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Main Street Revival: 41% of consumers went local during COVID–and 94% plan to continue

Agility PR Solutions

Although the COVID crisis was a catastrophic and even fatal event for many small business owners, others were able to take advantage of these trying times by drawing consumers to their shops with the magic wand of 2020—excellent customer service.

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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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How Roy Williams created his own Crisis PR event

The Stalwart Blog

Here you are, the perennial winning Head Men’s Basketball Coach from the University of North Carolina, Roy Williams, and you go on a local radio show to say that you possess one of the least gifted teams in your career. CEOs oftentimes publicly point fingers at their employees when things don’t go well.

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Why aren’t employers giving PR employees the benefits they want?

Communications Conversations

Employees hold all the cards. Employers need to adapt in terms of what employees really want in the new economy. How do you expect to keep star employees motivated when you’re giving them, essentially, what amounts to a cost-of-living increase? Another huge perk almost every employee would value. Not even close.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Taking dry content like company policies and turning it into information that employees actually want to read requires a savvy communicator. How do you know what’s working?

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Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Employees Participate in Seventh Annual Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup Event

HMA Public Relations

May 1, 2019) – For the seventh year in a row, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino employees participated in a local CodeGreen Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup event, […]. The post Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Employees Participate in Seventh Annual Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup Event appeared first on HMA Public Relations. (MARICOPA, Ariz. –

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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

Communications Conversations

A couple weeks ago, I was invited to a small, unique event at the Verizon “Concept Store” at the Mall of America. I say “unique” because it was pitched as a red carpet event where Verizon would show off its latest holiday technologies and gadgets. Get Verizon employees involved. Make the red carpet fun!