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Is it Time for a PR Comeback of Some of the #MeToo Men?
Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Explores His Options – Will Others Follow? We’re in a “Now What” Period on #MeToo … and then there’s Cosby Andrew Blum, Principal, AJB Communications Since last year and the fall of Harvey Weinstein, some 100 or more powerful men in Hollywood, the media, politics and elsewhere have been caught up…
Read MoreThe Stevens Group Facilitates Acquisition of Blicksilver and Associates
CommPRO Editorial Team Grand Rapids-based Lambert, Edwards & Associates announced the acquisition of financial PR firm Owen Blicksilver PR to move into the New York market. The Stevens Group engineered the deal. Blicksilver is noted for its private equity, M&A, real estate, crisis, bankruptcy, litigation support and B2B marketing focus. The deal creates an entity with…
Read MoreThe Monster that Lives in Your CFO’s Spreadsheet: Reputation Risk
Anthony Johndrow, CEO, Reputation Economy Advisors LLC. Reputation risk is the largest, scariest and least manageable of all operational risks, by far. Chief Financial Officers quake in fear alongside their Chief Risk Officers as they look at this monster at the top of their list. And it’s their own fault – after the financial crisis,…
Read MoreFinTech’s Challenges, Opportunities, and Entry Points in the Global Market
Wendy Glavin, Founder & CEO, Wendy Glavin Agency If you want to learn about the latest trends in FinTech, block chain, cryptocurrency, crowd funding, lending, ICO’s, digital advising, insurance, big data, and more, Empire Startups is the largest community of FinTech entrepreneurs, banking innovators and investors in the world. As a B2B and FinTech enthusiast, I…
Read MoreStarbucks Realizes for Social Branding to Work, You Have to Walk the Talk
Neil Foote, President & Founder, Foote Communications For almost as long as they have existed, Starbucks has been known as a “third place” – one of those convenience places people regularly go to meet others. Face it, how many times a week or month do you set up a client meeting at a nearby Starbucks? Or…
Read MoreUnderstanding Reputation Risk Management
Editor’s Note: In the aftermath of several unprecedented corporate crises in recent years, reputation risk has emerged as the No. 1 danger for every organization. Anthony Johndrow, CEO of Reputation Economy Advisors LLC, outlines the emergence of risk management and its impact on communicators. What is reputation risk? Reputation risk is the risk of losses that…
Read MoreReputation Management eGuide: Unlocking Hidden Insights in Media Coverage
Leslie Stefanik, VP of Marketing, PublicRelay Communications and PR professionals often have a difficult time showing their impact on the comapny’s goals. Yet they are tasked with one of the most important responsibilities in the company – brand and reputation. So how do you consistently measure the health of your brand and reputation? An effective reputation…
Read MoreSorry PR, the Public Will Be a Lower Priority for Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony
Scott Sobel, MA Media Psychology, kglobal Agency Public perception usually trumps reality when VIP’s testify before Congress. In the case of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the converse will be true, perception will be trumped by the legal content and facts that Congress, and especially Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, will parse during Zuckerberg’s commentary.…
Read MoreThe Daniels versus Trump 60 Minutes Interview Leaves Us with a Political Concussion
Scott Sobel, MA Media Psychology, kglobal Agency The line between politics and sport has now been blurred beyond recognition. Kansas beat Duke in an overtime basketball game lead-up to the March Madness Final Four Tournament and CBS was the overall ratings winner for the night. No doubt a substantial percentage of the game’s massive audience…
Read MoreUnited Airlines: Fight the Temptation to Hide
Scott Sobel, MA Media Psychology, kglobal Agency Don’t hide, embrace change. United has officially admitted that traveling pets have been abused, employees made mistakes, and processes need to change to prevent future problems (Los Angeles Times and other reports). The U.S. Senate has reacted, and a senator’s office posted this alert: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S.…
Read MoreUnited Airlines Keeps Shooting Itself in the PR Foot with One Flub after Another
