CommPRO contributor Bill Davies examines LinkedIn’s pushback against “AI slop” and why the real challenge for communicators isn’t whether to use AI, but how to use it without losing the human voice that makes content worth reading.

The KPIs clients ask for aren’t always the ones that matter, and better measurement can show how public relations contributes to real business value.

In the first of a two-part CommPRO conversation, Helio Fred Garcia reflects on his 43-year relationship with James E. Lukaszewski, the lessons behind Influencing Leaders and why real influence has far less to do with getting a seat at the table than with becoming someone a leader trusts when the stakes are high.

Great public relations is about far more than generating publicity, writes TransMedia Group founder Thomas J. Madden. It is the art of shaping words, ideas and strategies into campaigns that capture attention, build understanding and move audiences to action.

CommPRO contributor Arthur Solomon looks beyond Dolly Parton’s carefully guarded politics to the causes she supported, the values she championed and what they may reveal about the beliefs she largely kept to herself.

As organizations rush to measure visibility across LLMs and AI-powered search, communication leaders risk mistaking changes in the data for changes in reputation or impact.

CommPRO asked leading communication executives to reflect on the lessons Dolly Parton leaves us about authenticity, trust, leadership and the enduring power of knowing exactly who you are. 

As AI data centers expand across the country, Dominic Calabrese examines the growing community concerns and why honest, transparent communication must be part of the conversation.

ChatGPT’s new Custom Audiences feature is making advertising more personal, giving brands a new way to reach the right people in an increasingly AI-driven world.

A sharp look at why polished talking points are losing their power and why today’s audiences increasingly value leaders who sound human, credible and unmistakably themselves.

A provocative look at why communicators should resist shutting out their toughest critics and instead recognize the value of keeping dialogue, relationships and trust alive.

Chaka Khan is using the power of music, storytelling and her extraordinary cultural platform to help change how we see neurodiversity, focusing the conversation on strengths, contributions and opportunity.

Andy Polansky has spent his career developing and championing communications leaders, and with the Polansky Future Leaders Fund, he is making a deeply personal investment in ensuring the next generation has the opportunity, support and community to lead our profession forward.

In his latest Mr. Magazine™ interview, Samir Husni talks with Geezer founder and editor-in-chief Laura LeBleu about creating a magazine for Gen X, her commitment to print in an increasingly digital world and her vision for building Geezer into a larger community.

This article offers practical ways leaders can strengthen collaboration, build trust and bring out the best in the people around them.

As AI reshapes M&A and financial communications, corporate leaders face a new challenge: protecting trusted information, detecting sophisticated disinformation and responding before reputational and market damage is done.

CommPRO looks at Larry Weber’s four-decade journey through PR, from the rise of the web to AI, and why he believes great storytelling remains at the heart of communications.

CommPRO looks at why AI search is quickly becoming a C-suite issue and how CCOs can help CEOs cut through the noise by aligning earned media, owned content and marketing around one AI visibility strategy.

CommPRO launches The Trusted Advisor Initiative with an excerpt from Jim Lukaszewski and Helio Fred Garcia’s Influencing Leaders, challenging one of the profession’s most persistent ideas: that communication leaders need to earn a “seat at the table.”

Arthur Solomon looks at the Democratic Party’s challenges through a communications lens, offering lessons for PR professionals about strategy, messaging and the danger of taking audiences for granted.