Generosity comes easily when business is booming and optimism is running high. But when companies experience economic setbacks, corporate giving programs may face increased scrutiny from internal stakeholders who are looking for places to cut… Continued
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Half of All Businesses Lack Sustainability Vision
June 16th, 2008 by Iris DorbianA global study on corporations’ concern for environmental sustainability shows that half of all businesses polled lack a sustainability strategy. The survey, developed by The Vandiver Group and sponsored by Pinnacle Worldwide, shed light on… Continued
Integrate IR and CSR Communications
June 16th, 2008 by Iris DorbianInvestors are increasingly beginning to see CSR as a form of risk management; it’s up to communications executives to bridge their IR and CSR messaging. The following tips serve as a guide for how to… Continued
It’s More Than the Color of Money: Investor Relations Goes Green
June 16th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAlthough it’s widely known that CSR is much more than a passing trend as far as public interest is concerned, executives are still challenged to engage all corporate audiences in the context of CSR. Among… Continued
Online Video’s 1% Problem
June 16th, 2008 by PRNEWSOMMA Video conference opened today. Here, digital media guru and frequent min contributor Steve Smith discusses in a Media Post article the changes in the online video world over the past year, what YouTube is… Continued
Trust & Public Relations: What the Research Says
June 9th, 2008 by Iris DorbianPublic relations is in the trust-making business. What communications professionals do revolves around establishing and maintaining relationships. Yet it often appears that we public relations practitioners are not trusted ourselves. And when called upon to… Continued
Public Affairs in the Age of Conversational Communications
June 9th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAs recent political campaigns—and their subsequent snafus and recovery efforts—have demonstrated, directly engaging audiences for the first time when you are in the midst of a crisis adds more stress to an already haphazard job.… Continued
PR Lessons From The Political Trenches
June 9th, 2008 by Iris DorbianLast week was a big one for politics and public relations. Not only did the race for the Democratic nomination finally end, but the controversy surrounding former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s tell-all book… Continued
Leveraging Company Operations and Scale to Drive Social and Business Impacts
June 9th, 2008 by Iris DorbianDuring the last 25 years, traditional cause marketing and cause branding have evolved. Americans’ expectations for companies when it comes to supporting social issues remain at an all-time high (83 percent in 2007, according to… Continued
It’s Easy Being Green—Theoretically
June 9th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAccording to Mediamark Research & Intelligence’s Survey of the American Consumer, considering oneself “green” and actually following through with its philosophies are two entirely different things. The study showed that the 2% of the population… Continued