Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

There are several forces in play: Areas of the economy that shut down are reopening and organisations are firmly in recovery-mode The pandemic has created a new set of roles is areas such as employee engagement and sustainability Entry level roles are reopening as organisation begin to figure out the balance between home and office working.

Publicity 199

Publicity Government Crisis Employee 199

PRSay

JUNE 4, 2024

Government is warning LGBTQ people about the potential for attacks overseas and counseling caution for travelers planning trips. DEI programs are being dismantled at universities and in state governments. In 2003, he co-founded FH Out Front, the first global LGBTQ communications practice at an international PR firm (FleishmanHillard).

Government 209

Government Employee Insurance Insurance 209

PRSay

APRIL 5, 2021

In this new era, careful preparation, close coordination, and effective communication both internally and externally are key. Insights are also from the Center’s recent survey of 84 large public and private firms on how companies and their employee-funded PACs responded to the Capitol riot and objections to the election certification.

Report 175

Report Company Government Conference 175

Melissa Agnes

MARCH 7, 2016

But while external communications are typically top of mind in a crisis (at least for the organizations with a mindset on communication), there is an equally important stakeholder group that is often overlooked when it comes to crisis management: the internal stakeholders. The importance of internal crisis communications.

Crisis Management 174

Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Employee 174

Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 26, 2014

Throughout my 25 year career I’ve worked with clients from an array of industries – aviation, healthcare, government, museums, education, technology, and more. In that case, your journey might lead you towards a job in internal communications working for a corporation where you promote the company’s various products, services and experts.

Industry 316

Industry Fashion Travel Tourism 316

Stephen Waddington

MAY 4, 2021

Practitioners have supported business leaders in listening, planning and engaging with internal and external stakeholders in managing responses to the pandemic. Investment and financial performance will drive economic recovery from COVID-19 but it will need to be balanced with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and risk.

Publicity 197

Publicity Government Corporate Financial 197

Onclusive

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Corporate reputation has surpassed profitability in its importance to business success—today’s customers, employees, investors, and other stakeholders have many choices, and they are leaning toward companies with a stellar public image. The link between sustainability and corporate reputation. Richard Branson.

Corporate 195

Corporate Reputation Analysis Wikipedia 195

Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand. With a robust social listening tool, you can create compelling reports in minutes that will speak volumes to senior internal stakeholders. Identify de-influencers or detractors Yes, that’s right.

Strategy 370

Strategy Communications Reputation Measurement 370

5W PR

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The team should include representatives from: Executive leadership Public relations Legal counsel Technical experts Government relations Human resources Information technology Each team member needs clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Crisis 78

Crisis Crisis Management Technology Exercises 78

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 13, 2020

These stories have been recorded and published in a report published by the Government Communication Service (GCS) COVID-19 Advisory Panel. It met weekly during the UK national lockdown and provided representation to the Government on behalf of industry. It has shown the strategic role of communications.

Report 144

Report Communications Government Crisis 144

PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

Keep the internal lines of communications open 24/7 and encourage employees to openly voice their questions or fears. Enlist employees. Be mindful to follow credible sources such as the CDC, WHO, and state and local government. It helps to give workers roles they can play in the crisis.

Crisis Management 214

Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Employee 214

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms Poppulo, which develops an internal comms platform called Harmony, said it embedded generative AI into its platform.

Analysis 173

Analysis Tools SMB Software 173

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 13, 2019

Ethics, employee engagement and wider stakeholder management are the three pillars of the CBI’s report AI: Ethics into practice. UK AI Industrial Strategy AI and Data are one of the four so-called Grand Challenges set out in the government’s Industrial Strategy in November 2017. It is set to transform how we live and work.

International 84

International Internal Ethics Communications 84

Wadds Inc.

MARCH 19, 2024

As organisations manage a complex business landscape, the internal communications function can demonstrate its value as a strategic management function. My focus as a public relations practitioner and management researcher is on elevating the internal communications function's role in management.

International 78

International Internal Communications Employee 78

PRSay

MAY 3, 2023

Consumer demands for accountability and transparency are rising, while employee voices have gained influence since the pandemic. In recent years, the role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in a company’s reputation has sparked widespread debate. Image credit: use annenberg center for public relations ]

Reputation 162

Reputation Corporate Report Employee 162

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 154

Employee Print Writing Survey 154

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2017

Each offers its own nuances, with “public affairs” implying government relations or legislative goals and “corporate communications” referring to all internal and external communications activities as a management function. ” The changes aren’t just semantical.

Publicity 245

Publicity Public Affairs Agency Corporate 245

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We were able to identify 6 management oriented roles associated with social media (social listening and analytics, online media relations, policy maker, employee recruiter, internal social media manager, and policing) and the specific duties those roles involve. My current research is focused on ethics and internal communication.

Publicity 150

Publicity Policies Social Media Study 150

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 31, 2024

Panelists point out the power of employees as storytellers, and the impact their experience can have on corporate and brand reputation. Understand the power of first-person storytelling by employees on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Get internal buy-in. Set priorities. Provide incentives for innovation.

