Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The largest PR and comms tech companies, along with many startups, are now controlled by PE firms; is this good for the PR community? This adds to a growing collection of private equity firms (PE) that have taken an ownership stake in software companies that provide tools to PR and communications professionals. Muck Rack named Inc.

Software 165

Software Marketing Leadership B2B 165

PRSay

MARCH 6, 2020

Organizations are continuing to examine how their employees, operations, stakeholders and communities may be impacted. Stansell said there are several tactics that communications professionals should use for reaching key stakeholders, including emails, internal memos, conference calls and social media.

Communications 212

Communications Employee Crisis Policies 212

Wadds Inc.

JULY 3, 2022

Public relations academics and practitioners explored a diverse range of societal and communication issues at BledCom. The event was pitched as a reboot of internal and external communication for stakeholders. The lack of proactive community management meant that misinformation was rife in comments.

Communications 59

Communications Software Internal International 59

Stephen Waddington

MAY 3, 2022

Organisations is used throughout this blog post as a catch all phrase for charitable, corporate, public sector entities. The corporation is a capitalist vehicle to generate value for shareholders. Rhetorical devices such as framing, messaging, and storytelling are applied within practice as means of communication and engagement.

Publicity 112

Publicity Construction Corporate Study 112

Landis PR

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The press will look beyond initiatives and internal communications. Consequently, the demand for consultants who specialize in sustainability communications is growing. If you do pitch sustainability to the media, be able to provide data on how these efforts have positively impacted your company.

Financial 52

Financial Government Storytelling System 52

Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Pete area, but I’ve worked in agencies, corporations, and my experience spans a variety of industries including academia, banking, government, healthcare, tourism, and utilities. We assigned an intern to her to make sure she ate, to take notes, to answer her phone, to take messages. I now live in the Tampa/St.

Ethics 91

Ethics Healthcare Government Energy 91

Sword and the Script

JUNE 13, 2023

27% said newswires; 23% said industry experts; 20% said press releases [ostensibly those that aren’t sent over a wire service]; 16% said internal spokesperson; and 4% said customers of a brand. Takeaway: If you want to see a good example of data in PR, take a look at Kastle Systems. What do they find credible?

Journalism 127

Journalism Media Relations Report Media 127

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 27, 2020

By interacting intentionally with their surrounding communities, businesses can help heal broken relationships, including those that cross racial lines. I believe businesses are uniquely equipped to propel entire communities forward, thereby closing the wealth gap and making a lasting difference for people of color.

Real Estate 111

Real Estate Community Employee Education 111

Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

I started reading some very interesting papers and books about the psychological forces come into play in tough corporate and external environments. I would do so via a live satellite feed, providing insights, and sharing my experiences at international conferences from London to Shanghai. Most of this happened in the U.S.

Interviews 105

Interviews Ethics Government Internal 105

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. I have colleagues who also layer on Trello and other content management systems as well. More internal comms. More internal comms. Moral champions. “It’s

Communications 122

Communications Crisis Internal International 122

PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

According to reports, an automated flight-control system had sent the airplanes into nosedives. Gordon Johndroe , vice president of global media relations and public affairs for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer, spoke to members of PRSA’s Corporate Communications Section in the Nov. 1 priority.

Crisis Management 106

Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Airlines 106

Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Business Wire has spent over 50 years building symbiotic relationships with media, investors and consumers by regularly delivering factually reliable and timely corporate news content. Business Wire has partnerships with 60 national and international news agencies facilitating reach to more than 89,000 media outlets in 162 countries.

Financial 164

Financial Video Consumer Data 164

Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2020

If you don’t have a system for measurement , create one that captures effort, engagement and outcomes. If you have such a system already, continuously seek to improve it. Too many businesses (especially in the technology community) look the same , sound the same, and talk the same; it’s a sea of sameness. So, what can you do?

Survey 137

Survey Measurement System Education 137

Cision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As the VP, my objectives will focus on expanding our client base on a more global scale, growing the diversity business and becoming a national thought leader on how organizations successfully handle diversity issues internally and externally. You’ve handled some major brand crises.

Crisis Communications 120

Crisis Communications Crisis Reputation Social Media 120

Reputation Us

MAY 12, 2020

As the president of ReputationUs and with 28 years of experience behind me, I have been striving to refine the art of managing corporate reputations during a crisis into a well-honed specialty. Be transparent about the mistakes and vulnerabilities that were made internally, operationally and with your reputation. Expose them.

Crisis 78

Crisis Financial Banking Crisis Management 78

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. ” internal alarm and sent the client running in the other direction. I love a good idiom. Are you one of them?

Creativity 96

Creativity Storytelling LinkedIn System 96

wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Done right, it’s a system that upgrades the entire customer experience journey. Our WIRED PR in 4D connects the dots as it simplifies systems and improves everyone’s ROI,” says Barbara Rozgonyi. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is the largest meeting and event industry association worldwide.

Education 51

Education System Meeting Nonprofit 51

PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Brown sees a diverse student population, including international students, as a strength and something to be leaned into. It forces them to face bias and discrimination that exists in our systems and identify ways to combat or change it. DE&I is a crucial aspect in developing future PR practitioners. Photo credit: rawpixel ].

Exercises 170

Exercises Education Case Study Nonprofit 170

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Several former interns emerged as key members of our staff in recent years. In fact, two of our current three “Detroit 3” reporters are former interns. We also successfully placed several other interns at other Crain organizations. As I tell my young reporters and interns, “conflict is the currency of good journalism.”.

