Corporate Social Responsibility
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Corporate Social Responsibility
PR Roundup: Marissa Mayer’s Demo Misfire, How AI Is Shaping the Midterms and Lime’s Civics Playbook
PR roundup covers Marissa Mayer’s viral AI parenting anecdote, new research showing how AI platforms are nudging Senate candidates toward the center and why Lime’s free rides to the polls is a textbook example of purpose-driven brand activation done right.
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Branding/Marketing
Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder: Authenticity Is the Work, Not the Ad
Ben & Jerry’s has spent decades proving a brand can take a stand and still sell a lot of ice cream. Now co-founder Ben Cohen says that stand is at risk, and he’s asking marketers and communicators for help.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Climate Comms is Broken. Here is What Actually Resonates.
Fear. Guilt. Pressure. These are emotions most climate communicators are familiar with. Many have believed them to be the key to get individuals and organizations to pay attention, to act and to care. Yet despite the emphasis on these emotive messages in recent years, it seems that things are not going as planned. Earlier this […]
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Branding/Marketing
The Smartest Decision in Sports: How the Buffalo Bills Kept Canada in the Fold
In a break from tradition, the Buffalo Bills have asked the Toronto-based band Barenaked Ladies to perform “O Canada,” prior to the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Anthropic Researcher Sounds an Apocalyptic Alarm, Communicators Are Burned Out, and TEMPTATIONS Nails the Bodega Cat Moment
PR roundup covers what happens when Anthropic employees publicly confirm its risks, new research showing that communicators are increasingly burned out and eyeing the door, and how TEMPTATIONS turned the beloved “bodega cat” into a textbook experiential PR campaign.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
AI Data Centers Must Go Beyond Sustainability Claims to Win Back Their License to Operate
The media narrative around artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers has shifted dramatically. The next phase of data center communications begins with asking people to trust that these facilities are more efficient or sustainable.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
The Power of Causing a Crisis: What Meta’s Payout Can Teach About Advocacy Communications
Advocacy campaigns can often take on companies many times their size, like Meta, throwing them into crisis. Sustained-pressure communications runs on a different logic than defense.
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Branding/Marketing
What Amgen’s MrBeast Partnership Shows About Communicating Complex Issues
In this Q&A, Susie Tappouni, head of Corporate Affairs at Amgen and Sue Schwartz, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, discuss how their organizations worked with Beast Philanthropy and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to bring the patient perspective to a creator-led campaign.
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PR Roundup: Threads Finds Its People, World Cup Builds a New U.S. Fanbase, and Local News Decline Reshapes CSR
What Threads’ third birthday tells us about the platform’s evolving identity, record World Cup viewership, and new research on how the disappearance of local newspapers is changing CSR.
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Branding/Marketing
Five Questions With Kevin Wong: How The Trevor Project Is Keeping Its Mission Visible When Corporate Pride Support Is Uncertain
Drawing on his experience leading communications for The Trevor Project, Kevin Wong discusses how to maintain mission visibility amid shifting corporate priorities, including during Pride, what authentic partnership actually looks like and how to turn earned media moments into lasting impact.
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