Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 3, 2012

While a slew of such campaigns have taken place in India, one that caught the fancy of many is the recent flash mob organized by the IBM OnDemand Community. As organizations all over the globe try to use smart moves to attract and retain customers, the recent and ongoing turbulence in the global economy has only intensified this need.

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Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2022

During the “Great Recession” of 2008, nearly eight million people lost their jobs. And that includes adapting their external communications strategy. Should a recession hit, the narrative around the labor market and the impact it has on businesses, the workforce and our communities will undoubtedly change.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Let’s look at some of the main statements made by Jim during the 2008 interview and ask ourselves some questions: I dislike the term “targeted” publics. Jim Grunig (2008) Powerful and meaningful statement on the fact that we need to see the reality (also or mostly) through the publics’ eyes. “I

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 5, 2013

Two articles have recently drawn my attention to a problem I’ve seen in the myriad posts making the rounds in the business/marketing/PR communities. CEO Marissa Mayer banning employees from working remotely. Some of them have even taken companies from bankruptcy in early 2008 to billing $500K in 2012.

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Solo PR Pro

MARCH 22, 2022

Our blog archives from 2008 during the financial crisis and recession still offer some pretty solid advice, even more than a decade later. ). As employees leave full-time jobs as part of The Great Resignation, companies are seeking out external talent to fill gaps. Solo PR pros have been through tough times before. You've got this!

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Reputation Us

MARCH 27, 2023

Viewed in this light, ESG can be presented as a public relations move, or a way to profit from the higher motives of customers, investors and employees. Companies that don’t adapt may find themselves at odds with their customers, employees, investors, regulators — and their good reputations. PWC studied 202 publicly traded large U.S.

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Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As we navigate various transitions over the coming months and years, leaders are likely to see employees struggle with anxiety, depression, burnout and trauma. When organizations invest in mental health, it’s better for employees and better for business. Make It Fearless. Fostering Psychological Safety in the Workplace.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade. Are you ready?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

While clearly data has an important role in marketing decisions, the community is also beginning to recognize data has several limits ( click fraud aside ). If there’s an upside, it’s that the in-house trend is still fairly new to the marketing community and there’s time to put change management and processes improvement plans in place.

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 8, 2018

In 2008, we shared that Solo PR Pros can be involved in: Business consulting. Community relations. Corporate communications. Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC). ” A solo may work alone, have an assistant or other specialized help or be “solo plus” with employees or strategic partners.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 15, 2022

Applied futurist and social systems strategist Ari Wallach , founder and executive director of Longpath Labs , helps organizations and individuals discover and leverage a new version of “why” for their work that leads to deeper and more meaningful motivations for all stakeholders – employees, customers, communities and future generations.

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Mark My Words

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Jay-Z’s company, which started out in 2008 as a boutique music agency, provides what it calls ‘career specialist management’. They are connected to the communities their artists speak to around the world. Jay-Z founded Roc Nation in 2008 as a boutique label and artist representation company.

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2008

Our field will have to be the ones who constantly say to clients, vendors, partners and employees: I (or we) will not do any work that I (or we) don’t believe in. Here’s to 2009, when all members of community really care. To survive in this mess you’re going to have to have balls. Yes, Virginia, that includes clients.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 5, 2015

” Sadler in 2008 concluded: the corporation is not always responsive to social activist shareholder resolutions. And the belief that keeping ‘shareholders informed in detail as to the employee and community relations problems, and the programs which are intended to solve these problems’ feels rather naive.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 1, 2019

It was 2008 during this time and I decided to start leveraging LinkedIn as a tool to identify and connect with these managers I wanted to get in front of. Having an opportunity to share my learnings with others to give back to the social community–that’s the motivation right there. I was struggling in a sales role.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Southwest Airlines employees celebrate passenger’s 104th birthday. Offer pro bono services to a non-profit organisation in your community. Host a community cleanup event or volunteer day with employees and customers. Please support my blog by sharing it with other PR- and communication professionals.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 1, 2015

But our advertising and PR community in the Twin Cities is a long way off from that goal: Only 6.3 John decided he wanted to change his talent pipeline to be more diverse, so in 2008, he went to Minneapolis South High School and asked the principal if Olson could teach an ad class for Native American students.

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 2, 2024

But one of the things that did happen back when I was at the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office, this was back in 2008, 2009, county government, which is separate from the clerk’s office, but we still work closely because obviously, we’re managing all the county funds. I worked at an LGBT community center many moons ago.

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Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Since founding Solo PR Pro in 2008, I’m often asked how I got my own start as a communications consultant, so I’m going to mark this occasion with a little reminiscing – and the top 20 tips I would have given to the 26-year old version of myself. And don’t forget that online communities are often the best support you can find.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

NOTE: Originally published on October 15, 2008. employees, investors, etc.)? For example, the Brookhaven National Laboratory , on Long Island in New York, found that community groups disagreed with each other about whether the laboratory should restart a nuclear reactor after it leaked radioactive waste into the ground water.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Deirdre is CEO at Pure Performance Communications and the author of five Financial Times books. . “When I first started blogging in 2008, it was to document my own journey through a changing media landscape, knowing PR needed a new approach. For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

We can move an individual, whole organizations, whole communities to share a way of seeing the world. They have paved the way for us to become committed and engaged global citizens who share a responsibility toward challenges that face our communities, our peoples, and our world.”. We succeed when we connect with people.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2024

There will be a renewed focus on internal communications bringing understanding of the value of employee engagement and employee experience to the forefront. And possibly companies ingesting employee sentiment data through anonymized data capture from emails and internal messaging apps to inform internal comms and culture.

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PR Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Following the financial crisis in 2008, management thinkers and others have rightly questioned the role of business leaders in society. It seems that shareholder greed trumps employee and common interests. care for employees; and. However, the focus on ‘care for employees’ is welcome. By Dr Kevin Ruck. risk analysis.

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