Communications Influence with C-Suite Grows [Gartner Survey]
Along with influence, 72% of communications leaders also say their teams are larger than a year ago, however, staff resignation rate is alarming – analysts point to a lack of flex work options According to Gartner, 83% of communications leaders...Read More
PR Placing a Premium on Creativity; Findings from 5 Studies in Public Relations
88% of PR pros say creativity is more important in the era of Covid I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey (overview, challenges and the media relations struggle). This...Read More
3 Keys to Running Successful Internal M&A Comms Campaigns [Guest Post]
Leaders should plan and execute comms around M&A with the same level of detail as any other marketing campaign or business initiative writes Dwayne Alicie in this guest post Communicating during mergers and acquisitions can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t...Read More
Want the Fastest Growth in Business? Take Care of Your Employees First, Study Says
Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers, and everything else will fall in place. That was one CEO’s...Read More
$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]
Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. That’s hard to believe – that we are somehow closer to...Read More
Should the Public Relations Report to the CEO or CMO?
Many corporate public relations shops report to the CMO but PR professionals argue the function should report to the CEO; the “right” answer probably depends on the organization Whenever an organization gets an inquiry it isn’t sure how to deal...Read More
Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism
Public relations has wrestled with messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but studies also show it has improved business collaboration and internal communications The events of 9/11 changed air travel. The recession of 2008 changed housing. The COVID-19 pandemic will certainly...Read More
PR Tech Vendors Pitch Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Integrations and Podcast Monitoring [PR Tech Sum]
The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. The PR Tech...Read More
Advocating for a Better Workplace; Off Script No. 42: Tina McCormack Beaty of SHRM
In high school, she landed an internship with a local radio station and started a club for kids trying to pursue a career in broadcasting. She says her career aspiration, at the time, was to be a video jockey for...Read More
Internal Communications Lessons from a PayPal Fiasco
Good initiative, bad judgment. That’s how I’d characterize PayPal President David Marcus’ message to PayPal employees leaked to VentureBeat. His note can be summarized by his final paragraph as posted by the same publication: “In closing, if you are one...Read More
