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This week’s PR Roundup acknowledges the heartfelt response by the Kansas City Chiefs organization and players after a Super Bowl parade shooting, the results of a new study on how PR leaders are using AI, and why its important to learn more about Gen Z’s election 2024 expectations.

The Institute for Public Relations’ Measurement Commission held its first meeting of 2024 last week. Afterward, PRNEWS caught up with Commission head Olivia K. Fajardo, M.A., Director of Research at IRP, to identify and discuss the most pressing issues on the minds of the organization’s members.

Valentine’s Day is a massive cultural bandwagon for brands to jump onto. And for many, this opportunity pays off. But brands, like anyone else on Valentine’s Day, can get it wrong if they’re thoughtless.

By incorporating specific principles into crisis communication protocols, organizations can navigate the complexities of information leaks more effectively. Crisis expert Eric Rose looks at several communications leaks–and brands’ responses–from Amazon, IBM, United Airlines and Xbox.

Super Bowl ads used to be tightly guarded secrets, revealed only during the game to maximize impact and surprise. But these days, brands seem to release them days or even weeks before the big game. Our author proposes the answer is rooted in two things: marketing ROI and the advent of viral social media content.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at customers pushing back on McDonald’s rising prices, the PR Council’s latest update to their AI guidelines, and a chapel in Las Vegas looks to marry the most famous couple of the year on Super Bowl Sunday.

As exemplified by Taylor Swift’s impact on the NFL this season, an alternative approach to influencer marketing is emerging—one that involves partnering with influencers genuinely interested in your brand, even if their audience might not traditionally align with your product or service. 

All-hands meetings and town halls, whether in person, virtual, or hybrid, are vital platforms that enable employees to engage with leaders. But they also carry high risk for executives. To achieve this balance, you should avoid these six don’ts—applicable whether you are speaking with internal audiences of 1,000 or one-on-one.

How can one decide to enter the conversation—especially as an outlier—and appeal to that broad of a base (such as the Super Bowl audience)? 

Lulu Cheng Meservey, former EVP, Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer at Activision Blizzard, shares lessons on internal communications, board governance and building movements through messaging.