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4 Corporate Communications Lessons From Hurricane Harvey

PRSay

As a corporate communicator who, like others, nervously and helplessly watched the water rise, I learned about the parallels that can be drawn between the historic flood and how companies respond to their own crises. But few flood victims after Hurricane Harvey had the luxury of interviewing contractors. This is a valuable perspective.

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Communicators Can Help Americans Vote in 2020

PRSay

3, Americans will cast their votes for President and for state and local candidates. Communicators have “a lot of great partners out there” who can help provide their employees with local voting information, said panelist Kelly Mason, director of corporate communications at Levi Strauss & Co.,

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The Challenge of Running a Purposeful Organisation

PR in High Definition

In recent months, there has been an undisputed rise in discussions around corporate purpose. But there does seem to be a divide between companies that treat this exercise as a re-hashing of the old ‘vision and mission’ straplines and those who are treating it as an opportunity to seriously reconsider what they stand for.

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Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

PR Conversations

Or the crisis plan is siloed in some hidden corporate corner completely out of date. I am sure there are statistics somewhere that record the number of employees who stick around long term after a crisis has occurred and if there aren’t, then there should be. My argument supports your points, that individuals need wider support.

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Happiness and the improvement of professional PR/communications practice 

PR Conversations

Instead of focussing all our working attention on dodging the bullets of corporate life and advancing our careers, we need to find out what we want out of life and take a series of practical steps to take control, at home and at work. Taking no more time than we spend every day glued to our phones.

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#InspireInclusion Is Nice and All, but What Does It Even Mean?

The Hoffman Agency

For example, HR materials, employee handbooks? It becomes a tick-box exercise. Localization is key. So while, in principle, businesses are happy to localize inclusivity efforts to cater to market nuances, employees are essentially left to mobilize and fend for themselves. Us: OK, no problem. They’re enacting it.

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Meet the Media: Jason Cannon, Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

Team USA notched the best written test score in their division and Team Japan – a six-time winner of the Grand Prix – needed a win in the practical exercise to squeak out first place overall. What story or stories are you most proud of? Long one here, so bear with me: October 2005.