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PR Daily Announces PR Tech Hot List
Congratulations to this year’s list of the top PR tools and solutions. PR Daily is proud to announce its inaugural PR Tech Hot List. This recognition shines a spotlight on the companies transforming the PR landscape by helping practitioners be more effective, influential and impactful in the work they do. PR Daily will honor companies […]
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Ragan showcases comms’ collaborative influence on employee experience
The Employee Experience Conference this August in Nashville will demystify the strategies that drive effective employee comms across departments. Communicators are key to shaping the employee experience. Whether your company names it the employee journey or the employee lifecycle, there’s no question that comms has an outsized impact on employees’ relationship with your organization along […]
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Tips for effective employee comms in turbulent times
You can help employees feel heard, make them feel safe, and give them a sense of representation — while still setting up some boundaries to keep the internal discussion professional. During Ragan’s Employee Communications and Culture Conference in Chicago earlier this month, Ragan Chief Content Officer Matt Kinsman led a conversation about how communicators can […]
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Leadership comms that unify the intergenerational workplace
Not every generation has the same communication preferences, but there are ways to bring people together. Today’s workforce is always in flux — often highly dispersed in many cases (which presents an interesting challenge in itself), it’s also highly stratified by the different demographics. Between Boomers at the higher end of the age scale, Gen […]
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5 tips for interpreting employee survey results
Why communicators should love data. RCG co-founder Jim Ylisela is crazy about data and loves to torture young writers about its joy. Many moons ago, in the Before Times, I taught journalism in the master’s program at Northwestern’s Medill School. One of my favorite units was wait for it budgets. Rows of numbers. […]
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Google firings signal pushback against employee activism, Noncompete ban could increase overtime pay
Plus, Spotify CEO reacts to the reality of layoffs. Greetings, comms pros! Let’s take a look at a few news stories from last week and see what we can learn from them. 1 . Google CEO says work is not the place to ’fight over politics’ after firings We’ve written a lot here at Ragan […]
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How to model effective AI prompts
Effective prompting frameworks and practices for replicating your successes. During Ragan’s Employee Communications Conference in Chicago last week, Martin Waxman to join us for an interactive pre-conference workshop about how communicators can master AI-powered writing and content creation. Waxman is a PR veteran and educator at the York Schulich School of Business who now specializes in […]
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Survey: How is AI reshaping your internal communications department?
Ragan and Ruder Finn seek insights from internal comms leaders on the state and future of AI in their departments. Even if your communications department hasn’t already integrated AI tools into its workflows and processes, an AI-fueled future is certainly on the horizon for the entire profession — and every comms leader is keenly aware […]
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Lessons from the Nike layoffs and employee change comms
The employee response to Nike’s exec comms around its layoffs offer reminders about how comms influences the mixternal brand. When you think of mainstay American brands, Nike is probably close to the top of the list. Long known as an innovator in the world of sports apparel and equipment, there’s a certain air of gravitas […]
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Roundtable Recap: The skills required of comms, guarding against internal risk and more
During a recent roundtable in Chicago, Communications Leadership Council members and select invitees discussed the skills communicators need to be strategists and guardians of the brand. Communications professionals find themselves at the center of some of the critical issues facing their organizations today. With that in mind, Ragan Chief Growth Officer and Head of Councils […]
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Here’s what the FTC’s ban on noncompetes means for employee communications
The FTC delivered its final ruling on April 23 promising business growth, higher wages and rapid innovation. On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delivered a final rule to ban noncompete agreements nationwide, a decision that it claims will allow workers to change jobs or take on additional work more freely, increase innovation and […]
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Crafting internal accessibility guidelines for social media content
How communicators can create an environment where everyone feels empowered to engage. April is Autism Awareness Month, an opportune time to re-evaluate how you communicate with accessibility in mind for internal and external audiences. During Ragan and PR Daily’s Social Media Conference last month, Emily Lucht, director of digital communications at the U.S. Naval Academy […]