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ICON 2023 Q&A: Talking Crisis Communications With Amazon’s Barbara Agrait

PRSay

16, she shared her international perspective to students in a session titled “Diverse Roots, Universal Impact: Humanizing Reputation and Crisis Communications.” How can communicators who are not used to it adjust to working in crisis-at-any-moment environments? That’s the last thing you want to do as a communicator.

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Why Public Relations Is King During A Crisis

Onclusive

That is why PR is the one function within the marketing organization that is positioned to step up, take a leadership position and have the greatest impact on company reputation during this period. There is simply no better instrument during a widespread crisis than communications. People need more right now. People need great stories.

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Defining Thought Leadership in a Business Blog

Ishmael's Corner

As our communication campaigns increasingly address SEO and particularly organic search, thought leadership becomes even more important. In short, thought leadership plays at the industry level, not the company level, ideally offering takes that can’t be found elsewhere. They interpret backlinks as “votes” for the content.

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Communicators Can Help Americans Vote in 2020

PRSay

With voting rules varying from state to state, communicators can help Americans understand the logistics of receiving and casting their ballots, according to representatives of voting-rights organizations who participated in an Oct. 6 webinar sponsored by PRSA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Check Vote411.org

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To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team

PRSay

Media fires that communicators could have doused before the 6 o’clock news, even a decade ago, can now erupt into global conflagrations, thanks to smartphones and social media. From a crisis-communications standpoint, a red team stress-tests an organization’s strategy by expanding the circle of feedback the plan receives.

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Meet Board of Directors Nominee Jennifer Day, APR

PRSay

You held leadership positions as a PRSSA member at Otterbein. In addition to serving as secretary and vice president of my PRSSA Chapter, I held leadership positions within my sorority and with the college Panhellenic Council, and was also part of a women’s leadership group started by the dean of students.

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Can Big Business Save America?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yet the need here is not mere public relations messaging, but leadership and action. ” 2020 Brings A Leadership Test. There were critics on both sides — those convinced that shareholder interest should remain the only corporate priority, and those who dismiss the whole thing as an empty PR exercise.