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Pride Month in a Year of Loathing: Allies Needed

PRSay

PRSA has curated a wide range of professional development and educational resources, all designed to recognize and celebrate the LGBTQ+ population within and beyond the communications profession. And it acts like your straight neighbor Fran who puts a rainbow flag up on their house and volunteers to help at the local LGBTQ+ center.

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The Power of Local Knowledge: Why Product Development Should Start with Listening to Your Community

Stern + Associates

At the SAFElab , where Patton is the founding director, social workers and local residents join Patton and his team to add context to social media messages, which helps programmers build algorithms that interpret messages correctly. Through keynote presentations, interactive workshops and as an advisor to AI companies Kai.ai

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Report: Companies Face a New Era of Scrutiny on Political Activity

PRSay

Insights are also from the Center’s recent survey of 84 large public and private firms on how companies and their employee-funded PACs responded to the Capitol riot and objections to the election certification. Engage and educate stakeholders. companies, hosted by The Conference Board ESG Center in the wake of the 2020 U.S.

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How to Engage and Empower Your ZEOs

PRSay

For the next decade, tens of thousands of Gen Zers will graduate from college annually, begin their careers and take on roles at companies of all sizes — from local nonprofits to global corporations. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023.

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Communicators Can Help Americans Vote in 2020

PRSay

3, Americans will cast their votes for President and for state and local candidates. Communicators have “a lot of great partners out there” who can help provide their employees with local voting information, said panelist Kelly Mason, director of corporate communications at Levi Strauss & Co.,

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How to Engage and Empower Your ZEOs

PRSay

For the next decade, tens of thousands of Gen Zers will graduate from college annually, begin their careers and take on roles at companies of all sizes — from local nonprofits to global corporations. Instead of managing Gen Z employees, mentor them. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023.

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Behind the Headlines With Connie Partoyan

Cision

I am excited about being part of an evolving industry where local influence is growing in importance. It is a lot more integrated, targeted and localized. and in local communities. Also, local news continues to be relevant. nearly nine in 10 residents follow local news closely – and about half do so very closely.