Konnect Agency

JUNE 22, 2023

That’s why it’s essential for businesses to have a crisis communications plan in place and a seasoned PR agency partner to can help streamline that process and create a dependable strategy. These messages should be clear, concise, and consistent across all communications channels.

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PRSay

AUGUST 31, 2020

The court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Megan Paquin, APR, is vice president of Poston Communications in Atlanta, a PR firm that serves as communications counsel for Bostock.

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PRSay

MARCH 9, 2017

To be an expert in crisis communications you have to move your organization at the speed of Twitter when “it” hits the fan. In short order, it was followed a barrage of requests from media asking to use the footage. Do you really want someone known as @shroomy0021 managing your corporate communications?

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As we enter 2021, the world at large and communications professionals in particular find themselves at a significant turning point. PR will be expected to shift the focus toward value-based communications, including the prevalent topic of health and safety, and corporate reputation will start taking center stage as a key success metric.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’m excited about the New Year because it’s a busy season for the sci/tech fields, and I work as a communications consultant to science and technology companies. A good training program will help presenters improve their skills. Not all presentation training is the same, of course. Your staff and your organization will benefit.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Communications challenges can halt PR founders before they get started. From customers to potential investors and employees, the key to reaching your audience is understanding what interests and motivates them. No matter who speaks on behalf of your organization, it’s a good idea to provide some media training and practice.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 10, 2018

Wherever possible, communicate how you will fix the problem. Media training can be a useful communications tool, whether it be for national TV interviews or phone chats with small trade press. He has clearly benefited from excellent media training. John Stumpf, former CEO Wells Fargo. Do it quickly.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 23, 2023

But there’s a simple solution: By appointing fewer leaders and allowing good leaders to lead bigger groups, organisations can streamline decision-making processes, reduce bureaucracy, and promote the growth and development of their most effective employees. They have the potential to thrive in a complex relationship with the media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

Of course, employee turnover can happen at any company, but when it happens on the agency side, it should be a blip, not a breakdown. Occasionally we see overconfident executives who feel they aren’t in need of media training. The negative media story. . This is bad practice all around.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 19, 2018

A charismatic entrepreneur serves as the face of his brand, its best media spokesperson, and the embodiment of its values. The most talented among them can attract top employees and inspire them to achieve beyond their own expectations. The post When A Founder Does PR Damage appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 27, 2023

This could be towards improving internal comms, boosting employee relationships and thereby your own reputation as a business. It could be revamping social media presence, company messaging, media training for spokespeople and so much more. Equally, doing nothing with the time is a missed opportunity.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Advanced social media monitoring skills are a critical component of effective social media communications. This is why social media monitoring training is so important. Let’s focus on employee privacy in the workplace. Do employees have any right to privacy when using online tools and social media?

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 25, 2018

A weak brand can make retaining and attracting talent a difficult task, resulting in high levels of staff turnover, increased marketing and communications costs and an unproductive workforce. Similarly, spend some time doing media training and preparing employees to speak with media – and use a cross-section of staff.

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PRSay

MAY 23, 2022

FGS Global provided pro-bono communications and legal support to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his team in their successful prosecution of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. What best practices can you share for counteracting misinformation or disinformation on social media?

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching. Part of this is media training our general managers, personal trainers and other experts to get them ready to go on camera. We really have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to energetic and smart people at Life Time for media.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 23, 2019

Today’s crises are taking on many unique forms and degrees of seriousness, and often take businesses by surprise—cyber incidents, executive resignations, M&A, disgruntled former employees, customer complaints on social media, salacious press headlines, etc. Be Ready For Social Media Backlash. Get Ahead Of The Story.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These early arrangements can include a junior in-house employee or possibly a “shared” situation where the PR function is wedged into marketing or even customer service. Without a PR firm in tow, the odds are that a company spokesperson hasn’t been thoroughly prepared to face the media.

