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4 Corporate Communications Lessons From Hurricane Harvey

PRSay

Nonprofit groups and volunteers came with tools and know-how. When my family undertook major renovations on our house in 2014, we began by interviewing several contractors. But few flood victims after Hurricane Harvey had the luxury of interviewing contractors. Even finding a contractor available then would have been difficult.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

After continuing his work in emergency and crisis communications for Columbia University Medical Center in New York a few years later, Doug honed his methodology and began penning his first book, “ The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts.”

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Face Implicit Bias to Create a More Diverse PR Profession

PRSay

Diversity of thought in inclusive environments brings value to organizations ranging from publicly traded conglomerates to nonprofit agencies. Leaders in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are increasingly seeking to understand and address such implications of implicit bias.

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Evolving Roles and Responsibilities in Public Relations

Deirdre Breakenridge

My previous interviews with new professionals had suggested new practitioners were enacting more managerial type roles on social media, but I didn’t know if those findings were generalizable. My current research is focused on ethics and internal communication. – Marlene Neill. Professor Nicole Lee.

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People Are Not Props – Christie Goodman

Ethical Voices

I have focused my career on social justice with nonprofit organizations. After graduating from Texas Tech, I worked on Capitol Hill with a couple of nonprofits. When I was being interviewed, everybody knew what was happening, and I was asked the question, “Why are you leaving your current job?”

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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

Courses may be as broad as Principles of PR or PR Campaigns, or as focused as Working with Influencers, Crisis Communications or Nonprofit PR.” Courses taught: Introduction to Public Relations, Public Relations and Advertising Writing, Health Communications, Non-profit Communications, Special Topics: Bateman PR Campaigns.

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It Is About Helping People – Sandy Young

Ethical Voices

Walcher Communications , a public relations and marketing firm based out of San Diego with a diverse mix of local, regional, and national clients. She has spent her career in PR agencies with a penchant for crisis communications. Should I push my client for them to be interviewed? So, who’s going to interview them?

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