In our first blog of a series focusing on former journalists, we examine what skills translate from one industry to the other. Even though the world wide web has been a staple of our lives for nearly 20 years, journalism is still struggling to find its form in the Internet age. Today’s newsrooms are mere…
As public relations professionals, we understand securing a positive news story is just the first step in getting your message out to the public. What is often overlooked is the next step: How can you continue the momentum to maximize impact and elevate the conversation? Back in the day when you got a big news…
We’re all people, and we all talk. So, why is it so hard for us to communicate? Remember that meeting where everyone walked away with a completely different interpretation of the content? How about the childhood game of telephone? Where kids sit in a circle, whisper the same words in the next person’s ear and…
The old saying goes, all you really need to know you learned in kindergarten. While I’ve always thought that made a good bit of sense, it really hit home today as I watched executives from the long-running children’s show Sesame Street present at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Their premise? Change the world…
Earth Day 2019 has seen a social media news cycle full of climate optimism and forward-looking action from a collection of the world’s largest brands.
We are now living in what has become defined as the Information Age. Just as the Industrial Revolution catalyzed the Industrial Age, the Digital Revolution has sparked a new environment characterized by Big Data and digital communications where information is hitting consumers at a constant and overwhelming clip.