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Community for Career Development: A Look Inside One NAVUG Community Member’s Journey

Presspage

I’m a member of NAVUG , an online community that is the epitome of Margaret Mead's statement. If you will humor me and enjoy the story I am about to share, you too can build a thriving and successful online community in your sphere of influence. Online communities and learning were unleashed to the masses.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Toronto, Canada: Diversity is Our Strength

Bianchi Biz Blog

The suburban communities have a vibrant manufacturing base. Communications, media and PR market in Toronto Most large and mid-sized Canadian PR and communications firms are headquartered in Toronto. As a 50+ employee firm, the agency has strong capabilities in consumer, corporate, B2B and issues management.

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Theory: Boomers in PR don’t trust influencers or influencer culture

Communications Conversations

newspapers have shed HALF their newsroom employees since 2008. And, we’re seeing more community and local newspapers close shop every day. Locally, here in Minnesota, we’ve seen a number of community newspapers close just this year. Less than half! According to Pew , U.S. And, if you’ve read the St.

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PR Job Coach - Untitled Article

PR Job Coach

From 2008-2014, Scott was the first global head of social media and digital communications at Ford Motor Company, where he helped turn the company around. It could be a part time gig for a task that you can do in a time frame much shorter or at a cost much less than a full time employee.

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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

Cision

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What was it like to work with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics? What did you learn from that experience? What has been the biggest challenge of your career?

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Flash Mobs Go Social in India

Waxing UnLyrical

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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Is Your Brand Messaging Recession-Ready?

Shift Communications

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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