Sword and the Script

MARCH 22, 2022

According to Gartner, 83% of communications leaders surveyed say their influence among the c-suite has grown. Companies are placing a larger emphasis on stakeholder communications and cross-functional collaboration,” according to a press release on the survey quoting Jennifer Sigler , Ph.D., Only 5% said they have less influence.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 (see these posts covering the executive summary , top challenges , organizational trust in media and views on media bias ). So says a 2022 survey conducted by PRWeek for ICR.

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Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Internal communication is an important management function that contributes to leadership, productivity, and employee engagement within organisations. The new CIPD guides provide practical advice for HR professionals but are also useful primers for internal communication professionals.

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Internal International Communications Employee 78

Sword and the Script

MARCH 16, 2021

Marketers’ overall economic optimism has rebounded beyond mid-pandemic and even pre-pandemic levels,” according to a new survey. The CMO Survey , a biannual poll by Christine Moorman , a senior professor at the Fuqua School of Business, polled 356 marketing leaders in January 2021. According to this report : “Optimism hit 66.3 (out

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Survey Marketing B2B Comparison 150

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Almost every marketing role I’ve ever had has involved leadership changes and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). You can produce anonymous internal surveys, if nothing else. Internal M&A comms is essentially a reputation and brand management play. Pay attention to anecdotes from managers.

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PRSay

JANUARY 13, 2021

As you think about your internal communications plans for 2021, you must first recognize the challenges and changes that occurred in 2020. While this is not always possible due to resources, you might try teaming internal communicators up to examine each other’s area of control. Nobody plans to fail. They just fail to plan. Group size.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2021

PR pros and comms teams should consider developments in relevant international regions as a way to expand thought leadership for company executives. Moreover, given how interconnected the business world is today, international news stories, trends, and policy changes often have ripple effects that impact the U.S.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 10, 2021

Great content lies at the heart of everything communications does, including employee and leadership communications and PR. A good example of implementing this tactic is Monster, who conducts surveys amongst job seekers and employers and then tells its stories using data and insights from these surveys. Elizabeth Barrett.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Good management and leadership make a big difference to organisations contributing to productivity, innovation, staff retention and overall business performance. 46% of managers agreed that people were promoted based on internal relationships and profile rather than ability and performance.

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Training Survey Employee Leadership 111

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. That’s according to The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 , which polled 483 communications professionals – mostly in the US. More internal comms. Jack of all trades.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. The company maintains and sells access to an online media contact database, which serves as the population from which the survey sample is drawn. The survey suggests reporter views of the top challenges they face is splintered.

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MaccaPR

JUNE 11, 2020

With over 50% of employees fearful of contracting COVID-19 upon returning to the workplace, effective internal communications must go beyond addressing the safety procedures being put into place. All of your internal communications must lead with compassion, empathy and should be come from the C-Suite.

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Internal International Communications Employee 62

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey ( overview , challenges and the media relations struggle ). This week I paused to catch up on reading several other surveys of interest to PR and communications. Top challenges in internal communications.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 13, 2021

By the looks of the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey results, that’s never been truer than today. Below are the top PR challenges in 2021, according to the survey: 40% said too many priorities. Miller was one of six outside contributors that helped analyze the survey results. About the 2021 JOTW Strategic Comms Survey.

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Communications Survey Education Leadership 161

PRSay

APRIL 14, 2022

Make sure that your internal communications plans include tactics such as regular employee surveys, providing anticipated questions and draft responses for managers ahead of big announcements, and leadership listening tours. But too often, organizations forget the last step: feedback.

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Employee Communications Internal International 187

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2020

Public relations has wrestled with messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but studies also show it has improved business collaboration and internal communications The events of 9/11 changed air travel. About: The survey results were first published in mid-March 2020 – just a few days before the WHO declared the Coronavirus a pandemic.

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Onclusive

APRIL 4, 2023

A strong personal brand will provide reassurance and leadership during a crisis, while a negative personal brand may exacerbate the situation and damage the reputation of the business further. Responding to crises In times of crisis, a CEO’s personal brand can either help or hurt the company’s reputation.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 26, 2021

Internal communication is just as important as external – and here’s how to improve it. It doesn’t need to be a huge scandal, but an organisation’s reputation is dictated by everything that is said about them, externally and internally. Internal communication is a key part of enabling employees to perform their job well.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Austin, Texas, was the backdrop for PRSA’s International Conference this past week. On following journalists on Twitter: “When asked in a survey if journalists like when PR professionals follow you on social media, 86 percent said yes. What’s on the mind of PR professionals these days? Don’t avoid conflict. Secretary of Labor.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 15, 2022

Several studies conducted in the past few years have sought to identify what business issues are keeping CEOs up at night the most One group, Serenity in Leadership interviewed global business leaders across different business sectors earlier this year and found eleven general uncertainties concerning the C-suite. . Pervading uncertainty.

