Good weekends to all! Here's your Daily PR Brief - July 30, 2021
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
PRNEWS GRADES: 2021 Summer Edition (PRNEWS - July 29, 2021)
Let's Rescue Thought Leadership Before It's Too Late (Forbes - July 30, 2021)
Justice Department is cracking down on PR firms foreign lobbying (Business Insider - July 30, 2021)
Fed Up with Vaccine Misinformation (O'Dwyer's - July 29, 2021)
What the demise of advertising means for PR pros (PR Daily - July 29, 2021)
AMA: Best Practices for Allotting Time for Proactive PR (Spin Sucks - July 30, 2021)
Companies struggling to act on their good intentions to embrace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Agility PR - July 30, 2021)
The Stevens Group PR Masters Podcast Acquispectives – Sheryl Battles (CommPro (UK) - July 29, 2021) [PODCAST]
6 questions with Tal Kopan from the San Francisco Chronicle (Muck Rack Blog - July 29, 2021)
Meeting Fatigue! Survey Shows 90% of American Office Workers Want Less Meetings (FischTank PR - July 30, 2021)
Twitter Hires Kelly Sims To Lead Global Communications (PRovoke Media - July 30, 2021)
Summary Section:
PRNEWS GRADES: 2021 Summer Edition
PRNEWS - July 29, 2021
The latest edition of our staff's no-holds-barred take on brand messages gives props and knocks for summer communication.
Let's Rescue Thought Leadership Before It's Too Late
By Scott Baradell, CEO of Idea Grove
Forbes - July 30, 2021
How do we get back to thought leadership that actually leads?
Justice Department is cracking down on PR firms foreign lobbying
By Sean Czarnecki
Business Insider - July 30, 2021
The Department of Justice is cracking down on PR firms that do foreign lobbying, according to multiple PR and industry sources, and millions in revenue could be at stake.
Fed Up with Vaccine Misinformation
By Kevin McCauley
O'Dwyer's - July 29, 2021
A reincarnated Howard Beale of "Network" fame would say, "People are mad as hell about the amount of misinformation circulating on social media about COVID-19 vaccines and they are not going to take it anymore."
What the demise of advertising means for PR pros
By Ted Kitterman
PR Daily - July 29, 2021
Lippe Taylor’s Paul Dyer makes the case that the advertising model is broken, as consumers increasingly seek ad-free experiences online. That creates an opportunity for PR.
AMA: Best Practices for Allotting Time for Proactive PR
By Gini Dietrich, Founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich
Spin Sucks - July 30, 2021
On this week's AMA, Gini Dietrich answers the question, 'What are your best practices for allotting reasonable time for proactive PR?'
Companies struggling to act on their good intentions to embrace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
By Richard Carufel
Agility PR - July 30, 2021
The death of George Floyd and the ensuing events of the last year ignited a sense of urgency to Corporate America's efforts to achieve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) within their organizations. New research from Salary.com reveals a readiness to talk about these issues and have good intentions for closing gaps in organizations across all industries, sizes, and geographies—but significant action is yet to be seen.
The Stevens Group PR Masters Podcast Acquispectives – Sheryl Battles [PODCAST]
CommPro (UK) - July 29, 2021
Sheryl Battles, Vice President, Global Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, Pitney Bowes Inc.
6 questions with Tal Kopan from the San Francisco Chronicle
By Jessica Lawlor
Muck Rack Blog - July 29, 2021
Muck Rack had the opportunity to chat with Tal Kopan, the Washington correspondent and senior political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Meeting Fatigue! Survey Shows 90% of American Office Workers Want Less Meetings
FischTank PR - July 30, 2021
The survey showcases the frustration of cumbersome meetings, citing time wasted, meeting fatigue and poor punctuality, as one in five workers report having 4-6 meetings per day.
Twitter Hires Kelly Sims To Lead Global Communications
By Diana Marszalek
PRovoke Media - July 30, 2021
Kelly Sims, a former Stripe comms leader, has been named Twitter's VP of global communications.
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