Fri.May 19, 2017

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Behind the Headlines with Amanda Bialek

Cision

Amanda Bialek is a veteran in PR, with over 10 years of experience with clients in a variety of industries. A few months ago, she was promoted to Vice President at Konnect Agency, where she will work to fortify the agency’s internal growth and provide support for their corporate offices. This expanded role will allow Bialek to continue leading communication strategies across the client sector, while also developing the leadership of Konnect Agency.

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Corporate reputation of FTSE350 worth £1 trillion to UK economy

Stuart Bruce

The combined values of corporate reputations in the FTSE350 is worth nearly £1 trillion to the UK economy. The 2017 UK Reputation Dividend Report claims that 39% of all shareholder value is derived from corporate reputation making the combined reputational value of the FTSE350, at the end of January 2017, a record £986 billion. The Reputation Dividend report puts Royal Dutch Shell in top place, displacing Unilever with GSK showing the biggest gain up from 40 to fifth.

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Here Are Four Times When It’s OK to Go Off Message

Cision

It’s common for public relations clients to have a specific idea of exactly what topics they want to cover and which outlet they hope to be featured in, and they are often skeptical when presented with anything outside of that blueprint. In many cases, it’s the public relations specialist’s responsibility to convince them otherwise.

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Project Prisma: helping people with dementia

Frederik Vincx

Reading Time: 2 minutes With a digital service we want to help care facilities strengthen the relationship between staff and inhabitants with dementia. Problem: dementia is on the rise. Solution. Next steps. Project background. Problem: dementia is on the rise. In Flanders, in 2010, there where 100.000 people with dementia. In 2020, that will be 130.000.

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Peter H. Paulsen’s Inspiring Tale Continues to Resonate in 2024

Two years after its initial release, Peter H. Paulsen’s book, From Brick and Mortar to Prosperity, continues to inspire readers around the globe.

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Taking control of your corporate branding

Presspage

The decline in the number of journalists and the rise of PR professionals are well documented. In the US, PR workers now outnumber journalists by about five to one. As Pew Research has pointed out , organizations are increasingly able to reach out to the public directly, in any number of ways, while journalists encounter greater difficulty in checking and confirming information from outside sources.

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Two nations divided by a common language

Steve Barrett on PR

Visits to three top 50 global PR firms based in the U.K. provided a fresh view of the industry through a lens with many common characteristics.

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Corporate reputation of FTSE350 worth £1 trillion to UK economy

Stuart Bruce

The combined values of corporate reputations in the FTSE350 is worth nearly £1 trillion to the UK economy. The 2017 UK Reputation Dividend Report claims that 39% of all shareholder value is derived from corporate reputation making the combined reputational… Continue Reading → The post Corporate reputation of FTSE350 worth £1 trillion to UK economy appeared first on STUART BRUCE.

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PR 101 – Prepare For Your Plans to Fail!

Barokas

Ever think you’ve got a foolproof plan in place, with everything mapped out perfectly? You’ve dotted every ‘i’, crossed every ‘t’, and just when you think things are coming up roses, someone or something comes along and takes your pretty little plan and smashes it to smithereens. No? Well then you haven’t worked in PR long enough. In this crazy, fast moving profession we’ve chosen to make our own, planning is mission critical to setting our clients up for success and helping them achieve optimum

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Boo Netflix all you like, it’s here to stay

Mark My Words

Second to the Palm d’Or the greatest achievement a filmmaker can hope for from a trip to Cannes is a good old booing. A very special kind of cacophony is rewarded to a film that succeeds in irritating le bon goût of French cineastes- it’s less of a boo and more like the mooing of an over-excited cow. Pulp Fiction received the full force of Gallic baying as have most of Lars Von Trier’s films.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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PIN: partners in integration help newcomers find their way

Frederik Vincx

Reading Time: 1 PIN vzw helps newcomers in Flanders to get a good start. Their main project is called Toeleiders. Toeleiders are people that have been in Flanders for a few years, and that now help newcomers become self sufficient. The team of PIN is growing fast. Many Flemish cities want to have toeleiders to help them out. To make this growth manageable, PIN asked me to help them with better tooling.

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Die! AVEs! Die! Die! Die!

Stuart Bruce

I’ve been telling the PR industry for some time now that things can’t go along as they are…. business as usual while mainstream media goes to hell in a hand basket. This week it hasn’t been business as usual because AMEC (the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communications) and the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) both announced the death of AVEs (advertising value equivalency).

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Here Are Four Times When It’s OK to Go Off Message

Beyond PR

It’s common for public relations clients to have a specific idea of exactly what topics they want to cover and which outlet they hope to be featured in, and they are often skeptical when presented with anything outside of that blueprint. In many cases, it’s the public relations specialist’s responsibility to convince them otherwise. We all know that a brand should have multiple methods of reaching goals to be successful, and that numerous successful placements that don’t directly reach the targe

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Snapchat Copycat…Again

HMA Public Relations

Will Instagram ever stop copying Snapchat? Will Sara ever stop writing about it? Right now, it looks like the answer to both of those questions is no. [Click below for more]. The post Snapchat Copycat…Again appeared first on HMA Public Relations.

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5WPR Consumer Culture Report 2024

5WPR’s fifth annual Consumer Culture report takes a look at consumer spending culture, the biggest influences behind buying behaviors, and emerging trends.

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Living and Working in PR in South Africa : Lessons and takeaways ten years later

Karen Freberg

One of my former classmates posted this week that it has been ten years since we were in Cape Town, South Africa for our international internship program for our Master’s degree at USC. This internship program was pretty much the deciding factor for me when I was applying to graduate schools. I applied to nine (yes, nine!) Master’s programs and what stood out to me about SC was this program.

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