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Reputation Crisis Nonprofit Training 146

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

JULY 10, 2023

Not only was she relatively new to measurement, and so had to figure a lot of things out as she went, but she did it for a very, very large organization requiring buy-in from numerous levels of leadership. Survey research data (e.g. So, you can do it too. These are basic points, quick to read yet vital advice.

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Measurement Communications How To Survey 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Business and tech media in particular have an ongoing appetite for research, studies and surveys. But, more often than not, internal data doesn’t work for B2B PR. For leading data management platform Lotame , for example, their data and third-party surveys are both important, and they often work together. This is natural.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A survey of comms pros finds the top three reasons clients hire outside help are an extra pair of hands, outside objectivity and advice and expertise in a niche. That’s according to 53% of the 483 communicators that responded to the 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 ( summary and highlights ).

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And while some progress has been made in advancing women to leadership and board positions, the pay gap between men and women in PR is $6,000 on average (even when tenure, job type, education, field of study, location, and ethnicity are held constant). A lack of inclusion can sometimes be seen in employee surveys.

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Agency How To Survey Employee 100

Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2023

At the CIPR International Maggie Nally Lecture this week, United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming provided insights into communicating accurately and effectively in the digital age. The UN leadership insists social media platforms must deliver on promises and face regulations.

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Communications Crisis Social Media Storytelling 98

Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

In many organizations, a major fragmentation exists between executive leadership and the communications function. Based on a survey of over 600 European business leaders in large corporations (CEOs, presidents, managing directors, full-time board members, etc.),

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Communications Corporate Reputation Employee 248

PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

For companies, demonstrative actions might range from internal processes to hiring practices and how a brand shapes — and is shaped by — the external environment. According to a 2021 Deloitte survey , quality and price remain two of the top-three purchasing criteria for consumers, cited 86% and 61% of the time, respectively.

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Brand Branding Nonprofit Government 140

Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This week in public relations ethics there were some really interesting articles that look at duty, leadership and the need for counsel. Do you need an ethics adviso r – Continuing the international focus, the new U.K. The survey will go live on 1st September and is available to all practitioners across the world.

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PRSay

MARCH 14, 2022

In a 2020 Harris Poll that surveyed members of all generations, more than half of Gen Z respondents (ages 10-25) said they consider themselves creative, compared with only 44 percent of older respondents who described themselves the same way. Invite your new employees and interns into the board room. Bring in young voices.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 20, 2022

That same LinkedIn survey also says employees are 14 times more likely to share content from their employers than other types of content on LinkedIn. What’s more, a recent Morning Consult survey claims people believe CEOs should be prioritizing the well-being and interests of their employees over all other audiences.

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LinkedIn Employee Survey Internal 74

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it’s a perfect time for fresh leadership, and a good way for Korey to be sent packing as a public face of the brand. To top it off, each interaction triggered an automatic customer service survey, but no one addressed the actual problem. It didn’t have to be that way. Most are even pretty good.

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Customer Service Employee Reputation Meeting 227

PRSay

APRIL 5, 2023

Lacking a time machine that would let us jump into the future, my company surveyed hundreds of PR practitioners about where the profession is heading in the next three years. Here are three takeaways from the survey. Where do the survey respondents think these increasing budgets will be spent in 2023?

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Survey Measurement Employee Retail 86

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

In July 2015, the CMO Council released a report based on a content survey conducted with syndication platform Netline. This section of the report underscores an easy way to derail content marketing from the outset – one “driven by internal stakeholder interests” as the report concludes, rather than the needs of the market.

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Survey Content Marketing Report Corporate 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Most of all, we’re a strategic resource for internal and external clients. Thought leadership content is persuasive. They surveyed 1500 members of a consumer panel and ran focus groups with a subset of them. We’ve embraced the PESO model of content. We’re counselors to our clients.

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SEO Agency Policies Reputation 227

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Evolving Communication Function reports that the strength of internal relationships and reporting lines are the greatest indicator of the performance of a corporate communication team. Regardless of structure, communicators should focus on being valued and invested in by top leadership. It’s a useful piece of work.

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Corporate Communications Public Affairs Resources 135

PRSay

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

14 presentation, “Boldly into the Unknown: Navigating What Lies Ahead for Communications” at PRSA’s ICON 2022 in Grapevine, Texas, he cited a Gartner survey in which 83 percent of corporate communicators said their influence on the C-suite has increased. Just 3% of C-suite executives surveyed said they are concerned about climate change.

Communications 86

Communications Survey Conference Corporate 86

Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

War, fear, international isolation, and nationalism shaped an entire generation of people that now hold the majority of power and leadership in the western world — the Baby Boomers. How do we take an understanding of generational gaps and correlate them with leadership style, motivations, and the ability to connect with people?

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