Trends 203

Trends How To Ethics Reputation 203

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The failure here was really one of governance, of course. By Monday, most of OpenAI’s rank-and-file employees were threatening to follow them. Target found itself in a somewhat similar situation when anti-LGBTQ customers criticized its Pride Month displays, in some cases trashing store merchandise and harassing employees.

Banking 212

Banking Nonprofit Twitter Advertising 212

PR Matters

APRIL 21, 2016

Because reputation impacts―and is influenced by―many different factors, PR’s relationship-building must be multiple, inclusive and comprehensive [ Tweet Quote ] These include―but are not limited to―the media, employees, communities (on and offline), customers, investors, potential clients, government bodies, and institutions.

Reputation 165

Reputation Public Affairs Advertising Advertising 165

The Stalwart Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

David: Yeah, I was really interested when we talked and got together a couple of weeks ago, about your specialty in crisis governance. So let me first talk about what I consider a governance crisis to be. Not all crises are governance crises. I mean, any organization can have a governance crisis. John Tishler: Yeah, sure.

Government 74

Government Crisis Video Interviews 74

Sword and the Script

JULY 17, 2018

Merritt Allen is the owner and executive director of Vox Optima , which is a strategic communications firm with a long history of working with the government. So much has changed in PR, I wanted to understand how it has impacted communications in government. Merritt Allen is my guest on this edition of the Off Script series.

Government 102

Government Publicity Public Affairs Facebook 102

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Whether you have employees, coaches, student-athletes, or anyone that represents your brand, it’s a good idea to give them some basic training on how to use social media responsibly. Also, if your organization has a social media policy that governs online activity during work hours (such as a BYOD program), that should be discussed as well.

Social Media 239

Social Media Crisis Training Media 239

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 14, 2014

And, they often look at three distinct buckets: * In-house (either training existing employees or hiring additional head count). Your existing employees already know the historical hot buttons your company wants to avoid. They’ve already been in the battles (or at least witnessed them) with legal and brand governance.

Agency 133

Agency Resources Employee Internal 133

PRSay

APRIL 15, 2021

Companies and organizations of all sizes today are increasingly under pressure — from activists to employees — to speak out on high-profile political and social issues. If CEOs act on what they say, they will be rewarded in terms of stronger bonds with their employees, customers, investors and communities.

Company 145

Company Employee International Internal 145

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Internal Communications Internal communications are crucial in determining how things are accomplished in any organization. How do you know what’s working?

Training 195

Training Media Training Crisis Communications Reputation 195

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

As federal government employees, we learned we could provide an evidence file to members of Congress, the Office of the Medical Inspector and the Office of the Inspector General. We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work.

Ethics 151

Ethics Public Affairs Government System 151

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 15, 2017

Even large companies make the mistake of skimping on funds for internal and external PR, and it sometimes comes back to bite them. BP was forced to rely on inexperienced employees in the first critical days after the accident. BP was forced to rely on inexperienced employees in the first critical days after the accident.

How To 149

How To Government Product Launch Internal 149

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Its role in listening and engaging stakeholders, from employees to customers, and from suppliers to local and national government, was critical in managing this rapid period of intense change. It’s a period when the role of the communication function was elevated within every organisation.

Corporate 113

Corporate Communications Government Crisis 113

PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

When they recently took out full-page ads in national newspapers promoting religious foundations within government, coverage ensued from outlets left, right and center. It’s not only consumers whose activism causes business problems; increasingly, employees are calling out their employers for inconsistency between their words and actions.

Communications 189

Communications Journalism Advertising Advertising 189

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Whether it is handled by an internal team or an external agency, PR is a useful brand-building tool for startups, especially for B2B companies. Work to develop a point of view about the workforce, relevant government policies, business culture, leadership, or another broad topic and weigh in with your own content or comments.

B2B 232

B2B Agency Energy Media Relations 232

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

considering international relations, have caused Communications professionals to be evermore careful with comms content. More internal comms. Being asked to do more internal communications and business communications usually left to other departments like HR, finance.”. More internal comms. political, socio-economic, etc.)

Communications 148

Communications Crisis Internal International 148

Institute for Public Relations

AUGUST 28, 2024

Ruoyu Sun examined internal communication about environmental issues and the impact it has on pro-environment behaviors among employees.

Employee 52

Employee Internal International Communications 52

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Let’s focus on employee privacy in the workplace. Do employees have any right to privacy when using online tools and social media? But their rights are quite limited, and both employers and employees need to know where to draw the line to respect each other’s privacy rights to know certain things, and keep others private.

Social Media 102

Social Media Privacy Media Employee 102

Stern + Associates

OCTOBER 24, 2023

How do you motivate employees and influence customers in positive directions? Co-author of the international bestseller “ Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness ” with Richard Thaler, Sunstein has become world renowned for his key insights into decision-making processes. How do leaders bring about change?

Tools 127

Tools Employee Government Strategy 127

Ishmael's Corner

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Take that photo of a customer smiling over the company’s product/service or that video of employees raising money for a worthy cause, publish on Facebook and voila! Which got me wondering how well this concept travels with brands in countries with “controlled” governments. It operates international services and charter flights.

Airlines 136

Airlines Storytelling Facebook Travel 136