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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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AP Style: How relevant is it in 2019?

Communications Conversations

Now, you could say a lot of that digital media time is spent consuming traditional news media showing up in online and social channels (and you might be right), but another big piece of that is merely social content that is definitely not ruled by the AP Style Handbook. Posts from friends (full of typos and poor grammar).

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How the Mall of America uses its 55425 blog to bolster awareness for the largest mall in U.S.

Communications Conversations

We actually have a lot of good writers on staff, but writing isn’t their primary job. One of our previous interns, Lisa, has been dying to write something around plus-size fashion so we gave her that opportunity. The blog handbook simply introduces authors to the certain types of content we write about.

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Letter from BETT

Stephen Waddington

There are powerful insights for internal and corporate communication. Help me write a new handbook for 2019 I’m working on a new how-to book for marketing, PR and SEO for 2019. It’s intended as a practical handbook. It's a must read for anyone working in PR. Read my analysis for the #FuturePRoofed community. ??

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The joy of pain – VW, schadenfreude and public relations

PR Conversations

I write as someone who has worked in the motor industry since the late 1980s, I’ve been that PR practitioner dealing with a complex and rapidly emerging crisis (albeit on a much smaller scale and pre-social media). Even worse are those who seek to use high profile crisis situations to promote their own supremacy and services.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing.

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