PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. Here are some tips for doing just that: • Write for the reader.

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Employee Leadership System Corporate 196

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR pros will need to either write content themselves or help to drive strategy with a team of writers, editors and guest blog contributors. Corporate Communications As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments.

Training 195

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

Newsfile

MAY 11, 2023

It’s no wonder then that many businesses choose to write a press release about ESG news. Write a Press Release About 11 Newsworthy ESG Topics Forbes reports that businesses that invest in ESG outperform others and have higher market values. To put it simply, your employees and stakeholders will be impressed.

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Writing Energy Training Education 52

PR for Anyone

JANUARY 28, 2024

You’re Missing Out, Corporate America Women navigating the workplace in their 50s encounter a unique set of challenges distinct from their younger colleagues. Together, Christina and Erica explore the hurdles faced by these women, shedding light on the unfortunate trend of some being edged out of corporate roles.

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PRSay

MARCH 22, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023. Look for them and help them grow.”

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How To Employee Leadership Nonprofit 161

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR pros will need to either write content themselves or help to drive strategy with a team of writers, editors and guest blog contributors. Corporate Communications. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Mindful Marketing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Among its unique attributes, the store featured an open layout, low-glare surfaces, and employees who knew American Sign Language (ASL). Two years ago I wrote about Starbuck’s innovative efforts to serve deaf consumers through a specially-designed store in Washington, D.C.

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Corporate Consumer Employee Print 102

PRSay

MARCH 21, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023. Look for them and help them grow.”

How To 139

How To Employee Leadership Nonprofit 139

Stuart Bruce

JULY 16, 2014

For public relations and corporate communications the two most interesting findings are firstly the continuing importance of blogs and secondly that blogging about work life and jobs is in the top 10. Rather than relying on the PR and communications team to produce content you can enable real experts to write it.

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Blogging Writing Guidelines Film 144

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro either writes some of this content themselves or helps drive strategy with a team of writers/editors and/or guest blog contributors. Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates.

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Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 14, 2015

Over my almost 20 years in the communications business, I’ve spent a fair amount of it on the corporate communications side. I’ve worked on the corporate side (McGladrey, Fairview). I’m not saying writing skills aren’t important. So, great writing skills are assumed. Hear me out.

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MaccaPR

JULY 24, 2019

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns are on the rise as brands explore how they can stand out in a crowded, noisy marketplace, position themselves apart from their competition and make a statement with consumers. Effective CSR campaigns go much deeper than having your company write a check each year. Make It An Experience.

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Corporate Retail Policies Employee 116

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 3, 2019

Writing and editing are the most common task for 73% of junior roles and 50% of senior roles. Writing is an important and often underappreciated skill in business. We’re taught to write at school and are educated to a basic level of proficiency. The CIPR data shows that if you can write well you’ll likely have a job for life.

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Writing Survey Government Media Relations 84

PRSay

MARCH 25, 2019

Today, the danger is not just that employees can forward materials to external audiences with a simple keystroke. Make sure you invest in secure communications systems and training (don’t assume your employees know better than to click that “reset password” link in that shady email), and create a corporate culture that values your staff.

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Internal International Communications Employee 155

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 12, 2015

A few weeks ago, Josh Bernoff made a post that talked about a recent communication from Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, to employees about a recent series of layoffs. ” Clearly, the Microsoft corporate communications team helped Nadella develop this message. The corp comms team is almost always involved.

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Employee Communications Corporate Education 60

Communications Conversations

MARCH 26, 2018

In fact, I’ve heard it first-hand from recruiters and corporate folks, too (I’m not looking for a job–but, people do bring this up from time to time). Because that’s the only message I can possibly come up with as to why these corporations and agencies don’t want to hire independent consultants.

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Employee Corporate Meeting Agency 79

PR for Anyone

MARCH 27, 2024

Carrie shares a poignant story about her experience speaking to a group of employees. Carrie shares her own experience of transitioning from the excitement of working in the film industry to the uncertainty of pursuing writing as a career.

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Film Storytelling Writing Insurance 130

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Reputable journalists will dig deep to ensure what they’re being ‘sold’ isn’t simply another example of corporate greenwashing. This will feel far more authentic and purpose-driven than writing a cheque to plant trees to offset your carbon footprint. The challenge for every comms professional is what to communicate and when.

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Reputation Automotive Brand Branding 195

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve sat through convention and forum talks where various oracles pronounced that: employees just want to be loved. Just look at the many different ways Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on death and dying , and her change curve turns up in jolly presentations about employee motivation. Will it help us to listen better to employees?