Company 136

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Here are three tactics you can employ now that will significantly lower the odds that a social media flub will trigger a public relations crisis. 1) Provide social media training for everyone that operates as an admin on a brand account. For more on crisis simulations and trainings, click here.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 12, 2016

That’s the essence of crisis communications planning – preparing for the worst before it happens. The benefit of crisis communications planning often isn’t revealed until the heat of a crisis. Yet there’s a sizable population in corporate communications that admit to lacking a plan. foreseeing all the potential triggers.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 8, 2016

One of SHIFT’s employee benefits is Volunteer Time Off to better our community. Last spring, I heard that the Framingham School Committee was convening a Task Force to examine communications throughout the district (my local school district). I guess Mommy forgot to media train her own kindergartener!

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In my last post , I shared three ways to bungle your product launch and touched briefly on preparing your executives for media interviews. First, why is media training so important? In the majority of media training sessions I’ve done, the spokesperson plays “ping pong” with the interviewer. Source: meowgifs.com.

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PRSay

JULY 17, 2018

You start to get these kinds of benefits: You suddenly have two dozen “reporters” sprinkled throughout the organization that are tipping you off to interesting customers, cool human interest angles and extraordinary employee achievement.

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Barokas

JANUARY 7, 2019

And since this article is being read mostly by marketing executives and communications professionals, I’m willing to bet that many of you share in my drug of choice. Here are a few on the communications front that you can try on for size…. Deepen relationships with media and influencers that favor competitors. I’m a junkie.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Added to the impact on your brand reputation, high levels of staff turnover can also be very costly to the business, with research by Oxford Economics showing that staff turnover costs the British economy at least £4.13bn every year, as new employees can take up to eight months to become their most productive.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 21, 2018

We’re also a fairly small team (about 12 on the external communications side), so we have exposure to a lot of different experiences – including crises. There is definitely a lot of benefits to working on a team outside of your job – it’s an easy way to learn how to work with different work and communication styles.

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Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Be clear on your goals so they can devise a campaign that strategically supports your vision with effective communications. That being said, be sure you have someone internally who is able to manage the consultant, or that the consultant is very ingrained in your business – almost treating them as an employee of the company.

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Reputation Us

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Boggs said it’s important for executives to discuss different crisis communications scenarios and practice executing the plan through simulations. Trying to communicate a crisis without a plan is like trying to float a boat with holes. You developed a crisis communications plan?’

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Communications Conversations

MAY 28, 2015

Is it a junior-level employee, or a more senior-level professional? Because if we’re talking about a junior-level person, my inclination is always to try to coach these employees up before outsourcing training. Is there someone on your team who could mentor or teach these employees? I think that matters.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

We did a social media training together at Pinehurst–the birthplace of golf in the U.S. One of the mastermind groups I run is comprised of senior-level communicators at big companies in Minneapolis/St. Actually, I’ve known Natalie since college, and she’s an incredibly talented communicator.

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Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

Public relations (PR) is a technique used by savvy businesses across the globe to communicate with their customers. No wonder then, that this communications technique has been used to inspire, engage and convert audiences for years. PR speaks to a varied audience, from internal employees, to the media, to influencers, to the end user.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 16, 2018

And, I think it’s particularly relevant, considering the hiring climate right now where employees seem to have all the leverage. So, I thought today I’d share six career management lessons I’ve learned over those 20 years so you can avoid the pitfalls I’ve unfortunately had to endure in my career. Be patient.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Any crisis communications team must be ready to respond at any hour to an escalating event, and that speed is vital.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

When our employees stick to our social media principles we find that they are successful in building relationships with customers, growing their reach, improving engagement in social and providing business value to Dell.”. ― Amy Heiss, Global Program Manager for Social Media Training and Activation at Dell.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

It encompasses strategic communication to build and maintain positive relationships with the media, stakeholders, and the general public. Internal Communications: Ensures effective communication within the company, keeping employees informed about company developments and fostering a positive internal culture.

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Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Those immortal words from the iconic Broadway musical Dreamgirls ring in my head as I write this, my final postscript, for Landis Communications Inc. Yup, as of October 1st, yours truly is retiring as President of LCI, where I’ve been since founding this San Francisco-based integrated marketing communications agency in 1990.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

And when it comes to broadcast media, contributors often have greater flexibility to work in brand messages or feature products than actual network television employees. Conduct media training early. The post Six Ways To “Hack” Your PR Program appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Of course, PR professionals have long been trained to be mindful of the consequences of unintended recipients of critical information, and they know how to counsel clients not to engage in the worn out ‘off the record’ argument. That’s media training 101.

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