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The role has required expansion of the previous need to be a generalist who is knowledgeable on business topics, to being one who can effectively take on a business leadership role where needed.”. More and more, I see comms positions advertised as comms + (fundraising, design, content development, etc.”. Through leadership and content.
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Advertising and marketing people might have used to have control. In his interview with PRWeek Danny Rogers asked Martin if the danger was that the growth of social media meant that it would be adopted and subsumed by advertising agencies. Advertising can’t do that. Our notions of privacy and confidentiality will be challenged.
They’re great boogeymen right now [when people] talk about privacy, data protection and competition. Their FAQs talk about [the proposed changes] intending to be about advertisements. Why is there so much focus on Big Tech related to 230? Everybody’s heard of Google and Facebook.
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But it’s greedy because there is nothing much in it for the poor person whose door has been knocked on, life interrupted and privacy violated. All we’re offering are facts and blaming someone else when people are angry, upset and in search of hope, vision and leadership.
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