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How does a giant brand like Coca-Cola organize aspects of its communications? Like much of the work at The Coca-Cola Company, digital and social communications is a scale operation. Global Digital Communications and Social Media reports to Coca-Cola’s Public Affairs and Communications function (PAC). It is a lean group of nine based out of company center headquarters in Atlanta, supporting the editorial, social media and technology capabilities of in-market teams locally. An in-depth look at organization and how Coca-Cola has changed its social storytelling follows.

Change is a constant, and PR pros can learn how to manage themselves and their teams, with the right knowledge. The author begins a how-to series to provide the foundation of change management from a communicator’s perspective, with engagement at its core. The techniques explained will be immediately useful to you, your brand and organization.

This regular feature asks communicators to spot trends and discuss their reactions to them. In this edition we hear from Jason Bates, media communications manager, Intelsat. Bates discusses how Intelsat manages to communicate more than just its satellite technology but how its satellites improve the lives of millions of people on the ground.

Trust. To succeed at anything, we must earn trust and be accountable to demonstrate it to others, not just occasionally, but daily. No matter how the technology and job description of communications officers may change, our ability to create, build and maintain trust is the most important thing we do. As the world enters the fourth industrial revolution, we are embarking upon an era that fundamentally will change the way we live, work and communicate. Its scale and scope are unknown, but one thing is certain: We must take a thoughtful approach about how we manage communications to engender trust and preserve our organization’s reputation.

The weekly roundup of news, trends and personnel moves in PR and communications. This week our stories include an account of the Arthur W. Page Center’s initial Integrity Awards, a new Instagram wrinkle and the elevation of Anne Cowan to CCO at CTAM, Natalie Kerris gets a new job and Andy Whitehouse of IBM departs.

A weekly roundup of trends, news and personnel moves in the PR industry. This week’s stories include a strange time in Washington, D.C., an industry post for Mark Weiner and Ogilvy’s reorg begins on this side of the Atlantic.

For many years the Office of Public Information at the Orange County (FL) Corrections Department (OCCD) functioned with only a single public information officer (PIO) and a back-up media relations person. Once the office expanded it discovered that being able to be more responsive to the media helped it in several other areas, including getting coverage of positive stories it pitched to reporters. Here’s how they did it.

Technology has influenced nearly everything we do, including communications. How a technology company uses technology to communicate, but also finds ways to blend in the human touch, which makes the message much more real.

Our weekly roundup of trends and personnel moves in PR. This week features stories about a forum on fake news, a revolt by Under Armour influencers and how Twitter continues to grow in recognition and users, but remains flat in revenue.

The author argues that PR pros can make small changes to the way they do business and as a result help their brand’s sales grow. PR can and should provide content to sales that will boost confidence and knowledge.