Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 1, 2023

Hiring your first employee as a solo PR Pro is a significant milestone. To ensure a smooth and successful hiring process, we gathered five essential tips for solo PR Pros looking to bring on their first employee, along with valuable resources to help you along the way. Resources: Nerdwallet – Ready to Hire Your First Employee.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 12, 2018

Last week, Jeremy Wheaton wrote an interesting piece on just how far we’ve fallen when it comes to companies and training employees to fill the increasingly large skills gap. Translation: Times are good to be an employee. Translation: Times are good to be a GOOD employee.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 1, 2016

Your corporate culture directly impacts your organization’s crisis management. Successful crisis management has a lot to do with an organization’s corporate culture and the mindset it instils in its team members. Embedding the right corporate culture for successful crisis management. Simple next steps to take.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 30, 2018

Consider the following: Three out of four (75 percent) employees report wasting time to keep up with the constant dings, pings, chats and more. Two-thirds of employees (66 percent) report losing between 30 minutes and 1 hour every day from pressure to keep up, costing over three billion dollars in annual profits from wasted time alone.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Corporate Communications As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Feel free to start a free trial to get an understanding of the tool.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Corporate Communications. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Media Training. Messaging & Positioning.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 31, 2024

As I’ve outlined in previous posts , a corporate position on a social issue should be part of a fully developed plan , never a knee-jerk response to an event or question. Panelists point out the power of employees as storytellers, and the impact their experience can have on corporate and brand reputation.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 23, 2019

Already in 2019, corporate crises appear to be increasing and getting nastier than 2018. According to The Holmes Report , last year brought an increasing penchant for corporate scandals. So how does a company handle a corporate crisis in today’s world? We’re rethinking corporate crisis.

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PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. By doing so, employees will relate. Sharpen the focus.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. . Media Training.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Witness the Coca Cola debacle of “sensitivity” training intended to lessen racial tensions in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. What no doubt started as an attempt to improve their corporate culture turned into a PR nightmare. There are no corporate secrets anymore.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Communications professionals must act decisively to safeguard corporate reputation, and many worry that they may miss something.

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PRSay

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nearly the same proportion (59%) said the backlash against corporate diversity programs has increased since the U.S. Among C-suite executives surveyed, 58% said their organizations continue to provide training and professional development opportunities to diverse employees. Find DEI resources from PRSA here.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It was a party atmosphere one afternoon as bank employees drilled open safe deposit boxes that their owners had abandoned. One box contained a Rolex watch that an employee slipped on her wrist, trading it for her inexpensive watch. “A That is unfair to them and perhaps to others, such as employees, investors and the general public.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2018

Social media has redefined crisis response in three important ways: outlet options, messaging speed and employee engagement. But the most important change to crisis response has been under-reported and underutilized—the power of employee evangelists. Employee evangelists are made, not born. Guest Post by Laurel Kennedy.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

As a corporate communicator who, like others, nervously and helplessly watched the water rise, I learned about the parallels that can be drawn between the historic flood and how companies respond to their own crises. Years of training backed up their skilled and brave work. This is a valuable perspective.

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5W PR

MAY 7, 2018

Whether it’s through social media, instant messaging, video chat, or phone, the key to better corporate communication in the workplace is knowing how to set a standard for consistent and clear conversations. With that in mind, here are five things to know about corporate communications: 1.There There Needs to Be a Framework.

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Reputation Us

MAY 15, 2024

Employees who feel valued and secure in their positions are more likely to exhibit higher levels of job satisfaction and commitment, leading to increased productivity and quality of work. Employee turnover is financially burdensome and can be detrimental to your company’s reputation. A solid reputation reduces the cost of turnover.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This increased confidence can be attributed to the rigorous training and education on ethics and law required to obtain these credentials. In addition, those who have obtained their APR credential are required to complete regular continuing education requirements including ethics training.

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PRSay

MARCH 25, 2019

Today, the danger is not just that employees can forward materials to external audiences with a simple keystroke. Make sure you invest in secure communications systems and training (don’t assume your employees know better than to click that “reset password” link in that shady email), and create a corporate culture that values your staff.

