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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

We live in a world with plenty of corporate fakes: fake press releases , fake web traffic and even fake job postings. . …and few companies would feel the consequences of lost trust so rapidly as banks, but it’s not entirely dissimilar. These are all tools designed to prey on a set of beliefs.

Banking 81
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Review: ReputationDefender’s New Personal Branding Solution

Melissa Agnes

It has a long, positive track record of serving brands —both personal and professional—in their times of need, offering services that range from: Corporate cybersecurity Defensive reputation management Online privacy protection Online reputation management solutions Online review generation. Reviewing and enhancing your web presence.

Brand 234
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PR Software Pricing Estimates [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Investor relations platform Q4 said it rolled out “industry-focused templates for corporate websites and virtual ESG investor days.” Business Wire partnered up with Q4 to deliver press releases directly to “their investor relations website and corporate newsroom.”. Q4 aims to support ESG. Business Wire and Q4 offer integration.

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Professions versus machines

Stephen Waddington

Anne Gregory, Professor of Corporate Communication at the University of Huddersfield, is leading the project. The panel has created a crowdsourced database of automation and AI tools used in PR with an app and web site in development.

Ethics 60
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The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros

Sword and the Script

The most common ways communicators are measuring results are web traffic (56%), impressions 51%, and the number of placements (50%). Blog: Code of PR Ethics? Blog: Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder. Most common comms measurement methods.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

Tackling fake news and disinformation: an ethical issue that strikes at the heart of practice 6. Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year. The web and the internet have enabled communities to form around an organisation, topic or issue. Representing the public that we serve 4.

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Meeting Marc C. Whitt

Wadds Inc.

The masterful public relations professional understands the enormous value of living a personal and professional life that reflects the highest standards of moral conduct and ethical behaviour. They are proverbial rotten apples that attempt to spoil many of us in public relations practice who abide by the highest ethical standards.

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