Peruse your Wednesday Daily PR Brief! - March 25, 2020

Hello!  Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
 

Best way to insure your good reputation is to ensure your good reputation (Firefly Communications - March 24, 2020)

How Brands are Employing Creative COVID-19 Messaging (PR News - March 24, 2020)

Ten Mindset Shifts to Get Yourself Through a Crisis, Part 1 (Spin Sucks - March 24, 2020)

How writing for my University Landed me a PR internship (PR Couture - March 24, 2020)

Being Human In The Time Of Coronavirus (PRovoke - March 25, 2020)

Working from home? 7 effective ways to stay focused & productive (Agility PR - March 25, 2020)

Ethical Wins: Navigating Media Relations in a Pandemic (Amendola Communications - March 25, 2020)

PR Masters Series Podcast, Episode #23 – Alan Taylor (CommPro - March 25, 2020) [PODCAST]

Leadership Communications Lessons Of COVID-19 (Crenshaw Communications - March 25, 2020)

How sincerity is better than a generic response during a global crisis (PR Daily - March 25, 2020)

Summary Section:

Best way to insure your good reputation is to ensure your good reputation
By Claire Walker, CEO of Firefly Communications
Firefly Communications - March 24, 2020
There’s an insurance policy for everything nowadays but our reputations are a bit less tangible. Here's how.to take out insurance to cover them.

How Brands are Employing Creative COVID-19 Messaging
PR News - March 24, 2020
In addition to some brands, organizations and individuals doling out acts of kindness, several are changing their messaging to reflect the new reality. Below is a collection of organizations using clever communications during this difficult moment.

Ten Mindset Shifts to Get Yourself Through a Crisis, Part 1
By Gini Dietrich, Founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich
Spin Sucks - March 24, 2020
A decade ago, Dan Sullivan proposed 10 mindset shifts, which are as relevant today as they were then. Here they are, as they relate to a communicator.

How writing for my University Landed me a PR internship
By Christy McDermott
PR Couture - March 24, 2020
You have to have experience to get experience. Here's a case in favor of writing for your university's publication- and five ways it'll prep you for PR.

Being Human In The Time Of Coronavirus
By Maja Pawinska Sims
PRovoke - March 25, 2020
The crisis is already taking a huge psychological toll on a communications industry made up of social, connected people.

Working from home? 7 effective ways to stay focused & productive
By Ashley Perkins
Agility PR - March 25, 2020
Having spent most of my professional career working remotely (six years, to be exact), I’ve gotten quite used to that work-from-home life. And over the course of this time, I’ve often been asked, “How do you stay focused and productive while working from home?” The answer is simple.

Ethical Wins: Navigating Media Relations in a Pandemic
By Chad Michael Van Alstin
Amendola Communications - March 25, 2020
PR pros may be tempted compromise their ethics to secure the placement in a hot news cycle like the current pandemic. Here's why that's not a good idea.

PR Masters Series Podcast, Episode #23 – Alan Taylor [PODCAST]
CommPro - March 25, 2020
Alan has spent more than 45 years in the marketing/communications profession, half of those years as the founder of Alan Taylor Communications, the No. 1 ranked public relations agency in sports/leisure activities.

Leadership Communications Lessons Of COVID-19
By Dorothy Crenshaw
Crenshaw Communications - March 25, 2020
In the three long weeks since the Coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, Americans have experienced a crazy-quilt of messages from leadership at federal, state, and local governments. There are leadership communications lessons about crisis management in nearly every example.

How sincerity is better than a generic response during a global crisis
By Barbara Gretsch and Rebecca Astorga
PR Daily - March 25, 2020
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s better to address business challenges head on than to try to gloss over any shortcomings. Consider these takeaways.

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