PR for Anyone

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Employee Ownership Month. International Walk To School Month. But get creative. There’s also a bonus video in there about how to nail the interview when you get it. Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month. Emotional Wellness Month. Filipino American History Month. Financial Planning Month. Halloween Safety Month.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 26, 2014

But this direction has kept me flexible and enhanced my creativity by ensuring I do not simply rely on what works in any one industry. While communications may be your forte, with strengths such as writing, creativity, organization and research, your passion might be for something else altogether. Consider joining PRSA.

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MaccaPR

JULY 13, 2017

A shift in employee attitudes from an internal campaign? In competing with other PR agencies, Spong had a clear differentiator – awards, including “PR Agency of the Year” four times running and “Creative Agency of the Year” twice. What’s the biggest mistake clients make with their PR agencies? A gain in market share?

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While studying journalism at UW Madison, Bob started out working as a student state reporter and had the opportunity to interview and write about several big-time politicians. “I I remember I was this close to interviewing Barack Obama when he was a state senator,” Bob recalls. “I Lessons learned in the seminary.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Back in the day, way, way back, there was internal communications, there was external communications. Now, internal is external. And sometimes what employees want to hear or potential employees want to hear is one thing, but there has to be consistency with what’s going on externally.

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The Hoffman Agency

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This was reaffirmed through three interviews, where I met seven Hoffman employees who were all so nice and positive that I thought, What am I going to do if this doesn’t work out? It was strategic and creative, letting me apply writing and improve my speaking. Catastrophize” is my middle name.

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Cision

JULY 7, 2016

In this interview, Daniel discusses the process of building your brand, why it’s important to continue asking questions and how PR skills translate to other areas of communication. The creation and refinement of a brand needs to be a deliberate, organic process that significantly incorporates the ideas of employees and evolves naturally.

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Maxim Behar

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Are there any awkward and mandatory questions during a job interview and what are the criteria for showing interest in the candidate? What are the most valuable tips you would give to a person preparing for an interview? It may seem strange, but I am also the one who is interviewed, not just the interviewer.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I think about people like LeeAnn Rasachak and Sarah Reckard whom I met more than 10 years ago now (they were one of my first PR Rock Star interviews!). Back in Minnesota, Tess served as a Digital Production Intern with On Being, then moved into her latest role as Communications & Engagement Coordinator for Appetite for Change.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

The reality in 2023 is that anyone who writes, takes pictures, does interviews, or doodles on a napkin is a content creator. Employees are a source of intriguing content. Early on in the pandemic, Georgia Pacific’s social media manager realized that her employees were a source of great content. Write once, use everywhere.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

During a crisis, leadership, internal communications, and public relations teams may use employee communication platforms to disseminate updates and critical company information. This has several advantages which may eclipse all other forms of internal crisis management solutions. Book a free consultation with us today!

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Maxim Behar

JANUARY 11, 2024

You think about your colleagues, projects, employees, customers, turnover, and everything else. Like you said we get up, we pick up the phone and I think at that point some of the creativity is over as we consume information, different opinions. How can we find employees who have the potential to be leaders and leaders?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Is it really all that important that your brand teams go beyond hiring staff with the surnames Anderson, Peterson, Gustafson and Carlson, and make an extra effort to welcome agency interns with names like Pham, Castillo, Sabah or Xiong? To paraphrase WWE wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, “Hell, yeah !” Tell us what inspired John’s interest?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Perhaps the best way to learn about agency life and a particular employer is to set up informational interviews with current and past employees. During the summer, I had the opportunity to work as a public relations intern in the clean energy space. Here’s what a couple of them had to say about their agency experiences.

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Solo PR Pro

JUNE 14, 2022

She had a summer internship at a local station in Connecticut and discovered the job wasn’t the right fit for her after a particularly gut-wrenching day where she had to interview a grieving mother who had tragically lost her children in a fire. I learned a ton—there was no money, so I learned to be creative,” Jen explains.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through. The story generated millions of positive news impressions for the brand and this truly special employee.”. Take a look….

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 21, 2019

Unstoppable Cultures continues the mission Ginger Hardage began during her time as Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications at Southwest Airlines where she cultivated the airline’s trademark internal and external culture: “We put people first, we treat customers like family, we nurture our culture, and we try to change ahead of the times.”

