Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2022

The volume of comms work has grown and changed, according to the 482 respondents to the fifth annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey, which is being released today. ” In open-ended comments, respondents cite digital, internal comms and a greater focus on comms by leadership as among the underlying reasons. When asked, “Why?”

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Our job descriptions tells us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D. For the sake of creating a comprehensive list of all the tasks today’s PR and communications teams are responsible for, we’ve compiled a list of 20 responsibilities or areas of focus.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 27, 2023

Before creating any kind of communications strategy, you must understand the current sentiment of your workforce. Step 2: Crafting an employee advocacy programme All employees will have influence – when it comes to where to place your efforts, it really depends on your communication goal. Step 3: How do you measure up?

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5W PR

OCTOBER 9, 2023

However, effectively engaging in international public relations requires a strategic approach that considers cultural nuances, local preferences, and diverse media landscapes. Cultural sensitivity Culture plays a significant role in shaping beauty standards, preferences, and communication norms.

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Ethical Voices

JULY 31, 2023

I’m a multicultural communication strategist. I also consider myself a storyteller at heart. I also provide guidance in general as to how to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusion values into all the work we do as marketers and communicators. This is what I love doing, telling stories. I have an example.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

The COVID-19 Communications Advisory Panel report sets out critical skills for practitioners as society learns to live with COVID-19. I worked as part of a team of professional marketing and communications associations on behalf of the Government Communication Service at the outset of the crisis.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 13, 2022

Listen in as Allan Schoenberg, Chief Communications Officer at Vinson & Elkins, shares lessons from his job as a top communicator and his passion for running to help you enjoy your job more, stress less, and keep running in the race we call social media marketing. Does managing social media sometimes feel like running a marathon?

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. 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.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new book describes the extraordinary achievements of NHS communication practitioners during the COVID-19 crisis. The impact of COVID-19 on NHS comms documents the scale of the challenge faced by professional NHS communicators since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. COVID-19 has driven the adoption of technology.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 24, 2018

The great Brian Solis, who I had the pleasure of seeing live in 2013 as keynote speaker at the PRSA’s International Conference, recently published this article on LinkedIn about creative storytelling. Solis says that 550,000 LinkedIn members describe themselves as storytellers. Are you one of them?

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Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Landis Communications’ president Sean Dowdall appeared on the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) podcast to discuss how he runs the agency as a values-aligned company. The Tribes’ goal was for their community to succeed by leading with their values. My parents supported tribal growth and success.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 28, 2020

She also gave a presentation on storytelling at Tuesday morning’s General Session, with a peek behind the scenes of the country songwriting business in Nashville and an introduction to an a cappella performance by Nashville-based recording artist Alison Russell. Storytelling is an essential aspect of being human and becoming humane.

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Landis PR

JULY 25, 2022

Public-private partnerships, like last year’s opening of a new behavioral health center serving vulnerable communities in San Francisco. This one involved client PRC , along with the Mayor of San Francisco and partners The Salvation Army and Tipping Point Community foundation. How best to structure and navigate these partner endeavors?

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PRSay

AUGUST 12, 2016

For those who work in sports and entertainment PR, there are many areas of our practices we should be evaluating from how we pitch media in the social media era, to crafting captivating press releases, packaging media stories and effectively communicating our messages to the right audiences in real time.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A few additional thoughts from Landis Communications. Storytelling value is created when companies embark on new sustainability practices or can share the results of sustainable development. The press will look beyond initiatives and internal communications. Sustainability done right can increase your bottom line.

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The Hoffman Agency

JULY 23, 2020

By Samantha Spitz, Intern. in Journalism and a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications. I chose to study journalism because I have a passion for storytelling and a desire to constantly learn more. Graduating from college has generated a whirlwind of emotions.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2017

When a client is in a position to make fast decisions, they get more done and maximize the PR investment, whether there’s an outside agency team involved or an internal expert. They’re part of the community. The post When A Small Business Has A Big (PR) Advantage appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Engage PR

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Engage has written more than 100 shortlisted businesses award entries for clients at local, national and international level. The key is clarity in your storytelling message. Facts, figures and third-party approved testimonials also form an essential element of the storytelling process. We can help. james@engagepr.co.uk.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

