Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Ethan McCarty , the founder and CEO of Integral , an award-winning employee activation agency serving leaders of communications, HR, marketing, and technology. Ethical perils in personalizing employee communications. Ethical issues with creating your own echo chamber.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Leaders should plan and execute comms around M&A with the same level of detail as any other marketing campaign or business initiative writes Dwayne Alicie in this guest post. Communicating during mergers and acquisitions can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be as tough as we make it. Pay attention to anecdotes from managers.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 26, 2021

Internal communication is just as important as external – and here’s how to improve it. Recently, a handful of employees from Goldman Sachs came forward to reveal that they were working a shocking 90-hour week. Disgruntled employees have the power to damage a company’s reputation in a matter of minutes.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. Most communicators say the volume of work has grown, but so too has the variety of work. Those who said communications work has “changed very significantly,” wrote: 1. Proven business value.

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 14, 2024

How do these different roles complement each other, and how do they shape your perspective on communications? And that's how I combine all the diverse activities that fill my day, but now they can be summed up with a single word – communications. Now, it sits in my small room at the M3 Communications Group, Inc.

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PRSay

MARCH 11, 2019

In their annual analysis of trends in business and communications, the10company sees 2019 as a year of influence for employees and consumers. This] is the year of power to the people,” says Valerie Di Maria, principal of the communications and marketing firm. Here are three main takeaways from their report: 1.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. The company helps leaders and communicators create, publish and distribute text and multimedia messages to an internal team.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, content writing plays a pivotal role in attracting and engaging both human readers and search engines. To optimize content writing for both people and search engines, focus on producing high-quality, valuable, and engaging content that meets the needs of your target audience.

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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. These student employees add value and voice to all PR teams, and we hope they reap as many benefits as we do. Don’t fence me in. Come from a place of yes.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Depending on the length of the engagement, it’s often advantageous to include a contract employee in relevant team and company meetings. Internal team members and clients will appreciate the investment in proper communication and management. Be transparent with client companies involved.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A European internal communications veteran explains: In order to help organisations use communications to get results , practitioners should call on simple skills and experience —not a book of runes, silver bullets or magic fairy dust. ” We need to shed some light on employee communications.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms Poppulo, which develops an internal comms platform called Harmony, said it embedded generative AI into its platform.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The assertive role and reputation of corporate communication during the COVID-19 crisis is an important legacy. It’s a period when the role of the communication function was elevated within every organisation. This is the legacy of COVID-19 for corporate communications.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In this final post, we’ll be sharing how to authentically communicate your brand’s environmental sustainability goals and initiatives with the media and all stakeholders – the final, crucial piece of the puzzle. The challenge for every comms professional is what to communicate and when. If you do it right. You can register here.

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 8, 2021

With this in mind, what are the go-to questions aspiring public relations employees should ask in an interview? . Future employees should be able to list several things they love about their company to make it appealing. Do you want a place that values their employees as much as their work?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2015

Like most things in life, communication starts in your own backyard. It’s impossible to communicate your brand’s value and mission to the general public without first communicating it well internally. So how can you gain cohesiveness in your organization through internal communications?

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Landis PR

MAY 9, 2022

Successful crisis communications strategizing occurs before an incident. Product recalls, natural disasters, pandemics, leadership and employee issues are all grounds for crisis communications. Differentiate and prepare your communications appropriately. Photos courtesy of Anna Tarazevich. By Andy Lowe. The post Crisis?

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PRSay

MARCH 22, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. I use ZEO to describe an organization’s entry-level executives who they hire following college graduation and an organization’s interns.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 26, 2022

Suddenly you’re writing a press release from a foreign country, having a real French press instead of a k-cup at your house, and taking meetings with new cityscapes in the background. Often the main reason employees choose to work abroad is to experience a new culture. Lean into communication with colleagues .

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PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. Here are some tips for doing just that: • Write for the reader.

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PRSay

AUGUST 30, 2022

And when told they’ll lose their jobs, employees are just as shocked today. Still, when layoffs become necessary, there’s a lot that employers can do to mitigate the pain and difficulty that employees experience. Garg came to represent accusations that corporations treat employees as expendable units. People were shocked then.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. ” In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees.

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PR Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

As the UK department store British Home Stores (BHS) went into administration last week (a situation similar to going into “Chapter 11” in the USA), questions are being asked about how it was run to the detriment of employees and their pension fund. It seems that shareholder greed trumps employee and common interests. risk analysis.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your average internal communicator is lonesome. There’s a magazine and intranet to write for, multiple special projects, and internal social media. That, my friends, is why employee communication measurement is in the state it is in. Measure what you are covering internally. She’s busy. Really busy.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Despite the changing environment and increasing use of technology, one skill remains as relevant as ever: knowing how to write press releases. Here are five mistakes to steer clear of when writing your next press release and advice on what to do instead: 1. Ignore Your Audience.

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PRSay

JANUARY 6, 2021

During the pandemic, economic crisis, racial tensions and partisan arguments that have marked 2020, we have started communicating differently. We even write emails with more thought. Add to this the fact that social media has made audiences more cynical, and in this unprecedented time, we need new rules for communication.

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PRSay

JUNE 15, 2022

While June is generally celebrated as LGBTQ Pride Month across the United States, smart communicators know that celebrating and honoring Pride is a year-round activity. Those are the highest numbers that Gallup has ever reported for our community. We’re a growing electorate, consumer base and employee bloc.

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PRSay

MARCH 21, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. I use ZEO to describe an organization’s entry-level executives who they hire following college graduation and an organization’s interns.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey ( overview , challenges and the media relations struggle ). This week I paused to catch up on reading several other surveys of interest to PR and communications. The Gray Area of Communicating a Point of View.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 14, 2015

Over my almost 20 years in the communications business, I’ve spent a fair amount of it on the corporate communications side. I’m not saying writing skills aren’t important. But, aren’t they also table stakes for communicators? So, great writing skills are assumed. Hear me out.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 30, 2015

The July edition of #measurePR focused on an area most PR pros don’t often think about: internal communications. Here’s some of what we talked about: On best practices for internal communications and the measurement thereof: A2 Measure the right things, not just the easy-to-measure ones. measurepr.

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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. 12) “Write for businesses.”.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Stuart Bruce speaking at the IATA Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age conference. (c) This morning I gave a keynote at the global ‘Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age’ conference in Istanbul. Their sensor technology and ability to communicate will accelerate and magnify the changes we are already seeing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 29, 2019

In our business, it means the blueprint or roadmap for how we’ll achieve PR or communications goals. The best plans also start with a thorough brand communications audit that includes insights into customer, channel partner, and employee perceptions of the business or its products. Other resources may be internal.

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