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Plain Language Usually Wins 

Sword and the Script

For example, I’ve been writing a monthly summary of the news from PR technolog y vendors for more than three years now. According to a piece in the Harvard Business Review : “ A landmark experiment by Kristina Rennekamp , an accounting professor at Cornell, documented some of the consequences of poor corporate writing.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

He was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered and Morning Edition and ended up as an intern in NPR’s Washington Bureau a year later, gaining extensive industry experience and honing his writing skills. After college, Doug was a typical journalism nomad, working in newsrooms in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.

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Job Descriptions Get No Respect (except this one)

Ishmael's Corner

Why don’t companies care about job descriptions? Every company claims “people are our most valuable asset.” Every company is fighting competitors for talent. Every company recognizes that first impressions count. Yet, most companies churn out job descriptions that sound like they came from the same HR 101 handbook.

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Dear College Grad, About That Resume and Cover Letter …

Ishmael's Corner

Don’t follow the Resume 101 Handbook. Do not follow the Resume 101 Handbook. Why universities, the one place that revels in sticking it to the man, espouse an approach to writing the resume that would bring a smile to Henry Ford is beyond me. So how should you write a resume? Read news stories on the company.

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

A focus on understanding how and why your content moves is not just a strategic priority, it’s an economic priority: A study by The New York Times showed that 85 percent of the people who shared content said they better understood the product and the company. I find that most companies don’t know these basic facts. Not anymore.

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How to Effectively Work With Contractors to Grow Your PR Business

Solo PR Pro

Creating an “employee handbook” can be especially beneficial if you plan to scale your team up over time to add multiple employees. It provides you a place to document your company culture, policies and expectations in writing. Structure the tasks you will delegate.

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WaddsCon: February wrap-up, March topics and speakers

Stephen Waddington

Then you should get out the company handbook or whatever holds the mission statements and values and again use any direct or indirect channel, to ask how leaders can better demonstrate company values and behaviours. Use your Yammer, Slack etc to post internally and express how you feel and offer solutions and suggestions.

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