By Avni Gupta, Intern. Picture this: a recent college graduate with a passion for storytelling and flair for writing searching for a job amid a global pandemic. Enter me: an intern at The Hoffman Agency, ready to dive deep into the world of media relations and social media for AI, robotics and semiconductors.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. When communications is too tied to marketing, it is more difficult to keep a pulse on the broader business,” wrote Tammy L. 8) “Consult, coach, teach.”.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 20, 2022

Each edition covers the modern approaches for highly effective public relations, marketing, and customer communications—all at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising. Thanks to David for leading the way to innovation in marketing, PR, and communications. Storytelling success stories. Future trends in marketing and PR.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 11, 2021

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. Keri Tomsic, Strategic Communications Consultant & Owner, T Squared Communications, LLC. Optimistically, I look to a bright future for strategic communicators. As we near the end of this year, there is a spotlight shining on communicators and our work.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 24, 2018

The path to gaining a following and making an impact on the community is a little different for everybody. I was one of those kids in high school who learned about PR and communications, then went to college and just started doing it after I graduated. There is no prescriptive formula for becoming a PR influencer.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. But, it takes strategic insight and smart planning to communicate a brand’s history well. Legos' Corporate History Video.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 3, 2022

The study determined that the role of the public relations function is to provide an effective two-way channel of communication between a corporation and its stakeholders, notably management and the public. Rhetorical devices such as framing, messaging, and storytelling are applied within practice as means of communication and engagement.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 28, 2018

I am the Senior Corporate Communications Manager for both teams, which means I handle all “off court” communications. I went to school wanting to be a sports reporter and interned at NFL Network, FOX Sports North and KABC-TV in LA in their sports department primarily covering the Lakers. It feels great.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

If you’re in PR and communications, here are five quick and easy ways to show your colleagues, peers and industry professionals that you’re thankful. She was asking me about different careers in PR … what type of PR would suit her best and whether she should pursue agency or in-house communications work. The Shout-Out.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 23, 2022

Talk about your LinkedIn networking experiences on your blog and in your marketing communications and make your LinkedIn site [www.linkedin.com/in/yourname] as prominent as your home page URL in all communications. Barbara is an international trends speaker, digital marketing advisor, and sales leadership guide.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2021

As part of the PRSA Storytellers series , Tony Sclafani, the Javits Center’s senior vice president and chief communications officer, spoke to PRSA Publications Director John Elsasser. We view the building as a New York City community partner. Today, it’s a vaccination site. Should I use what’s in the email?” We remember stories.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Storytelling, while central to PR strategies, is a delicate process. Dan Gregory, vice president of Susan Davis International, knows the importance of representing your client well and telling their story accurately. It is also an almost primitive way of communicating compared to most of today’s PR strategies.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

As you can imagine, this increased demand is driving up airfares on most routes, with ticket prices for international flights increasing by more than 30%. According to AAA data , Europe and Canada are the most popular international destinations. They are up more than 300% over last year.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 18, 2022

By Lisa Bonatz, Intern. At that moment, I knew my life purpose: leveraging my skill for creative storytelling to make astounding scientific innovations approachable and interesting. When I heard The Hoffman Agency present on leveraging storytelling to elevate technology clients, I felt that I had finally had my direction.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2019

Fortunately for the public relations community, her subsequent experiences in education and internships persuaded her instead to pursue a career in PR. Today, she’s the vice president of Communications for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). She says her career aspiration, at the time, was to be a video jockey for MTV.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

After graduating college many moons ago, I moved to California as a journalist working for International Data Group (IDG). This is a company that sits at the intersection of the things I love: software, media, marketing, communications, and journalism. The following is a post from Cision’s new Chief Marketing Officer, Chris Lynch.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

I wonder how these schools “covered” this game from a news, storytelling and social media perspective. I grabbed coffee with Kate a couple weeks ago to talk about the game and how they approached it from a storytelling and social media perspective. I also think we benefitted from the love our community has for the Twins.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 17, 2018

We do it through a combination in-house developed software and good old-fashioned storytelling and journalistic skills. We’ve been helping Asda’s PR team with a strategic programme to showcase the uniquely warm relationship between Asda colleagues and customers – and Asda stores’ commitment to make a difference in their local communities.

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