Automotive 65

Automotive Web Meeting Media 65

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 14, 2020

She’s a former colleague and friend and currently heads communications for the Auto Care Association. She talks about key issues she helps her organization communication, transitioning from a corporate role to work with an association and how she deals with the challenges we all face in PR and comms – like proving value.

Marketing 79

Marketing Data Wireless Industry 79

Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2017

We featured information about the state-of-the-art technology in her office, but also told a story about how she invests in the community by getting mouth guards for the local school athletics department. In your 7-8 years in the work world, you’ve been on the agency and corporate sides. The same has been true at Patterson.

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Corporate Agency System Meeting 0

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2011

If you are an outside sales rep or represent a company to clients, keeping yourself looking clean to represent a corporate image is something that most employers value. Someone who is going to cover your business in a façade will not engage your community on the same level as a trust agent speaking his/her mind.

Brand 78

Brand Branding Customer Service Twitter 78

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers. The #FuturePRoof community goes from strength-to-strength. It’s pushed me to read more widely and think more critically.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, it is an eye-opening reality that our roles as communication consultants must acknowledge the angry, far too often violent world that we now inhabit. This calls for us to plan for crises internal and external to clients with a renewed vigor. Corporate citizenry has become far more than service and giving back in communities.

Communications 40

Communications Crisis Communications Crisis Corporate 40

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Here’s some of what we talked about: On the differences/commonalities when measuring PR around the world: A2: Most ppl want 1 system but many still persist. measurePR community member Ai Zhang chimed in: Data have 2 be contextualized to make sense. A3: Corporate reporting changing thanks to #integratedreporting movement.

Measurement 40

Measurement System Facebook Corporate 40

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 6, 2013

With International Women’s Day approaching, Oxfam recently embarked on what I think is one of the best-conceived and (so far, at least) executed awareness and activism campaigns: Behind the Brands. Sadly, the majority of these people are farmers or farm workers supplying the very food system that is failing them.

Brand 98

Brand Branding Policies System 98

Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

I’ll include news from the PR vendor community and review and curate content they produce ( like this ). It simply does not have the contacts, but international ratings have given it a boost and the technology can’t distinguish the difference. Surveys of the PR community or reporters ( see these ).

Industry 86

Industry Media Technology Employee 86

PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For example, the Brookhaven National Laboratory , on Long Island in New York, found that community groups disagreed with each other about whether the laboratory should restart a nuclear reactor after it leaked radioactive waste into the ground water. Basically, he didn’t think anyone could change the “image” or “reputation” of Nigeria.

Reputation 52

Reputation Social Media Internal International 52

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

I work with the lead editors of each CVG brand to support implementation and continuation of consistent internal processes. Trends in advanced safety systems and more efficient equipment technology. In my current position, I have a mix of operational and strategic responsibilities. What story or stories are you most proud of?

Groups 55

Groups Meeting Transportation Media 55

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 26, 2015

As publisher@commPRO the mission=empower our community thru content. Content and communications has always been a part of the equation. measurePR community member James Breen also chimmed in: A3: I always find humour or levity a great tool for impactful video #measurepr. A1 I’m a marketer. As did Samantha M. :

Measurement 40

Measurement Journalism Video Community 40

Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The important thing, if you find yourself in a situation where you think there is dishonest communication, is no one is necessarily telling lies or wanting to tell lies. Let’s say you’re doing corporate messaging and you think that it’s unethical because it’s using partial truth only. The key is respect.

Ethics 78

Ethics Publicity Radio Local 78

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Agencies can manage the newsrooms for multiple clients with Prezly or corporate communications can opt for their own instance. Some communicators on Prezly even use this for internal communications. 8) User reviews and community comments. The grouping system (segments) and tagging is not intuitive.

Pitching 63

Pitching Analytics Enterprise System 63

Critical Mention

APRIL 26, 2017

My favorite is when we outsourced our media rights to Learfield/International Sports Properties in 1999. However, we had 48 hours to create and host a championship celebration in the Carrier Dome to honor the team, and then, coordinate a major downtown parade, pep rally and community-wide tribute less than two days later.

Sports 60

Sports Internal International Enterprise 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 13, 2016

Yup, I’m heading across the pond for what promises to be one of the year’s best conferences, the AMEC International Summit (as in: the same Summit that, some years ago, saw the Barcelona Principles become a household name… if you work in PR, that is). AVES – we moved on years ago! Want to Adopt a Measurement Mindset?

Education 40

Education Measurement Government Interviews 40

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Joanne Chan, founder and managing director at LBS Communications The information in this post originally appeared on Public Relations Global Network’s blog. We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners.

Marketing 76

Marketing Local Crisis Management Internal 76

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 1, 2013

I shared some of my own systems and tools with her (some of which I’ve shared here, like Streak ) and said, “If I can do it, you can.” Convince people to join this community instead of that , get them to share this tweet instead of that , ask them to sign this petition instead of that. So get out there and work it.

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Internal International Course Energy 94

PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

Or the crisis plan is siloed in some hidden corporate corner completely out of date. However, I’d like to see this in the form of practices such as collaborative communities of practice and what Yrjö Engeström calls negotiated knotworking. My argument supports your points, that individuals need wider support.

Crisis 63

Crisis Crisis Management Leadership Training 63