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But one surefire way to stand out from your competition is with excellent video storytelling. I’ve spent more than 20 years honing video storytelling skills with my team at MediaSource. So when you’re considering video storytelling, here are four key steps, from strategy to assessment: 1. Before you can evaluate the success or failure of your storytelling, you’ll need to define the overarching objectives of the project in advance. MORE
Submit your best internal content, campaigns and intranets to Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards. The post Share your internal storytelling prowess appeared first on PR Daily. Don’t miss the Oct. 4 deadline. Ragan Awards MORE
Youth engagement through the art of digital storytelling. Digital storytelling has become a key tool for many organizations to engage with their audiences and stakeholders. By using digital storytelling, the Girl Up campaign is able to empower young people to become change agents while also arming them with the necessary tools to spread awareness of its causes. One great example of using emotional storytelling is Humans of New York (HONY). MORE
20, Ling will share more of her story as a keynote speaker at the PRSA 2019 International Conference in San Diego. In an interview with PRsay, Ling offered her thoughts on news readership, storytelling platforms and appreciating the little things in life. At the PRSA International Conference in San Diego this October, you’ll be speaking to an audience of professional communicators. Thought Leadership journalism PRSA International Conference storytelling MORE
Submit your best internal content, campaigns and intranets to Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards. The post Share your internal storytelling prowess appeared first on PR Daily. Don’t miss the Oct. 4 deadline. Ragan Awards MORE
Was a piece of internal content particularly successful? We’re seeking brand storytellers who know their way around a clickable headline, a viral video or a fleeting social trend. Audio Storytelling. How has content helped you meet your recruitment, brand awareness, crisis recovery or lead generation goals? What stories did you produce this year that were highly sharable? MORE
She faced initial resistance publishing stories about Area 51 and other previously classified events but eventually earned trust for storytelling leeway. Drawing on internal sources from the agency’s library, Reams’ team also compiled a handy “ Top 10 research tips from CIA librarians.”. MORE
Learn from ‘struggling’ media outlets, and focus on storytelling, trust and transparency if you want to engage colleagues, the award-winning reporter advises at IABC’s World Conference. Without trust, even deft storytelling will fail. O’Brien’s team did a feature on caregiving, of which Genworth used a portion externally for a commercial , as well as internally. A storytelling checklist for communicators: Be relentless in telling stories about complicated topics. MORE
With more employees working from home due to COVID-19 concerns, video is becoming increasingly valuable for internal communications. Video offers many benefits for internal communications, even in ordinary times–and these are anything but. MORE
In honor of International Women’s Day, @BurgerKingUK , tweeted a “joke” that “Women belong in the kitchen,” as a way to encourage female employees to pursue a culinary career. Lauryn Bayley is a public relations and content development intern at Flackable. MORE
From PR pros to internal communicators, tracking one’s impact is a top concern. A majority of internal communicators, PR professionals, social media specialists and human resources communicators placed “Measuring the impact of your role” at the top. Internal communicators were least willing to overturn the cushions on the corporate couch and dig for spare change for educational purposes. Internal communicators. Content Marketing Measurement Storytelling PR survey MORE
Take care to preserve your brand reputation by framing any position around the wellbeing of your internal and external stakeholders. MORE
The ongoing chaos of the pandemic is also shaking loose some opportunities for enterprising, strategic storytellers. The post Top 2021 internal communication trends appeared first on PR Daily. Here’s what to expect—and prioritize—in what’s sure to be another turbulent year ahead. MORE
Empathy is essential when your audience stretches from California to Hyderabad and spans both internal and external communications. Lest you doubt the importance of storytelling at the cloud computing company ServiceNow , a staffing priority gives away the game. Every member of the communication team is a storyteller, says Emily Russel, head of the employee communications and engagement team. The heart of everything we do is around storytelling,” Russel says. “It’s MORE
Sellafield storyteller turns whistleblower I accepted the BBC’s invitation, ignored many mentors in PR, and stepped in front of the camera. I am told that Internal comms at Sellafield have acknowledged a problem and talked about reflection. MORE
I had a conversation with International speaker and storyteller, Cameron Brown , about creating impact in 2018. The New Year is off to a great start and you may be working on the different ways to create greater impact in your career and life. Cameron is also the founder of The Thriving Collective and creator of The Impact Diaries. MORE
PR intern’s guide to agency lingo. PR people and reporters work very closely every day, and are very much in the same business of storytelling. Earned media – Interns need to learn this term first, since it’s among the things clients bring on agencies for. UVM – A dewy young intern may think UVM is a prominent college, but UVM refers to the number of unique visitors per month that a news website receives. MORE
