Best Practices
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Branding/MarketingPRNEWS Announces Winners of the 2024 Experiential & Event PR AwardsThe 2024 PRNEWS Experiential & Event PR Awards honor the creative and strategic PR events that engage audiences, amplify brand messages and generate buzzworthy media coverage. 
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Branding/MarketingWhy Awards Should Be an Integral Part of Your PR and Marketing PlanWinning awards is a powerful communciations tool that can enhance your brand’s visibility and credibility. Here’s why incorporating awards into your marketing plan is a smart move, along with some tips for how to get started. 
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Media RelationsA New Method to Measure Media Relations for Business GrowthThis new media relations measurement initiative from Orlando Health, in conjunction with MediaSource and Mastercard as a measurement partner, is debunking the myth that media relations campaigns can’t be tied to business growth. 
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Crisis ManagementThe Impact of Digital Innovation on Healthcare Industry CommunicationsWhile healthcare technology shows promise and positive results, the market still faces many challenges which PR teams must navigate. 
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Media RelationsHyperbole Hurts Olympic Promotions: Pitch News or Feature Stories for Best SuccessWith the Paris summer Olympics fast approaching (July 26-August 11), journalists will soon be bombarded with pitches by PR practitioners on behalf of the brands they represent. But be wary of crafting a pitch or press release full of hyperbole. Instead, consider the following pitch tactics. 
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Media RelationsLessons from Bridgerton on Sharpening a PitchIn Bridgerton’s high society a simple misunderstanding with Lady Whistledown is all it takes to turn someone into a social pariah, relegated to hovering alone by the soiree’s punch bowl. It’s not that different for present day comms folks when pitching. 
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Branding/MarketingHow to Avoid Charges of Rainbow Washing During Pride MonthPride month is an important opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and there’s no shortage of brands and businesses keen to get in on the act. However, as the awareness month has grown, it’s also sparked a trend of “rainbow washing.” 
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Branding/MarketingPR Roundup: Chestnut and Nathan’s Divorce, PR Job Stress, 2024 State of PRThis week’s PR Roundup looks at a teachable influencer moment from Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs and Joey Chestnut, the current state of PR pros mental health and Muck Rack’s latest State of PR report. 
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Corporate Social ResponsibilityPR Roundup: McAfee Screws Up—Again, Executive Resonance Report, PRMuseum on the MoveThis week’s PR Roundup looks at ESPN personality Pat McAfee screwing up—again, a new report from KWT Global on executive resonance and a new partnership between PRSA and the PRMuseum. 
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Crisis ManagementReputation Repair: The Potential and Limits of Boeing’s Next CEOGaining back the trust of Boeing’s shareholders, employees, customers and passengers will require three steps, our author writes: acknowledgement, remediation and communication—otherwise known as ARC, or creating the ARC of success. Here’s how the company’s new CEO could proceed. 
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	