The Latest Incidents Involve Killing One Dog and Shipping Two Others to the Wrong Place Andrew Blum, Principal, AJB Communications It’s been a strange and crisis-filled 12 months for United Airlines and its PR people. First it was the leggings incident where United Airlines played fashion police and denied boarding to two girls for not dressing properly.…
Read More2017 Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation Winner: Cronkite PR Lab Amplifies Awareness for “Hooked Rx: From Prescription to Addiction”
Reminder: The Bronze Anvil Entry Deadline is March 23rd! PRSA Prescription opioid abuse is an increasingly critical health issue in the U.S., and specifically in Arizona, which ranks 12th in the nation for drug overdoses. As a result, Arizona is fighting this crisis with full force. Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the…
Read MoreIn Stormy Daniels, Donald J. Trump Meets a Formidable Match
Andrew S. Ricci, Principal, Riccon Strategic Communications Let’s face it: the President’s record with women has not been, to put it lightly, very good. He faced significant questions and accusers long before the infamous Access Hollywood tape came to light on October 7, 2016, just weeks before the presidential election. And since then, he’s had more accusers…
Read MoreBurson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe Announce Merger
CommPRO Editorial Team WPP (NYSE: WPP) announced the merger of Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe to create Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW), one of the world’s largest, full-service, global communications agencies. The new agency will be led by Chief Executive Officer Donna Imperato, currently CEO of Cohn & Wolfe. Don Baer, Burson-Marsteller’s Worldwide Chair and…
Read MorePRSA To Launch First-Ever Reputation Risk Management Certificate Program On May 16, 2018
Course Will Offer Enhanced Diagnostic Tool To Help Gauge Risk Preparedness CommPRO Editorial Staff NEW YORK (February 27, 2018) – Reputation risk, even in the abstract, has always been challenging, but now that the finance department has quantified it (and it’s huge), the conversation is changing rapidly. Warren Buffett and every experienced communicator have been…
Read MoreA Lesson in the Value of Public Relations: Boosting Brand Perception
Leslie Stefanik, VP of Marketing, PublicRelay Public relations is often seen as a “soft profession,” making it difficult for communications professionals to prove their value in the work place. This was especially the case at a publicly traded utilities company where the employee demographics are dominated by engineers, financial analysts, and lawyers. Being a publicly traded company meant…
Read MoreFeeling Helpless in the Wake of Yet Another Gun Violence Tragedy
Patrice Tanaka, Founder & Chief Joy Officer, Joyful Planet LLC What should have been a light, post-Valentine fundraiser for my Dancing Classrooms non-profit on Feb. 15 was heavy with sadness because of yet another gun violence tragedy the day before at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. It led Rodney Lopez, Executive Director of…
Read MoreIs Your Measurement Methodology Monkey-Proof?
Beware sudden changes to algorithms or source material that can throw a monkey wrench in your analysis or give you a false sense of achievement. Jesper Andersen Last Friday, Facebook announced that starting this week, the company will only count viewable impressions for pages’ organic reach. The move will make organic reach more easily comparable…
Read MoreThe Gift of Safety, Security & Democracy: FBI Detractors Need to Recognize the Damage They’re Wreaking
Richard Levick, CEO, LEVICK Right now, somewhere in the Midwest, there are undercover FBI agents putting themselves in peril as they stake out a suspected opioid dealer. On the East Coast, a different team of FBI field operatives are surveilling someone armed and dangerous with known connections to organized crime. On the West Coast, or…
Read MorePRIMEChat: Better Insights. Better PR-ROI. – Cindy Villafranca of Southwest Airlines (Webinar On-Demand)
Webinar Overview Cindy Villafranca of Southwest Airlines visits PRIME Chat on January 31 at 1 p.m. ET to share her expertise contributing into Southwest’s big data analyses for improving communications and business performance. Recently named as one of the “Top Women in PR” by PR News, Cindy’s experiences as a journalist, corporate communicator and data scientist empowers…
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