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PRSay

MAY 13, 2022

Previously, he held senior communications positions at Sears, Sara Lee Corporation, Pitney Bowes and Eli Lilly. Given his extensive experience in the agency, corporate and academic sectors, PRsay asked Culp for his thoughts on effective internship programs today. He is also the author of Culpwrit , the PR career blog.

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PR for Anyone

APRIL 7, 2020

Many businesses all over the world had no choice but to shut down and let their employees go. Many corporations had to switch to virtual training and communications. “Be Part One of ‘Effective PR & Marketing’ It's extremely shocking how the whole world changed in days ever since the outbreak of COVID-19.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 21, 2024

Research consistently demonstrates that employees with good mental health are more productive, engaged, and innovative. According to the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), investing just a dollar in employee wellness can yield $6 in healthcare cost savings and increased productivity.

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Presspage

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It also involves all of the behind the scenes activities that PR and corporate communication teams do to protect their company’s reputation. To avoid spreading contradictory information, PR and corporate comms teams need to decide on their tone of voice well in advance and keep all stakeholders in the loop.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 8, 2013

I was surprised to get a Facebook request from my company ( Six Degrees PR ) to join its Page named “Six Degrees PR bunker.” I never thought that any company would step up to connect and engage with its employees through a private Facebook Page – this was quite a surprise to me. Facebook: Improving Employee Communications?

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text] Originally seen in Harvard Business Review Over the last year, there has been no shortage of avoidable PR nightmares for leading corporate brands.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It can be easy for a corporate PR team to neglect a critical aspect of business communications — internal PR. In certain cases, high-profile companies take it for granted that employees are corporate cheerleaders, or they may leave the responsibility for employee engagement to HR. Employees have great ideas.

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PRSay

AUGUST 30, 2022

And when told they’ll lose their jobs, employees are just as shocked today. Still, when layoffs become necessary, there’s a lot that employers can do to mitigate the pain and difficulty that employees experience. Garg came to represent accusations that corporations treat employees as expendable units.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Here are Onclusive’s predictions for what to expect in 2021: Corporate reputation as a key success metric During this era of disruption and uncertainty, corporate values and brand activism have become more important than ever.

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Industry Content Marketing Corporate Analytics 221

Landis PR

JUNE 10, 2024

This legislation is designed to tackle corporate greenwashing by implementing strict regulations on sustainability claims in order to restore consumer confidence and promote fair competition. Photo courtesy of Pixabay With the passing of the Green Claims Directive, the EU now picks up the gauntlet against corporate greenwashing.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 23, 2023

But there’s a simple solution: By appointing fewer leaders and allowing good leaders to lead bigger groups, organisations can streamline decision-making processes, reduce bureaucracy, and promote the growth and development of their most effective employees. At this point, the strategic answer seems to be training. The bad news?

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Wadds Inc.

MARCH 19, 2024

In a management context, internal communications is the function that deals with an organisation's most important intangible asset - its relationships with employees. It’s measured by means of employee engagement. Dr Kevin Ruck, Mike Pounsford and Howard Kraise will share outcomes from their project on employee listening.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Still, companies are dragging their feet in this aspect of corporate communications. The Conference Board reported that while 90% of executives understand the importance of employee engagement, fewer than 50% understand how to address this issue. Experts urge the use of a single employee communications platform to prevent fatigue.

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Reputation Us

AUGUST 16, 2023

It has 13 employees across the country, and Boggs is the only one based here with an office on South Fourth Street. Services include online reputation monitoring, third-party reputation assessing, brand strategy planning, crisis planning and training and legal communications support. ReputationUs moved to Louisville 13 months ago.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Few corporate CEOs will deny that a company’s reputation colors every aspect of business, including marketing, talent recruitment, employee relations, shareholder relations, and the customer experience. Reputation’s soaring value is good news for PR and corporate communications professionals. In fact, the 2017 U.S.

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PRSay

MAY 25, 2021

And it is crucial that we communicate to corporate leaders how DE&I affects the bottom line. We might also encourage leaders and staff members to participate in DE&I training. As PR professionals, we understand that communication influences every aspect of a company.

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Reputation Us

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Global insurance brokerage company Willis Towers Watson reports, “Among FTSE-350 companies, 85 percent of their corporate value is intangibles, a large proportion of which is reputation.”. Today, most corporations value brand and reputation ahead of property, plants and equipment.”. Employee abuse. Recognizing The Big Risk.

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