Archive:

Breaking through the proverbial clutter online is one of the biggest challenges facing communicators. The challenge grows more acute when there’s a holiday that brands and organizations want to leverage to boost their visibility. With its new “Halloween Hills” experience, Target is killing two birds with one stone.

The PRSA’s 2014 international conference wraps up on Tuesday afternoon. PR News spoke with the association’s leadership to get a sense of the multiple challenges facing communicators and where the PR industry goes from here.

Dropbox says that stolen credentials posted to Pastebin on Monday were not taken from their servers but from an unspecified third-party. After last week’s Snapchat hack, there is reason to worry about the future safety of your information.

There are important guidelines to consider if you are in the process of transforming your corporate brand position to reach a non-traditional target audience.

Over the past decade, the field of public relations has evolved into a real-time, fast-paced practice. Yet, even within this evolution, the effectiveness of telling an organization’s story has remained a steadfast rock.

If social media efforts are to flow to the top and bottom and lines, communicators first need to develop an auditing plan.

As fears of an Ebola epidemic rise in the U.S., politicians and journalists have been asking who exactly is in charge of fighting the disease here and communicating key messages.

Winner: Sam Ford, Peppercomm As the Director of Audience Engagement at Peppercomm, an award-winning strategic communications/marketing firm, Sam Ford helps clients think about how to better tell stories that matter to the publics they seek… Continued

Winner: United Nations Foundation The United Nations Foundation’s website includes rich detail on the group itself, who it works with and what it is hoping to accomplish.  Founded in 1998, the United Nations Foundation builds… Continued

Winner: Waggener Edstrom Communications Waggener Edstrom Communications (WE) believes in the transformational power of communications and its ability to shift perceptions, alter behavior and create change to deliver substantial business impact to its clients. For… Continued