, it can’t bring the same level of creativity, intuition, and certainly not the relationships (putting the “relations” into public relations.)

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2023, “AI has become a huge topic,” said Chris Perry, chair of Weber Shandwick Futures , the communication firm’s research and development lab that seeks to help PR agencies and their clients adapt to the major changes that artificial intelligence is causing. PR professionals “can’t sit around and talk about generative AI,” Perry said.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Redundancies, business transformation, remote working, and juggling work with homeschooling, has seen many employees swap their agency or in-house jobs for the freelance world or even take career breaks. Jules Herd Like many other sectors, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the communications industry.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started PR 20/20 in November 2005 out of a spare bedroom in my Cleveland home with a $25,000 loan and a belief that there was a better way to build an agency. Fueled by a mix of youthful exuberance, adrenaline and caffeine, I set out to redefine the marketing agency model with a focus on standardized services and value-based pricing.

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Financial Conference Agency Resources 98

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By By the way, the WSJ reporter on that byline used to write for PRWeek). So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? Sound familiar?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations. But just 2% said “always.”.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 10, 2022

LCI is a strategic, disciplined and effective communications agency. Whether you are starting out your career in PR or trying to move your career to the next level (or several levels), LCI is a great place to hone your skills, get exposure to a wide variety of communications activities and be part of a smart and creative team.

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While studying journalism at UW Madison, Bob started out working as a student state reporter and had the opportunity to interview and write about several big-time politicians. “I I did end up writing an article about him speaking in Milwaukee. I know you're not supposed to do that.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 23, 2024

To build meaningful relationships, consumers often prioritize brands that are aligned with their ethical standards , cultural perspectives, and other components. Your human creative teams can then use the outcomes of this to influence how they create more relevant and impactful materials.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Media ethics forbid this, but advertising packages often come with editorial opportunities, access to journalists, or advertorials. Do you completely disagree and believe journalism ethics are alive and well today? Paid stories disguised as editorial. With the media, succeeding in a pay-to-play world means two things. Let me know.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

AI algorithms are now generating personalized product recommendations, creating automated email campaigns , and even helping to research and write articles or social media posts. But, as AI technology advances and evolves even further, knowing how to use it properly (and ethically) becomes even more critical.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 12, 2016

A wave of mild panic is sweeping over public relations agencies all over the land this week as this year’s crop of summer interns prepares to go back to school. When one summer’s team of interns banded together and came to ask if they could write a new business plan for a potential account, we didn’t hesitate.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started PR 20/20 in November 2005 out of a spare bedroom in my Cleveland home with a $25,000 loan and a belief that there was a better way to build an agency. Fueled by a mix of youthful exuberance, adrenaline and caffeine, I set out to redefine the marketing agency model with a focus on standardized services and value-based pricing.

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Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. Re-writing the AI draft “We’ll spend more time rewriting ChatGPT’s draft press releases, and less time finding relevant topics, reporters… thanks to it as well.” There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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Karen Freberg

JANUARY 18, 2021

There have been some concerns around Clubhouse as a whole related to moderation and bullying (as Taylor Lorenz has reported on ) other items that have been reported, so providing students with a window exploring the best professional and ethical practices on using the app strategically could be a great exercise. Also, privacy (ex.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Of course, I couldn’t write a post like this without nominating a couple people myself! In the span of five years, Tess has excelled in marketing, communications, production, and business development roles in agencies, on the client side, and with non-profits. They had to be younger than 30. And, they had to work in Minnesota.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I can turn an amateur into a professional in a few months, but I can turn us into a lazy hard-working or intriguing team player. -Did agencies stop working because of the coronavirus? The Bulgarian Association of Communication Agencies expects a 10% decline in the advertising market for 2020. Well, for sure.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nine entrepreneurs talk about the agencies they’ve launched during the pandemic. I caught up with nine agency founders who have started their businesses during the COVID-19 crisis to talk about their proposition, motivation and the lessons that they’d share with others thinking of doing the same. I wish them all good luck.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 10, 2011

As one great article I read recently from IABC described it, the future communicator must be able to think both creatively and strategically. Funnily enough, they called this the “creative strategist.&#. The fact remains, whether new media or old, you must learn and know how to write content that connects with your communities.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2022

. “Being an educator keeps me on my toes and forces me to know the latest trends, tips and techniques for working in communications,” says Kristie Aylett , APR, Fellow PRSA and agency principal with The KARD Group PR/Marketing. My first adjunct position was at Texas Christian University, teaching PR Writing.

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The Hoffman Agency

JULY 8, 2019

To write such realistic descriptions, you’d think he had traveled there himself, the same as Joseph Conrad traveled on the Congo River before writing Heart of Darkness. A novelist exploited by his editors, who forced him to write non-stop until, poor and exhausted, he took his own life on April 25, 1911. Data knows best.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

News & World Report recently ranked public relations specialists #4 for Best Creative and Media Jobs in its 2019 ranking of best jobs. It was a natural transition since they already knew how to write appealing pieces and had established relationships with other colleagues in the media.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

The ethical implications are incredible – and maybe too are the dangers. Does your B2B PR machine bring creative ideas? That’s my takeaway from an agency view piece for AdAge called How to Not Lose Your Marketing Job to a Machine. In the creative domain, humans still dominate. I call that the frequency hop phenomenon.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2016

And let’s not think about ethics – or social justice – or worry about feminism, when clearly all women are bothered about is bread. Take the “jilted bride” – a former PR executive – who “quit her job, sold her house…” and has a blog, is writing a novel, is shortlisted in the Top 10 Best Travel Blogs!

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Tackling fake news and disinformation: an ethical issue that strikes at the heart of practice 6. It’s impossible to keep coming up with creative ideas to reach and resonate with audiences who are not represented by a PR team. Bold creative and excellent campaigns cannot be delivered by an organisation with a sick culture.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

There is no better blogger writing about website strategy. At the moment, he’s focussing on influencer marketing and I am learning a lot from a series of posts he’s writing. Makes me tired even thinking about this bloke’s work ethic. There are so many gems in his writing. And I love well-designed things.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 21, 2023

I recently read how Cision created a code of ethics for AI development and I wanted to have him on to talk about it. Ant discusses a number of important issues, including: Cision’s AI ethics policy The ethics implications of the use of AI in public relations How much human agency do we require in public relations?

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

And that's why I decided to write this book because I saw these huge changes happening in our business. And that's why I decided to write the book "The Global PR Revolution.” And I used to put 5-6 sheets of paper on it and write down news about the neighborhood. Host: And what did you write then, do you remember?

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Courtney is the director of Allen Hall PR our student run public relations agency at the University of Oregon and the president of the American Women in Sports Media chapter. She’s a Clark Honors College student and is writing her senior thesis on the lack of women in sports information director roles in the NCAA.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

Meanwhile, I was also learning the news I was writing. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. We were going to the media, and the media was writing so we could reach the targets. So, what made you write this book? Maxim: It came naturally.

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