At a time when we have more data than we can possibly use and people connect on social platforms, storytelling is an ideal tool for PR and marketing. When considerations collide, storytelling suffers. There’s a real tendency to sugarcoat anything negative or embarrassing when it comes to business storytelling. Intuit and Hubspot are two brands that do a great job celebrating their core customer, small businesses, in their storytelling. MORE
Unite through internally viral video. Just about every organization these days is embracing the need to boost employee engagement and internal culture. The post 5 ways Microsoft boosts engagement and internal culture appeared first on PR Daily. Know your values. MORE
Storytelling has become a crucial strategy for communicators looking to attract attention from both employees and consumers. Our attention is under attack,” says Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s chief storyteller and general manager of the company’s Innovation, Culture and Stories team. “By Here five ways you can breathe life into your storytelling efforts: 1. To excel at human storytelling, you must focus on the people at the heart of your content. MORE
There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. The resurgence of internal communications Internal communications is one of the hottest areas of contemporary PR. MORE
Whether you’re shooting a company video or writing up a press release, one word sums up today’s communications: storytelling. This year Pixar, partnering with the online education provider Khan Academy, began offering a free video series on the art of storytelling. There are few organizations in the world that can claim more expertise when it comes to storytelling than Pixar,” TechCrunch noted. Still, a simple question lies at the heart of storytelling: “What if…?” MORE
1 morning show to make your own storytelling efforts come alive online—and then learn more from Hurlbutt at our Social Media Conference for PR, Marketing and Corporate Communications Conference at Disney World, on March 6-8. What matters is understanding who they are and where they reside, so you can build an effective social media storytelling strategy. The post 4 ways ‘Good Morning America’ nails social media storytelling appeared first on PR Daily. MORE
Currently, PR professionals are still in love with the concept of “storytelling.” The problem with storytelling as a vehicle for engagement, and more importantly message placement, is that if everyone is following the same model, it all becomes noise again. ” ‘Storytelling,’ like many industry buzzwords, is a term that has virtually lost all meaning due to overuse and inappropriate application.” Storytelling, PR, and Measurement. MORE
Here are a handful of resolutions to jot down to ensure you hit specific internal comms targets instead of wandering aimlessly. Internal communication is ultimately about building genuine relationships and understanding. MORE
For International Women’s Day, many organizations are looking to celebrate the work of their female colleagues—and the PR industry is a focal point. For example, many organizations have created internal resource groups so colleagues can turn to each other for support. MORE
Podcasts are immensely popular—but that’s not biggest reason you should consider creating an internal broadcast for your organization. The internal podcast is a solution for a looming employee-engagement crisis as workers face burnout and overwork, Hammad says. MORE
Here are six reasons to take your storytelling to the next level—or maybe the one above that. Here’s a good news story—and a not so good one—both broken by the news team at Blue Sky, the brand journalism site for the Pittsburgh International Airport. The post 6 ways to up your storytelling game appeared first on PR Daily. You’ve launched a brand journalism site. Kudos. But it’s time to move on to what’s next. Welcome to brand journalism 2.0. MORE
According to Matthew Lynley , who graciously instructed the Hoffman team and guests in the power of data-driven storytelling, this is because there is more data than ever before. Why use data-driven storytelling? By Account Manager Matthew Burrows. Data!’ he cried impatiently. ‘I MORE
Here’s why your internal messaging should shape, influence and animate all your communication. The line between external and internal communication is thinning, to the point of being erased. If you say one thing and do another, you’ll quickly lose credibility. MORE
At a time when we have more data than we can possibly use and people connect on social media platforms, storytelling is an ideal tool for PR and marketing. When considerations collide, storytelling suffers. A dry chronology will bore readers to tears—if they read the piece at all. MORE
Brand storytelling has dramatically increased in both importance and volume over the last three months, likely driven by the communications urgency of the pandemic and associated crises of 2020. The post Ragan survey: Brand storytelling increases in importance appeared first on PR Daily. MORE
Shifting from traditional marketing and communications to the concept and model of Performance Storytelling isn’t easy. Enter Performance Storytelling. I call that Performance Storytelling. There are three key elements to successful Performance Storytelling: 1. My internal test for my pitch is ‘Would my mom understand what this is?’ Shay has created the Storytelling Arc that outlines the story format that will optimize the call to action: . MORE
