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Growing During the Pandemic and Recession

Is the NFL Ready for Kaepernick’s Return? - Ronn Torossian

Ronn Torossian, CEO, 5WPR Although many companies responded to the current pandemic and recession by trimming expenses and their workforce to survive, those may not have been the best steps. Companies that outgrew the gross national product in the last recession (December 2007 to June 2009) earned three times more than their competitors both during…

That Said with Michael Zeldin – Guest, Debora MacKenzie, Author, “Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One”

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“The Most Important Work of Our Careers” – Agency Leaders Find Unexpected Challenges and Lots of Opportunity in the Middle of the Pandemic

Britt Carter, President, TPC Growth During a recent CommPRO Executive Roundtable, the mood was surprisingly upbeat. Just months before, this group, comprised of leaders and legends from across the PR agency world, was expressing an existential predicament: business disappearing, payroll and rent mounting, teams dissolving, and every day seemed to deliver another steaming GrubHub bucket of…

GreenPath and Homeownership Preservation Foundation Launch 995Hope Website to Protect Households During Pandemic

CommPRO Editorial Staff GreenPath Financial Wellness, a national nonprofit that provides financial counseling and debt management services, and its affiliate Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), recently launched the 995hope.org website which provides information to help renters and homeowners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic manage through financial challenges. It is estimated there are nearly 3 million U.S.…

Identifying and Addressing Mental Illness Hot Spots Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic

CommPRO Editorial Staff Mental Health America (MHA), along with Lundbeck, announce the launch of a groundbreaking new initiative that will apply analytics on the data set created from MHA’s extensive mental health screenings, plus publicly available data sets, to find mental health hotspots and address the rapidly escalating mental health impacts emerging from the COVID-19…

PR Pros Pandemic Relief (Advertorial)

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FHLBank San Francisco Awards $3.5 Million in Grants for Pandemic Relief and Economic Development to 97 Nonprofit Organizations

CommPRO Editorial Staff The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco awarded $3.5 million in grants to 97 nonprofits through its 2020 AHEAD Program. The grants, delivered by FHLBank San Francisco member financial institutions to nonprofits in Arizona, California, and Nevada, are aimed at providing both immediate and long-term pandemic relief and boosting economic development…

We Honor Those Lost on 9/11 Today. How Will You Honor the Victims of the Pandemic?

Leslie Grossman Until today I thought nothing could have been more tragic in my lifetime than 9/11. I, like so many, was devastated by the loss of 2,977 people on that day. Thousands more will die from cancer as a result of toxic exposure in the vicinity of the World Trade Towers during the following days and…

Public Relations and the Pandemic

Ronn Torossian, CEO, 5WPR Besides raining chaos on everyone and every industry, COVID-19 also afforded some Public Relations professionals unique opportunity. Such was the case for many brands, including Avon, which recognized that women and children were at greater risk for domestic violence than others after lockdowns were declared. Through its foundation, Avon partnered with…

The Best Companies Provide Support for New Parents During Pandemic

Employees facing life changes during the pandemic need support now, more than ever and their employers are smart to respond. Amy Beacom, Ed.D, Center for Parental Leave Leadership and Deanna Siegel Senior, PhD, DSS Advisory Imagine having just welcomed a new child and gearing up to return to work from parental leave. Then, the COVID-19…

Reflections on Working During a Pandemic

Laura Kane, Head of Communications for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) As I enter the 6th month of my quarantine, it seems like just yesterday that I started remote working. Early on, I enjoyed the short commute and the perks of working from home. After May 15, 2020, working from my apartment seemed to…

Pandemic Planning for Schools: Adopting and Adapting Public Spaces

Barrett Feldman, Principal, PSF Projects In a world with the Covid-19 pandemic, how do we create a reopening plan for schools that can protect the health, safety and well being of students physically, mentally and emotionally – as well as that of parents, teachers, administrators and community members? Rules and Guidelines for a safe indoor…

The Pandemic Has Shown Us the Best Way to Build a Team Is to Nurture the Individuals Within It

Linda Descano, CFA®, Executive Vice President, Red Havas When invited to write about building team spirit among employees at a time when we so desperately need to remain connected, my inner networker kicked right into gear. I went to those who I consider “my team”—current and former colleagues, as well as friends and family members near and far. When…

How United Airlines Made a Big Change During the Pandemic

Ronn Torossian, CEO, 5WPR The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt many different industries, but it has wreaked havoc on the airline industry. Several airlines were hit very hard as travel restrictions were put in place and many people had to be quarantined. While some business and personal air travel continued, it was not nearly enough to…

OriginClear® Creates Water Marketplace to Finance New Form of Water Treatment It Believes Will Sentence Pandemic Wannabes to Lonelier Death

Thomas J. Madden, Chairman and CEO, Transmedia Group What role to do you think more widespread water treatment can play in helping to prevent future pandemics? Can it be that more sanitation could drown future COVID-19’s before they surface? A genius I know, OriginClear® CEO Riggs Eckelberry, firmly believes it can and to finance it, he has…

Social Media Audience Trends During the Pandemic

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Edelman Trust Barometer Spring Update: Government Trust Surges to an All-Time High Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Edelman Trust Barometer - Spring Update

CommPRO Editorial Staff The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Spring update: Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic reveals that trust in government (65 percent) surged 11 points since January making it the most trusted institution for the first time. Government trust increased by double digits in six of the 11 markets surveyed, including the UK (24…

A Pandemic-Driven Mindset Shift – The Great Unlearning

J. Mark Riggs, CEO, TPC Growth The world has become an unfamiliar place. Our industry has been flipped on its head, disrupted, disbanded and in some respects, dismantled. Before the pandemic we had become too comfortable. We had strayed too far from the principles of great account management. Now we don’t have the luxury of…

Beach Happy Magazine: A New Title Bringing The Voice Of Hope & Optimism During A Pandemic

The Mr. Magazine™ Interview With Mike Ragsdale, Founder Of 30A & Will Estell, Editor In Chief/ Director of Publishing, The 30A Company… “We just launched this new endeavor, which again might seem like strange timing, but as Will said, this has been in the works for a very long time. We looked at it and we…