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Exploring Best Practices in Global Communications

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The Air China flight descended through the smog and I saw Beijing for the first time in 2003. My two-year assignment in Beijing extended to 11 years in China where I also led corporate communications for Ford Asia Pacific. We need to find the facts, understand the news and communicate compellingly. We’re diplomats.

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In Memoriam: Ralph Kam, APR, Fellow PRSA

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As an instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Pacific University, Cha­mi­nade University, and the University of Phoenix, he helped form the professional foundations of many communicators. For his work and contributions to the Chapter, profession and community, he was recognized as the Hawaii Chapter’s Gregg W.

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Pride Month in a Year of Loathing: Allies Needed

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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. In 2003, he co-founded FH Out Front, the first global LGBTQ communications practice at an international PR firm (FleishmanHillard).

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Spin machine: reputation and media experts are turning to TikTok

Mark My Words

But soon after the method increased in prominence, so did the internet – and, with it, opportunities to dissect the work of figures such as Blair’s director of communications, Alastair Campbell. ‘One always remembers certain phrases like “Education, education, education”.’

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In Memoriam: Craig Toyoki Miyamoto, APR, Fellow PRSA

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After his journalism career, he served as director of public relations for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and later as executive vice president of SMS Communications, Honolulu. The Chapter inducted him as a member of the PRSA Hawaii Hall of Fame in 2003. In retirement, he continued to counsel clients through his own firm.

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The Now and No of Engaging LGBTQ Audiences

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While June is generally celebrated as LGBTQ Pride Month across the United States, smart communicators know that celebrating and honoring Pride is a year-round activity. What are the implications for communicators? It’s OK to admit you don’t understand the complexities of engaging diverse communities.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Drew Herdener on the Evolution of Amazon’s Comms Team

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When Drew Herdener joined Amazon in 2003, the company was evolving from its early successes as an online bookseller. Today, Herdener is vice president of worldwide communications. Thomas Brooks also asked how Herdener and Amazon’s communications team manages a crisis or potentially challenging news cycles.

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