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January 29th, 2007 by

Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week’s Issue Of PR News 1. 66% of surveyed execs feel that their companies’ post-merger integration efforts are a key problem. 2. Companies with the most effective employee… Continued

A Lesson In Geometry: You Think You Know Media Jargon? You Have No Idea

January 29th, 2007 by

In honor of your survival of “the most depressing day of the year” – which, according to widespread media coverage, was January 22 – here is a light-hearted glimpse into the backstory of the jargon… Continued

Internal Comms: Tying Employee Motivation To Organizational Goals

January 29th, 2007 by

Fortune’s recently released “100 Best Companies To Work For” offers folkloric glimpses into the world of top-spot holder Google, whose executives offer some of the most compelling reasons to be a happy (and, subsequently, loyal)… Continued

Back Talk: Communications Audits: A Panacea Or A Bitter Pill?

January 22nd, 2007 by

As discussed in “Fear and Loathing in the C-suite: De-mystifying the Comms Audit,” the idea of conducting a communications audit for your organization can invoke the pure terror among even the most steely-nerved executives. However,… Continued

Tip Sheet: The Art Of The Cold Call

January 22nd, 2007 by

We have all been there – The Cold Call. That dreadful moment when we hit those numbers on the phone and hope the person at the other end does not answer so we can talk… Continued

Case Study: Ernst & Young Goes Above And ‘Beyond’ With Lifetime Commitment To Inclusiveness

January 22nd, 2007 by

Company: Ernst & Young Agency: Fleishman-Hillard Timeframe: 2006, ongoing About three years ago, a group of employees at Ernst & Young approached top management with a proposal: they wanted to take their grass-roots initiative to… Continued

Quick Study: The Tech Wave Of The Future; Corporate Giving On The Rise; Top Business Concerns v. Top Consumer Concerns

January 22nd, 2007 by

Top Tech Trends Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry group recently released “Predictions 2007,” a series of three reports that examine emerging developments and how they will shape the TMT marketplace. The usual suspects… Continued

How To…Convert Public Information Documents Into A Foreign Language

January 22nd, 2007 by

Public information officers and communications professionals should not simply go to Berlitz when converting news releases, fact sheets, brochures and consumer advisories to a foreign language for distribution to the ethnic media and consumers, who… Continued

Did You Know?

January 22nd, 2007 by

Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week’s Issue of PR News 1. “Broadcast Spanish” is understood by most Spanish speakers regardless of their country of origin or ethnic background. 2. Total corporate contributions in… Continued

Just Say ‘No:’ When No Response Is The Best Response In An Interview

January 22nd, 2007 by

(This article is excerpted from the just-published PR News Media Training Guidebook. It is written by Andy Gilman of CommCore Consulting.) One of the most important lessons to learn in Media Training is that not… Continued