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. The report provides an international perspective on the challenges facing the PR business. Bold creative and excellent campaigns cannot be delivered by an organisation with a sick culture.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Creativity. How can we get creative with content marketing? With more creativity in marketing assets. 3 ways to embrace creative content marketing For now, let’s forget about SEO, analytics, company goals, and deadlines. You can’t produce creative content without one key ingredient: Consistency.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2024

states as shoes : “With new AI platforms like MidJourney, I had the chance to get really creative with this Digital PR campaign. For instance, I’ve read numerous examples of employees getting fired for using AI even after claiming they didn’t know what AI was or how to use it. I recommend upgrading to a paid plan of $13.99/mo

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 17, 2018

By Tony Cuthbertson In any organisation there are thousands of inspiring day-to-day stories waiting to be discovered in the conversations and interactions between their customers and employees. He’s passionate about the use technology in the creative businesses as well as exploring the theory and practice of great idea generation.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Your employees and stakeholders could be made to look incompetent or immoral. For example, an employee leaks damaging information about your company. ? A major crisis. Claims of sexual harassment by an employee might trigger this response plan. Will you hold an external or internal press conference?

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Your corporate story can prove that sound business decisions have been made along the way, pay respect to your employees, build goodwill, and demonstrate long-lasting corporate strength. Source: GNP Company).

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Journalistics

MAY 29, 2017

That’s part of the value you get from working as an intern in the first place. Some other general tips to make the most out of your summer internship experience: Many would-be employers want to hear about and see examples of your work during the interview process. Are you currently working as an intern this summer?

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

She is particularly interested in pursuing a career with an international nonprofit that works to alleviate poverty and improve educational opportunities around the globe. She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews. For all of these reasons, she is among our top graduating PR students this year. Tori Olker, @toriiio.

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Journalistics

MAY 29, 2017

That’s part of the value you get from working as an intern in the first place. Some other general tips to make the most out of your summer internship experience: Many would-be employers want to hear about and see examples of your work during the interview process. Are you currently working as an intern this summer?

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PR Conversations

JULY 17, 2014

That, and because I can indulge my need for creative expression. Plus that organisational PR relies on the leadership (and employees) and their actions. Its name and popularity as a form of interview has roots in the responses given by the French writer, Marcel Proust. What is your idea of PR nirvana? Nelly Benova. Mat Wilcox.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PR still builds trust “Authentic customer testimonials, peer and employee reviews will increase in importance in 2024. To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content.

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Cision

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Getting employees involved on social media may seem like a terrifying idea. One employee’s inappropriate tweet could result in a social media crisis. Check out these three examples to see how you can take the conversations your employees have on social and turn them into something beneficial for your brand.

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Maxim Behar

JANUARY 24, 2022

CEO says in exclusive interview for the prestigious American magazine Fortunes Crown. His first graduation was from Prague University on International Economic Relations. Although jumped into Public Relations, he did not realize that it’s nothing but pure unique business surrounded by creativity, ethics, and responsibilities.

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

But in the end, the truth is that we who do business with this and seriously advise large international companies do our job the same way our colleagues in Germany, France, and the UK do theirs. We were advising them on how to present themselves to the media, to their employees, and to the public. It really is a revolution.

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Journalistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

You’ll spend a good part of your professional career teaching people what you know – whether consulting for a client, or managing a junior employee. Intern – it’s never too early to get an internship. We all Google potential employees these days. You might as well start doing it now. The same goes for a prospective employer.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 27, 2024

Encouraging any group of employees to march in step is difficult. Explain the company and business objectives Full-time employees have a tendency to take company messaging for granted. A couple simply forward me press releases and offers for interviews, and I can choose whether to bite or not.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It can also help small tech companies to grow, as they have some advantages like shorter teams which can react to news quicker, less red tape, more creativity, and more forgiving trial and error. They can provide news and press releases, blogger and influencer outreach, thought leadership, internal communications, broadcast, and more.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It demonstrates initiative, creativity and uniqueness. It is time to move away from assumptions and explore outside of the norm communicating openly and effectively to get through to the person on the other side of the interview table. What’s to stop us from doing something very distinctive? The network is the way in.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 15, 2019

Encouraging any group of employees to march in step is difficult. Full-time employees have a tendency to take brand messaging for granted. A couple simply forward me press releases and offers for interviews, and I can choose whether to bite or not. They pick up on brand messaging faster if they can see internal discussions.

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