The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. By Chris Owen, Director, Hoffman Europe We recently had a call with a potential PR intern, as part of a series of chats we’re having for new agency hires for the year ahead. MORE
A quarter-century later, more is at stake and international terrains are even harder to traverse. That makes sense, but when corporate HQ exercises strict control and approval over every overseas action, bureaucracy handicaps the international PR effort. Many companies aren’t willing to put in the time to localize the storytelling for each target country. Conducting international PR long distance. MORE
At a recent event, WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell said that in his view, “…internal communications teams are a barrier to the speed of organizational response”. Looking for more insights on brand storytelling and content marketing? MORE
We reached out to Brumm for more storytelling ideas and insights, and he was kind enough to respond. You might not create an internationally beloved cartoon, but what sort of difference can you make? MORE
I’ve held a lot of roles during my career, many of them at Philip Morris International (PMI), but nothing could have prepared me for the challenge of effectively communicating to our 71,000+ employees about our company’s historic transformation. MORE
She faced initial resistance publishing stories about Area 51 and other previously classified events but eventually earned trust for storytelling leeway. Drawing on internal sources from the agency’s library, Reams’ team also compiled a handy “ Top 10 research tips from CIA librarians.”. MORE
If there’s a watchword to guide your internal comms efforts in 2021, it’s authenticity. The post Let’s take a deep-dive into internal business jargon that change agents and communicators should not run up the flagpole in 2021 appeared first on PR Daily. MORE
Pittsburgh International Airport: Blue Sky News. The post Covering COVID-19: Amid the pandemic, brand journalists step up their storytelling appeared first on PR Daily. Brand Journalism Crisis Communications Storytelling The Consultant is In MORE
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JANUARY 8, 2021
Here are a handful of resolutions to jot down to ensure you hit specific internal comms targets instead of wandering aimlessly. Internal communication is ultimately about building genuine relationships and understanding.
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AUGUST 15, 2019
Submit your best internal content, campaigns and intranets to Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards. The post Share your internal storytelling prowess appeared first on PR Daily. Don’t miss the Oct. 4 deadline. Ragan Awards
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AUGUST 13, 2019
Submit your best internal content, campaigns and intranets to Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards. The post Share your internal storytelling prowess appeared first on PR Daily. Don’t miss the Oct. 4 deadline. Ragan Awards
PR Daily
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The ongoing chaos of the pandemic is also shaking loose some opportunities for enterprising, strategic storytellers. The post Top 2021 internal communication trends appeared first on PR Daily. Here’s what to expect—and prioritize—in what’s sure to be another turbulent year ahead.
PR Expanded
JANUARY 16, 2018
I had a conversation with International speaker and storyteller, Cameron Brown , about creating impact in 2018. The New Year is off to a great start and you may be working on the different ways to create greater impact in your career and life. Cameron is also the founder of The Thriving Collective and creator of The Impact Diaries.
PR Daily
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Podcasts are immensely popular—but that’s not biggest reason you should consider creating an internal broadcast for your organization. The internal podcast is a solution for a looming employee-engagement crisis as workers face burnout and overwork, Hammad says.
PR Daily
MARCH 5, 2020
For International Women’s Day, many organizations are looking to celebrate the work of their female colleagues—and the PR industry is a focal point. For example, many organizations have created internal resource groups so colleagues can turn to each other for support.
PR Daily
JULY 14, 2020
At a recent event, WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell said that in his view, “…internal communications teams are a barrier to the speed of organizational response”. Looking for more insights on brand storytelling and content marketing?
PR Daily
MAY 10, 2021
I’ve held a lot of roles during my career, many of them at Philip Morris International (PMI), but nothing could have prepared me for the challenge of effectively communicating to our 71,000+ employees about our company’s historic transformation.
PR Daily
AUGUST 6, 2020
Here’s why your internal messaging should shape, influence and animate all your communication. The line between external and internal communication is thinning, to the point of being erased. If you say one thing and do another, you’ll quickly lose credibility.
PR Daily
MARCH 30, 2020
With more employees working from home due to COVID-19 concerns, video is becoming increasingly valuable for internal communications. Video offers many benefits for internal communications, even in ordinary times–and these are anything but.
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PR Daily
DECEMBER 2, 2019
At a time when we have more data than we can possibly use and people connect on social media platforms, storytelling is an ideal tool for PR and marketing. When considerations collide, storytelling suffers. A dry chronology will bore readers to tears—if they read the piece at all.
ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications
JUNE 7, 2019
PR intern’s guide to agency lingo. PR people and reporters work very closely every day, and are very much in the same business of storytelling. Earned media – Interns need to learn this term first, since it’s among the things clients bring on agencies for. UVM – A dewy young intern may think UVM is a prominent college, but UVM refers to the number of unique visitors per month that a news website receives.
ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications
OCTOBER 15, 2019
At a time when we have more data than we can possibly use and people connect on social platforms, storytelling is an ideal tool for PR and marketing. When considerations collide, storytelling suffers. There’s a real tendency to sugarcoat anything negative or embarrassing when it comes to business storytelling. Intuit and Hubspot are two brands that do a great job celebrating their core customer, small businesses, in their storytelling.
PR Daily
MARCH 30, 2019
Empathy is essential when your audience stretches from California to Hyderabad and spans both internal and external communications. Lest you doubt the importance of storytelling at the cloud computing company ServiceNow , a staffing priority gives away the game. Every member of the communication team is a storyteller, says Emily Russel, head of the employee communications and engagement team. The heart of everything we do is around storytelling,” Russel says. “It’s
PR Daily
MARCH 8, 2021
In honor of International Women’s Day, @BurgerKingUK , tweeted a “joke” that “Women belong in the kitchen,” as a way to encourage female employees to pursue a culinary career. Lauryn Bayley is a public relations and content development intern at Flackable.
Onclusive
APRIL 3, 2019
Shifting from traditional marketing and communications to the concept and model of Performance Storytelling isn’t easy. Enter Performance Storytelling. I call that Performance Storytelling. There are three key elements to successful Performance Storytelling: 1. My internal test for my pitch is ‘Would my mom understand what this is?’ Shay has created the Storytelling Arc that outlines the story format that will optimize the call to action: .
PR Daily
MARCH 15, 2020
She faced initial resistance publishing stories about Area 51 and other previously classified events but eventually earned trust for storytelling leeway. Drawing on internal sources from the agency’s library, Reams’ team also compiled a handy “ Top 10 research tips from CIA librarians.”.
PR Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Unite through internally viral video. Just about every organization these days is embracing the need to boost employee engagement and internal culture. The post 5 ways Microsoft boosts engagement and internal culture appeared first on PR Daily. Know your values.
PR Daily
JUNE 19, 2018
Was a piece of internal content particularly successful? We’re seeking brand storytellers who know their way around a clickable headline, a viral video or a fleeting social trend. Audio Storytelling. How has content helped you meet your recruitment, brand awareness, crisis recovery or lead generation goals? What stories did you produce this year that were highly sharable?
PR Daily
MARCH 16, 2020
She faced initial resistance publishing stories about Area 51 and other previously classified events but eventually earned trust for storytelling leeway. Drawing on internal sources from the agency’s library, Reams’ team also compiled a handy “ Top 10 research tips from CIA librarians.”.
PR Daily
JULY 9, 2019
Here are six reasons to take your storytelling to the next level—or maybe the one above that. Here’s a good news story—and a not so good one—both broken by the news team at Blue Sky, the brand journalism site for the Pittsburgh International Airport. The post 6 ways to up your storytelling game appeared first on PR Daily. You’ve launched a brand journalism site. Kudos. But it’s time to move on to what’s next. Welcome to brand journalism 2.0.
PR Daily
APRIL 7, 2021
We reached out to Brumm for more storytelling ideas and insights, and he was kind enough to respond. You might not create an internationally beloved cartoon, but what sort of difference can you make?
PR Daily
JULY 30, 2019
Storytelling has become a crucial strategy for communicators looking to attract attention from both employees and consumers. Our attention is under attack,” says Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s chief storyteller and general manager of the company’s Innovation, Culture and Stories team. “By Here five ways you can breathe life into your storytelling efforts: 1. To excel at human storytelling, you must focus on the people at the heart of your content.
PR Expanded
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Youth engagement through the art of digital storytelling. Digital storytelling has become a key tool for many organizations to engage with their audiences and stakeholders. By using digital storytelling, the Girl Up campaign is able to empower young people to become change agents while also arming them with the necessary tools to spread awareness of its causes. One great example of using emotional storytelling is Humans of New York (HONY).
