Stephen Waddington

MARCH 24, 2021

Artificial intelligence, paid influence, mental health and fake news are all issues identified by a group of international practitioners in a series of reflective essays published by the PRCA. The PRCA Ethics Council has published its annual perspective of ethical challenging facing PR practice in 2021.

Ethics 178

Ethics Publicity Enterprise Groups 178

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? I believe the generative AI is based on OpenAI technology, which makes ChatGPT. Meltwater announced six principles to govern the ethical development of AI.

Analysis 142

Analysis Tools Software SMB 142

Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. I took a business ethics course when I was studying for my MBA. This isn’t a PR tech story per se, but it is an interesting use of technology in PR. Internal comms metrics.

Software 85

Software Internal International Pitching 85

PR Conversations

AUGUST 7, 2014

Things ain’t what they used to be; the end of the beginning around wearable technologies and the device jumps PR practitioners are about to encounter. As I sit here, at the end of the beginning, I wonder what future colleagues will make of the collective inaction around wearable technologies and the device jumps we are about to encounter.

Publicity 87

Publicity Ethics Technology Government 87

MaccaPR

MAY 28, 2015

“Message To Space,” created by agency Innocean Worldwide, depicts how Hyundai worked with a 13-year-old girl who appears to be Stephanie Virts of Houston, daughter of NASA astronaut Terry Virts, to send a message to her father as he circles the Earth in the International Space Station. Ethically ambiguous? asks Preston.

Film 48

Film Marketing YouTube Advertising 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. The tool and pricing are also clearly aimed at the enterprise level, not generally practical for small to midsized SMB vendors.

Marketing 187

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

At the same time public relations has become elevated as the eyes and ears of an organisation not just in the public sector as means of public engagement, but in corporate communications, internal communications, and marketing. Enterprise social networks, messaging, scheduling, and video have all been adopted.

Tools 175

Tools How To Agency SEO 175