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How Your Words Can Save You from Entering the Courtroom
As crisis communication experts, we understand the importance of using language that resonates with stakeholders in today's fast-paced and ever-changing media landscape. In times of crisis, the words we choose can make or break our reputation, and it is crucial to...
The Importance of Storytelling in Media Outreach: How to Capture the Hearts and Minds of Your Audience
In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of media outreach, it is crucial to capture the attention of your audience and stand out amongst the noise. One of the most effective ways to do this is through the art of storytelling. Storytelling has been used for centuries...
Flexibility, Grit and Adapting are essential for Life and Business
By: Kim I Plyler Flexibility, grit and adapting are essential for success in today's business world. To stay ahead of the competition, your business model must be agile enough to adjust quickly to changing market conditions. You need flexibility, grit and adapting...
Three Key Factors to Getting Heard on Social Media
As the landscape of how communication has changed over the years, social media has pushed its way to the forefront. Having a strategical conversation with clients about social media and what works best for them to send a clear message is important. Certain platforms...
Old School Media Outreach, OR NOT?
One of the most important tools you need in today’s world of a communications professional is an updated media list (or multiple) that specifically target those key journalists you want to have a direct dialog with. As the communications landscape has changed over...
Three Hot Topics Your Public Relations Team Should Know About
In an ever changing world of advertising, social media, wars, pandemics and just way too much 'Stuff" out there, what should you and your public relations team pay attention to? Over the past years of researching hot topics for content, navigating information across...
What is Your Communications Style?
People have different ways of communicating. Assertive communication is more effective than other styles. Complete the following to learn more about your style of communicating. Passive Communication Compliant Submissive Doesn’t talk much or rambles on without saying...
Levels of Communication
Levels of Conversation Small Talk - you know this - boring - mundane - predictable:We use small talk more than any other form of communication. It is very basic, surface-level discussion with little disclosure and lacking emotional content. This is appropriate in any...
How We Say Things Makes a Big Difference in the Response We Get
How we say things makes a big difference in the response we get. Psychology literature says we’re not responsible for another person’s reactions and that nobody can cause us to react or feel a certain way. Yes and No Yes, we must take control of and responsibility for...
Does Ancient Art Tell Us Anything About Digital Communication?
The importance of art in a digital media environment. The Egyptian book of the dead depicts Egyptian gods and hieroglyphic symbols that convey beliefs about the afterlife. This conjunction of images and symbolic text was immensely powerful for communication in ancient...