PR Daily
MAY 2, 2019
From PR pros to internal communicators, tracking one’s impact is a top concern. A majority of internal communicators, PR professionals, social media specialists and human resources communicators placed “Measuring the impact of your role” at the top. Internal communicators were least willing to overturn the cushions on the corporate couch and dig for spare change for educational purposes. Internal communicators. Content Marketing Measurement Storytelling PR survey
PR Daily
JUNE 10, 2019
Learn from ‘struggling’ media outlets, and focus on storytelling, trust and transparency if you want to engage colleagues, the award-winning reporter advises at IABC’s World Conference. Without trust, even deft storytelling will fail. O’Brien’s team did a feature on caregiving, of which Genworth used a portion externally for a commercial , as well as internally. A storytelling checklist for communicators: Be relentless in telling stories about complicated topics.
PR Daily
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
1 morning show to make your own storytelling efforts come alive online—and then learn more from Hurlbutt at our Social Media Conference for PR, Marketing and Corporate Communications Conference at Disney World, on March 6-8. What matters is understanding who they are and where they reside, so you can build an effective social media storytelling strategy. The post 4 ways ‘Good Morning America’ nails social media storytelling appeared first on PR Daily.
Stephen Waddington
JANUARY 15, 2020
There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. The resurgence of internal communications Internal communications is one of the hottest areas of contemporary PR.
Ishmael's Corner
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. By Chris Owen, Director, Hoffman Europe We recently had a call with a potential PR intern, as part of a series of chats we’re having for new agency hires for the year ahead.
Stephen Waddington
MARCH 17, 2021
Sellafield storyteller turns whistleblower I accepted the BBC’s invitation, ignored many mentors in PR, and stepped in front of the camera. I am told that Internal comms at Sellafield have acknowledged a problem and talked about reflection.
PR Daily
MARCH 16, 2020
Pittsburgh International Airport: Blue Sky News. The post Covering COVID-19: Amid the pandemic, brand journalists step up their storytelling appeared first on PR Daily. Brand Journalism Crisis Communications Storytelling The Consultant is In
Waxing UnLyrical
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Currently, PR professionals are still in love with the concept of “storytelling.” The problem with storytelling as a vehicle for engagement, and more importantly message placement, is that if everyone is following the same model, it all becomes noise again. ” ‘Storytelling,’ like many industry buzzwords, is a term that has virtually lost all meaning due to overuse and inappropriate application.” Storytelling, PR, and Measurement.
The Hoffman Agency
APRIL 6, 2020
According to Matthew Lynley , who graciously instructed the Hoffman team and guests in the power of data-driven storytelling, this is because there is more data than ever before. Why use data-driven storytelling? By Account Manager Matthew Burrows. Data!’ he cried impatiently. ‘I
PR Daily
JUNE 8, 2017
Whether you’re shooting a company video or writing up a press release, one word sums up today’s communications: storytelling. This year Pixar, partnering with the online education provider Khan Academy, began offering a free video series on the art of storytelling. There are few organizations in the world that can claim more expertise when it comes to storytelling than Pixar,” TechCrunch noted. Still, a simple question lies at the heart of storytelling: “What if…?”
PR Daily
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
A quarter-century later, more is at stake and international terrains are even harder to traverse. That makes sense, but when corporate HQ exercises strict control and approval over every overseas action, bureaucracy handicaps the international PR effort. Many companies aren’t willing to put in the time to localize the storytelling for each target country. Conducting international PR long distance.
PRSay
JULY 23, 2019
20, Ling will share more of her story as a keynote speaker at the PRSA 2019 International Conference in San Diego. In an interview with PRsay, Ling offered her thoughts on news readership, storytelling platforms and appreciating the little things in life. At the PRSA International Conference in San Diego this October, you’ll be speaking to an audience of professional communicators. Thought Leadership journalism PRSA International Conference storytelling
PR Daily
APRIL 9, 2021
Take care to preserve your brand reputation by framing any position around the wellbeing of your internal and external stakeholders.
PR Daily
JANUARY 11, 2021
If there’s a watchword to guide your internal comms efforts in 2021, it’s authenticity. The post Let’s take a deep-dive into internal business jargon that change agents and communicators should not run up the flagpole in 2021 appeared first on PR Daily.
PRSay
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
But one surefire way to stand out from your competition is with excellent video storytelling. I’ve spent more than 20 years honing video storytelling skills with my team at MediaSource. So when you’re considering video storytelling, here are four key steps, from strategy to assessment: 1. Before you can evaluate the success or failure of your storytelling, you’ll need to define the overarching objectives of the project in advance.
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