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Posts Tagged: Communications

CAPping 30 Years in Business: Lessons from an Ongoing Successful Run

CommCore’s 30th anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on what has made our companya success – starting in a New York City apartment, now with offices in Washington, NY, Dallas, Los Angeles and consulting assignments on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
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Survey: From Tylenol to the Latest Cyber-Attack- 30th Anniversary

In honor of CommCore’s 30th Anniversary,  we invite you take this brief survey that explores the past and future of media and crisis coaching. Your responses are important in seeing how our training has affected your view of the media and your preparedness in certain situations.

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Cold Dead Fish and Airline Safety

How popular would sushi be if its menu description was “cold, dead fish”?

The challenge in message development, especially for an issue or product that you see all the time, is to make it interesting and memorable. Read more

Missing the Target? When Marketing Causes a PR Headache

The following post is by Summer Intern: Samantha Blumberg, sblumberg@localhost

Seems as if retailers’ marketing tactics are causing a lot of PR headaches of late.

First it was Amazon getting blowback recently over their Prime Day promotion that industry observers and customers criticized as a “crappy yard sale” in articles and on social media. Read more

Owning the Room: Take Ownership of Yourself First

Changes at work we recognize:

·     You have been promoted to a position of authority after years as a behind-the-scenes worker bee

 

·     You have switched jobs as a manager at a non-profit with a laid back atmosphere to a leadership role at a fast-paced corporation

 

·     Your boss – who usually runs staff meetings and makes decisions – is absent and for the first time and has tapped you to take his or her place in charge

 

How well you handle such changes requires changing how you are perceived by others.
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What NOT to Assume About Controversial Quotes

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries’ comments in an interview about how he doesn’t want plus-sized girls and “losers” shopping in his stores has angered a lot of people, particularly moms.
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The Communications Gap in Leadership

A new globalstudy of public attitudes by Ketchum Public Relations’ Leadership Communications Monitor reinforces the existence of a gap between organizational leaders and a critical leadership skill – communication ability. Read more