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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. Journalists have excellent communications skills, such as writing and the ability to speak clearly and concisely. Many of the most successful PR executives were former journalists.

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Skip Annoying Buzzwords; Choose Clarity and Meaning Instead

PRSay

As NPR reports , corporate jargon sounds trite and rings hollow. Rather than default to fashionable phrases, “more intelligent communicators will find other and more direct ways to say the same thing,” Sokolowski said. Business buzzwords can ease communication or confuse and alienate people.

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Guest Post: The PR Generalist vs. The Industry Specialist

Deirdre Breakenridge

Techies, for example, might enjoy working with a mobile start-up, while fashion gurus would rather work at a boutique PR firm. While communications may be your forte, with strengths such as writing, creativity, organization and research, your passion might be for something else altogether. Is industry specialist the right path for you?

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Succession Season Premiere: What Was All That Media Monitoring Talk About?

Critical Mention

The second season ended in thrilling fashion, with Kendall Roy, Logan’s son, double-crossing his father in a shocking press conference where he was supposed to take the fall for a company scandal, but instead implicated his father in the scandal and a host of cover-ups and illegal activity.

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Book Review: The Nowhere Office – Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future

Wadds Inc.

“Not since the industrial revolution has work undergone such intense and rapid change,” she writes. She believes these changes are for the better, tilting the corporate power balance away from the higher echelons and giving employees more say over when, where and how they work.

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The Risks of Brand Stances on Political Issues

PRSay

A corporate mission in action means being proactive about how the organization demonstrates its values to the world. Tory Burch, a women’s fashion brand, says its purpose is to empower women and women entrepreneurs. corporations that continued to do business in Russia after the invasion.

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4 Tips for Authentic Executive Communications as a Ghostwriter

PRSay

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. On one occasion, I was given an assignment to write something for the CEO.