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Employee Communications Internal International 103

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 3, 2016

I’m going to give it to you straight – developing a Corporate Sustainability Report for your company is a ton of work. What is a Corporate Sustainability Report? Yes, corporate sustainability reports are a valuable communications tool. Corporate Sustainability Reports Rise in Popularity. General Mills. General Motors.

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Corporate Report Survey Government 71

Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

Of the 155 respondents, more than 120 took the time to write in answers this post is designed to share some of them that stood out. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. Employees feel more connected when it’s apparent that a senior leader is reaching out personally.”.

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Corporate Communications Survey Employee 73

Shift Communications

MAY 26, 2022

The corporate narrative and expression of it remains mission critical, perhaps more than ever. Here are the communications actions (and opportunities) we see as crucial in times like these: Revisit & shore up your corporate narrative: Are you saying the right things to (excite) the right audience? Don’t take the foot off the pedal.

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Employee Case Study Corporate Trends 88

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media, isn’t this what we normally see from brands? Great, model employee. Posts like these are all too common when it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media for big brands. Employee engagement? Good story. Driving traffic to the web site. All good things.

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Corporate Creativity Employee Instagram 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

This is because many of the queries aren’t from bona fide journalists, but from corporate bloggers. For example, I just pulled up a HARO email as I write this and found a query looking for case studies on CRM implementations. A new Gartner report suggests a better corporate intranet can help engage and retain employees.

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Brand Branding Reddit Pitching 147

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

PoliteMail was a proud sponsor of Connect 19 — the PRSA Employee Communications Section’s annual conference. Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first” says author and organizational consultant, Simon Sinek. Fortunately, your corporate communications team can kindle that love.

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Internal International Communications Strategy 137

PRSay

AUGUST 30, 2022

And when told they’ll lose their jobs, employees are just as shocked today. Still, when layoffs become necessary, there’s a lot that employers can do to mitigate the pain and difficulty that employees experience. Garg came to represent accusations that corporations treat employees as expendable units.

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Employee Real Estate Video Internal 86

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Employee Print Writing Survey 147

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 7, 2020

Her focus is reporting on stories about how labor issues affect retail employees. . Khadeeja has been writing for WSJ since 2013 where she covers US based retail companies, including brick-and-mortar chains and e-commerce. . April Berthene @ByAprilBerthene. Are you more interested in e-commerce and technology? Phil Wahba @philwahba.

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Retail Twitter Real Estate Trends 245

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The writing is fantastic. And it’s clear, the author (Jennifer Warnick, who writes many of the Microsoft “stories”) has spent a great deal of time in the Garage as preparation for writing the story. I see large close-ups of employees and leaders. Your EMPLOYEES are your brand. Promote them.

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Storytelling Web Case Study Brand 165

Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

He tweeted: I rarely cuss in writing. Perhaps proactive media relations will end for a time at the company, but skillful communication with key stakeholders, such as employees, investors and more is essential and fundamental to businesses’ success. Sword & Script PR blogger Frank Strong was not enthused about the topic.

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Leadership Social Media Trends Facebook 282

PRSay

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times. To be sure, we have to be as persuasive as possible, but we should write with the assumption that we don’t always know who is going to be reading. How do your words make you look as a person?

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Communications Ethics Leadership Reputation 157

PRSay

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

We may not think about it that way — we’re simply drafting a memo to employees or writing the president’s message for an annual report. But the fact is: Few executives reach the C-suite because of their writing skills. Some executives are eloquent writers and inspiring speakers, comfortable with employees and investors alike.

Communications 148

Communications Employee Leadership Writing 148

NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Barbie movie was the big story of the summer, and its success has extended well beyond its opening weekend, with the film still in cinemas as we write this blog halfway through September. Coincidentally, it was also a top story in a different sense, as it came out on top of our brands coverage analysis in August.

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Brand Branding Viral Apparel 78

Wadds Inc.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A variety of alternative terms are frequently used to describe practice such as brand communication, corporate communication, corporate affairs, and integrated marketing communication. This relegates the role of practitioners to writing press releases, making posters, and organising parties.

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Publicity Corporate Interviews Reputation 98

Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Cheryll Forsatz , the Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Ferrero USA. I am a corporate communications and brand strategist with more than 25 years of experience working with global consumer brands. It becomes a more collaborative approach.

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Ethics Product Launch Corporate Consumer 52

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

It combines two loves of mine: employee communications and social media. And one big part of that kind of work is figuring out how to engage and incent existing employees to advocate for the brand online. How many blog posts have you read with the “tip”: Activate your employees! They’re your biggest fans!

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

A corporate mission in action means being proactive about how the organization demonstrates its values to the world. Consider the ongoing fallout over the pressure that Disney faced from employees to respond to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, signed by Gov. On political issues, a brand will not make everyone happy.

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Brand Branding Nonprofit Government 145