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Good Corporate Culture Moves Everyone Forward

5W PR

However, several tragic 2020 events have accelerated calls for diversity and inclusion (D&I) and with that have also come moves to improve the corporate culture in many organizations. What Makes For Good Corporate Culture? For many observers, good corporate culture is also about employee empowerment and engagement.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

For his work there, the Russian Public Relations Association made him a lifetime member in 2005. He advocated for social responsibility and open, ethical corporate behavior — years before laws and a changing business environment compelled it.

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Symbolic Pacing in Communicative Leadership

Doctor Spin

According to Hackman and Wageman (2005), effective leadership often involves knowing when to shift roles—adapting between active intervention and more passive oversight. This balance between stepping back and stepping up is not arbitrary. This type of flexibility is essential to maintaining a dynamic and resilient team structure.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. Rereading our original chapter on crisis communications underscores the changes that have taken place in corporate America and public relations since then. million in 1974 to 24.3

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Why Now Is the Time to Eliminate Jargon and Buzzwords

PRSay

For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. To eliminate corporate-speak, analyze your writing with tests such as the Flesch Reading Ease Score or the Flesch-Kinkaid Grade Level Score. How to improve on corporate-speak.

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Google’s Decision Five Years Ago to Communicate Changes in China on Its Corporate Blog Signaled the Arrival of Owned Media.

Ishmael's Corner

And they communicated the China news on the corporate blog. The action gave street cred to corporate blogging and owned media as a whole. As far back as 2005, BusinessWeek devoted a cover feature to blogs that included the words: “Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Not at a press event. Not in a news release.

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Owning public relations as a management discipline

Wadds Inc.

A variety of alternative terms are frequently used to describe practice such as brand communication, corporate communication, corporate affairs, and integrated marketing communication. A recent report by management consultancy Deloitte examined the role of corporate affairs directors.