The Stalwart Blog

MARCH 12, 2020

Many folks will find themselves out of a good chunk of money because insurance policies and cancellation policies won’t cover the entire bill. Corporate communicators and their consultants will need to think of a wide range of scenarios that could arise from this pandemic.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

You have a responsibility to your customers, clients, members, employees and even to your organization to take this initiative. Does your organization communicate confidential information and trade secrets via email? If so, how secure it your email service provider and are your employees required to change their passwords regularly?

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 16, 2023

Kristen Elworthy of Seven Hills Communications suggests bringing on whoever will be handling your work as far in advance as you can afford to and introducing them to clients so they're both comfortable. Short term disability insurance Another option for self-employed people is to purchase short term disability insurance.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Warren accused the CEO of pushing the blame “to your low-level employees who don’t have the money for a fancy P.R. Thousands of Wells Fargo employees lost their jobs, but Stumpf and his senior executives have not been penalized for the fraud. The learning for communicators is a simple one: public perception counts.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 30, 2018

As I’ve talked about before, the benefits of execs using their LinkedIn profiles as brand platforms are significant: LinkedIn Published posts are often seen as more authentic than traditional corporate communications channels (read: email, intranet). It’s all real people–your employees, vendors and customers!

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

While Uber has struggled with reputation setbacks, culminating in the resignation of its CEO last week, Lyft has quietly kept to itself, plotting a successful path as the “friendly, laid-back alternative to Uber’s cutthroat corporate ethos.” The post Smart PR Helps Spread Good News appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Goal: Employee recruiting. Goal: Shaping perceptions with employees. But, the beauty of what Ahrednts is doing here is that she’s also shaping existing Apple employee perceptions. Earlier this year, an anonymous employee (classy, I know), called Target’s culture into question. Organization: Edelman.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 15, 2019

First trend : Employees wanting to see more of their leaders online/on social media. When I worked in corporate communications years ago, “I want to hear more from the CEO” was always a chief complaint among employees. ” Great example here: Jack Salzwedel of American Family Insurance. .”

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Scott Public Relations

JUNE 26, 2020

Facebook’s refusal to label or prohibit Donald Trump’s posts promoting police violence, in contrast with its own policies and legal guidance prohibiting speech that incites violence, is prompting massive protests from its employees, the media and social media. There are two major issues here that impact the practice of communications.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Insurtech startups and insurance carriers: it’s a combo made in heaven. Startups love the budgets, distribution and big brand cred of the major insurance carriers. If it’s the proverbial match made in heaven, dancing with insurance stars can be challenging and frustrating for both sides. Panel 2:at InsurTechNY December Meetup.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Kendra was working as the director of communications and PR at Starkey at the time, and luckily for me, we wound up working together for a few years. I am an Associate Director of Communications in the Medicare & Retirement division of UnitedHealthcare – the insurance side of UnitedHealth Group.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You can do this by publishing a newsletter, which will inform employees and everyone else about what’s going on. The wrong approach could lead to a loss of trust with your staff and clients, not to mention higher insurance rates as well as larger legal fees. A crisis can be anything that disrupts the normal flow of your business.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 14, 2020

It’s feasible, your car seat could potentially catalog how much you weight and report that data to your health insurer – or anyone else willing to pay for the data. She’s a former colleague and friend and currently heads communications for the Auto Care Association. 2) What are the key communications challenges facing the organization?

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 12, 2021

Brian Grace, Nationwide Insurance. He was a relatively new employee at the time, and I didn’t have a chance to connect with him. Moving into the agency world after years on the corporate side at Target and Abbott certainly qualifies. So, naturally, I’m interested in meeting this current Shandwick employee.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 20, 2016

Employee Capacity. When planning for the upcoming month, do your employees have availability to take on additional work? Understanding real-time employee capacity allows you to determine whether or not your team is able to take on new clients, appropriately serve current accounts, and determine future hiring decisions for the agency.

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Maxim: I often say that right now the whole world is a big mess, and from this mess we have to create something that can suit businesses, employees, pensioners, of course, students, and all people. The second is different communications. How has the situation in our country affected the business? So, pragmatism is one of the things.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

You will also have to pay for things such as insurance deductibles and additional security. A personnel crisis is one in which the employment of an employee becomes intolerable because of negative work performance, a disruptive attitude, or problematic substance abuse. The likelihood of making repeat purchases drops significantly.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

At the very least, its role in the marketing/communications mix is evolving. Twenty years ago, media relations wasn’t the silver bullet to all communication problems just like social media isn’t a silver bullet today. Despite the evolution of how we communicate, the basic tenets of persuasion are the same.

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Flatiron Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Not too long ago, positive change inevitably occurred following an embarrassing news report of a company behaving badly, e.g., shafting its employees out of their justly earned wages. One such corporate crisis-driving crusader is New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. This no longer is the case.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 29, 2022

Joining me in this week’s episode is Greg Bailey, APR, Fellow PRSA, the founder of Finley + Bailey Strategic Communications. How to make sure your employees understand how you value ethics. It all comes back to respect and fairness, transparency, fact-based communication. Why we need top to turn the mirror on ourselves.

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Mindful Marketing

APRIL 23, 2023

Insurance companies like Aflac, Geico, and Progressive are well-known for luring consumers with levity via advertising slapstick, usually at the expense of their own corporate characters: Duck, Gecko, and Flo. Given everyone likes to laugh, people tend to appreciate individuals and organizations that add humor to their lives.

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Doctor Spin

JANUARY 27, 2022

This post will provide several powerful mindsets and techniques to help communicators- and PR professionals avoid stress and mental illness. According to a recent study , 41% of all sick leaves in the Swedish communications industry are mental illnesses. And the PR- and communications industry seems especially afflicted.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Of six sectors measured in a recent survey, the insurance industry had the most opens per opener at 4.2. Industrial Manufacturing & Services and Corporate Services tied for third at 3.4. Companies that can take complex information and incorporate it into simple eye-catching visuals to communicate will be remembered.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 10, 2017

But before you dismiss a B2B social media presence altogether, think about this — more than a billion people are communicating on social media daily, so there’s bound to be a fraction of them who would be interested in your industry. If you package it with the right storytelling foil, the community might be more receptive to it.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? Oscar, founded in 2012, has a very simple tagline: “Health insurance made easy.” During our research, we discovered that this kind of content was often buried in corporate newsrooms.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? Oscar, founded in 2012, has a very simple tagline: “Health insurance made easy.” During our research, we discovered that this kind of content was often buried in corporate newsrooms.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The breach was potentially very serious, involving the Social Security numbers and Canadian Social Insurance numbers as well as bank account numbers of Capital One customers. The post The PR Winners Of 2019 appeared first on Crenshaw Communications. Barilla Pasta Comes Full Circle. Which organizations fared worst in 2019?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The breach was potentially very serious, involving the Social Security numbers and Canadian Social Insurance numbers as well as bank account numbers of Capital One customers. The post The PR Winners Of 2019 appeared first on Crenshaw Communications. Barilla Pasta Comes Full Circle. Which organizations fared worst in 2019?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Worse, Samsung bungled the management of the product recalls by failing to coordinate with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and its communication to customers was slow and inconsistent. The communications lessons, on the other hand, will be covered in crisis management classes for many years. Email hack bedevils Democrats .

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