CommPRO 6/23/22 CommPRO 6/23/22

BitAngels NYC (at NFT NYC)

Join us for BitAngels NYC, hosted by AlphaDAO and Transform Ventures during NFT NYC! Location details will be sent in the confirmation email.

CommPRO 6/22/22 CommPRO 6/22/22

How to ‘Speak CEO’ with Your Measurement Strategy

PR professionals have been looking for a plug-and-play measurement panacea for decades. That’s a problem, according to Katie Paine, founder of KD Paine Partners.

CommPRO 6/22/22 CommPRO 6/22/22

7 Reasons Why We PR Writers Write and Should Write If We Don’t Already

To write better in professional PR, we need a clear understanding of why we write in the first place – why, in effect, we’re paid to do what we do and what’s expected in return by those who employ us.

Allison Carter 6/22/22 Allison Carter 6/22/22

How Semicolons Work

The poor semicolon. This humble punctuation mark can confuse even seasoned writers. Even its name, only half a colon, is sad and misleading.

Don’t worry, little guy. You’re so much more.

CommPRO 6/22/22 CommPRO 6/22/22

Silence in the Face of Misinformation is Complicity

In May the head of the Food and Drug Administration warned that misinformation has become the leading cause of death in the United States.

CommPRO 6/22/22 CommPRO 6/22/22

My Old Man

“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’ ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising boys’.”– Harmon Killebrew

Arthur Solomon 6/22/22 Arthur Solomon 6/22/22

The Sad Similarity Between Sports and Political Commentators

There’s a lot of similarity between sports and political commentators and that’s a shame because most of it is shameful.

Tom Madden 6/21/22 Tom Madden 6/21/22

Russia’s Bombs and Artillery Will Never Silence Gifted Ukrainian Artists Like Virtuoso Violinist Assia Ahhatt

Ukrainian Violinist Assia Ahhatt said she has been privileged to represent her nation at venues worldwide and nothing, not even Putin and his murderous and unprovoked attack on her country, will stop her now!

CommPRO 6/21/22 CommPRO 6/21/22

Women Leaders are Good for Business

The struggles of women in the workplace have been well documented.

The challenges range from discrimination to the gender pay gap, and the lingering concept that men are more effective in leadership roles. A recent study revealed that in fact, women get higher marks for leadership in mid-level and senior leadership roles, even when they serve in traditionally male-dominated industries. Women deserve equal consideration for promotion, pay equal to their male counterparts, and to be treated with equal respect.

CommPRO 6/20/22 CommPRO 6/20/22

Building an Inclusive, Diverse Workplace Culture

Recent research conducted by CultureAmp shows that while most business leaders realize a more inclusive workplace is essential for business success in 2022, they are not investing at the levels required to drive the changes needed to create an inclusive and diverse workplace culture.

CommPRO 6/20/22 CommPRO 6/20/22

Tech Stacks: What Companies are Using to Encourage Employee Engagement and Wellness

Employee engagement and employee well-being go hand-in-hand. Don’t believe us? Check this out: Researchers from the University of Louisville and Florida International University found a positive correlation between high employee engagement and employee well-being.

Allison Carter 6/20/22 Allison Carter 6/20/22

Communicators Can Help Promote LGBTQ+ Equality In and Out of Work. Here’s How.

Whether you’re an in-house PR pro or work for an agency, whether you’re working for a Fortune 100 company or a governmental agency, you’re almost certain to handle topics of deep importance to the LGBTQ+ community — and not just during Pride month.

CommPRO 6/20/22 CommPRO 6/20/22

A Conversation with MSNBC's Katy Tur, Author, 'Rough Draft'

Join me and Katy Tur as we discuss his new memoir, Rough Draft, a memorizing account of her lived experience growing up the daughter of famous journalists and charting her own path from local news, to weather chaser, to NBC national correspondent, to anchoring her own show, Katy Tur Reports, on MSNBC.

Dr. David Hagenbuch 6/20/22 Dr. David Hagenbuch 6/20/22

How Should People Feel about Machines?

We used to only have to worry about the feelings of people. Now we need to be careful not to offend a brand-new category of ‘beings’—machines. At least that’s what an engineer from one of the world’s top tech companies suggests. Whether artificial intelligence is sentient is an intriguing question, but a related concern is more pressing—the expanding space that smartphones and other digital machines fill in our lives.

Brian Wallace 6/19/22 Brian Wallace 6/19/22

Digital Fatigue in the Modern Work World (INFOGRAPHIC)

Following the onset of COVID, the world saw a shift to remote work that was far larger than ever before. It was such a large and important shift that 78% of current remote employees want to continue remote work for the rest of their lives.

CommPRO 6/19/22 CommPRO 6/19/22

5 Ways to Improve Engagement Through Empathy

This has been an intense and eye opening two years for all of us (to say the least!). Collectively we’ve experienced a concentrated and ceaseless amount of heaviness. Adjusting to this new hybrid world at work while digesting everything else around us has definitely taken a toll on our collective mental wellbeing. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 30% of American adults have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression recently, up from around 10% before the pandemic. Adapting to a more permanent, new way of living and processing all that has happened is also skyrocketing stress levels across the board. Staying focused –let alone motivated – is an added challenge. Modern managers now have an opportunity and a responsibility to encourage and actively support empathy at work. Leading with empathy not only improves employee engagement, but also supports a much wider and very important cultural shift towards destigmatizing mental health issues, encouraging more authenticity in the workplace. Here’s how managers can start actively engaging empathy to empower their teams and drive change.

Arthur Solomon 6/19/22 Arthur Solomon 6/19/22

It’s In The Hands Of The Voters (OP-ED)

Gun control and abortion rights issues expose the limits of political and non-political public relations campaigns. It’s not the money spent that counts, or the number of media placements. it’s the number of votes and changing the minds of people that matters.

CommPRO 6/17/22 CommPRO 6/17/22

Stagwell’s (STGW) PRophet and The Harris Poll Partner to Bring AI to Survey Design and Promotion

New Partnership Gives Harris Poll Clients Access to PRophet's AI-Driven PR Software to Inform Survey Design and Maximize Press Coverage of Research Results

CommPRO 6/14/22 CommPRO 6/14/22

KayAnn Schoeneman Becomes President of Curley Company, Will Partner with Founder to Lead Agency

Curley Company, an award-winning, women-owned and led strategic communications firm, today announced an exciting leadership decision that will continue to support accelerated growth for the agency. Jennifer Curley will maintain her position as founder & CEO and KayAnn Schoeneman will take on the role of president, positioning the firm for continued growth, investment in the team, excellence in strategy and service and a commitment to Jennifer and KayAnn’s shared values and vision for the future.

CommPRO 6/12/22 CommPRO 6/12/22

5 Top Qualities of a Great Place to Work

What exactly qualifies a place of business as an amazing workplace, or a great place to work? It’s a question well worth considering since there has been a tectonic shift in recent years in the way we view employee experience and satisfaction at our jobs.

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