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Social Media & Technology When “It” Hits the Fan

Posted by Gerard Braud on February 8th 2013  

Super Storm Sandy helped to bring greater awareness to the struggles that communicators and leaders face during crises — and to the need for equally super crisis communications preparation and training.

Imagine having an arsenal of communications technology at your disposal, yet having no electricity to use it. For people who try to build too much of their communications strategy around a single means of communication, such as social media, the old adage, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” has never been truer.

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Five Career Lessons Hurricane Sandy Teaches Us

Posted by Richard Spector on November 21st 2012  

Public relations and communications job seeker benefits and career resources, are available though the PRSA JobCenter.

Sitting at home and living a bit like we’re back in the 1800′s, I was thinking how New York is going to have to reinvent itself after everything is back up and running. Battery Park will need to be better protected, the subways have to be strengthened and any shoreline areas need to prepare for a weather system that is changed forever.

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APR: Determining if It’s for You

Posted by Jason Rollins, MBA, APR on November 20th 2012  

The webinar Accreditation Power Play: The How-To of Accreditation is now available on-demand. This public relations accreditation training sesssion is free to PRSA members. Become a PRSA Member

As a newly Accredited public relations professional, colleagues and professionals regularly ask me about the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) experience, and if it’s something I would recommend. I typically respond with the same answer — maybe. Below is a simple checklist that may help you determine if the APR is the right fit for you. If you answer “yes” to all or most of these questions, then I would encourage you to get started on your journey.

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PRSAICON Around the Blogosphere: Agile Engagement, Story Marketing, Biz Stone’s Key Points

Posted by Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) on October 16th 2012  

Read latest blog postings about the PRSA 2012 International Conference in San Francisco.

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The Integration of Public Relations: Can’t We All Just Get Along

Posted by Jennifer Patricia Brown on October 16th 2012  

Join the discussion about how marketing and public relations are merging during their session “The Integration of Public Relations: Can’t We All Just Get Along?” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 12:30–1:45 p.m. PDT, during the PRSA 2012 International Conference in San Francisco. You’ll hear from:

  • Jennifer Brown, Senior Marketing Manager, Social, HSN
  • Gina Luttrell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University
  • Ryan Schram, Chief Marketing Officer, IZEA

The introduction of social has created a watershed moment for PR practitioners who must now be intimate partners with their marketing counterparts.

According to Gina Luttrell, Ph.D., assistant professor at Eastern Michigan University, social has changed how disciplines throughout a company work together. “Social media is like water that’s seeping into every area nook of an organization — public relations, marketing, customer service, sales, legal and human resources. There is no part of a business that is untouched.”

Gone are the days when we can sit in silos and hope the other department goes away — or fight them for a piece of the budget. Successful organizations rely on significant cross-functional teamwork, if not full integration.

Such is the case with public relations, where executives want to see a more holistic approach to branding — both internally and externally. A year ago, Marylee Sachs noted for the Institute of Public Relations, “For CCOs and in-house departments, there is a movement towards CMOs owning public relations.”

The question is not if, but when will these functions merge? Savvy professionals can get ahead of the curve by embracing basic change leadership behaviors:

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