Last month, Jerry Yang rounded out his tenure as CEO of Yahoo with a mass memo to employees that announced 1,500 layoffs. It wasn’t the first e-mail of its kind to come from Yang, who… Continued
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The Weather Channel: Going Green at Work
January 21st, 2009 by PRNEWSThe tide has turned. Concerns for the environment that once were considered controversial have now become mainstream. The commitment by The Weather Channel to work at all levels to further the green movement has its… Continued
Tips for Communications Training for a Digital World
January 21st, 2009 by PRNEWSThe proliferation of new media technology has made media training for the digital world a vocational necessity. Following are best practices for communicating your message via blogs, Web casts and podcasts: Blogging: • Examine your… Continued
A Lesson in Walking the Talk
January 20th, 2009 by PRNEWSAs a communications agency, we do a lot of talking. And, we advise our clients on how, when, where, and with whom they should talk specifically about issues of corporate social responsibility. In an effort… Continued
Sound Bites Don’t Happen by Accident
January 20th, 2009 by PRNEWSSound bites are the lines and phrases we all know. Whether you love them or loathe them, they are the quotes that fill the 24-hour news cycle of our world. What do they all have… Continued
Empirical Evidence: CSR & the Bottom Line
January 20th, 2009 by PRNEWS"High performance and high integrity are good for the bottom line." Two scholars in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR)–Robert L. Heath, Ph.D., and Lan Ni, Ph.D., both of the University of Houston–reached that… Continued
Tip Sheet: Hedge Fund Headaches: Best Practices for Communicating Through Economic Turmoil
January 19th, 2009 by PRNEWSBy Dan Simon According to the most recent research by Eurekahedge, the hedge fund industry shrank by as much as a fifth (or $350 billion) in 2008, with 90% of that decrease coming in the… Continued
Case Study: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: Mattel’s Toy Recall Redefines Global Crisis Communications
January 19th, 2009 by PRNEWSCompany: Mattel Agency: Weber Shandwick Timeframe: August-October 2007 For any other toy manufacturer, what happened to Mattel during those infamous three months in 2007 would have been a death knell. But for a brand that… Continued
Quick Study: Leveraging Digital Influencers; Increasing Online Community Membership; Hope for Employees
January 19th, 2009 by PRNEWS*Maximizing Digital Influence: A research study conducted by MS&L identified key behaviors of online influencers and outlined the following program for maximizing the digital influence they have over audiences: 1. Understand influencers’ motivations: High level… Continued
Charting The Industry: Empirical Evidence: CSR & the Bottom Line
January 19th, 2009 by PRNEWS“High performance and high integrity are good for the bottom line.” Two scholars in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR)–Robert L. Heath, Ph.D., and Lan Ni, Ph.D., both of the University of Houston–reached that… Continued