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14Jul
Best Practices for Remote Onboarding
Starting a new job can be daunting. Oftentimes it brings a variety of challenges, such as a more intensive workload, new co-workers to meet, new software to learn, and new institutional knowledge to acquire. Overcoming these hurdles during an in-person onboarding can be difficult. In a fully remote environment, though, these challenges can seem overwhelming. With 36.2 million Americans expected [...]
Filed under: Career, Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Experience, Jobs, Remote Work, WORK
10May
How PR Firms Can Improve Security Measures Amid the Uptick in Cyberattacks
Over the past few weeks, the world has watched the Ukrainian-Russian crisis evolve into a significant conflict, impacting hundreds of thousands of people and businesses. After the conflict broke out, U.S. cybersecurity agencies reported an 800% increase in cyberattacks over a 48-hour period. Additionally, President Biden warns that a flood of significant cyberattacks may be on the way that could [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Crisis Communications, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Remote Work, Technology, WORK
29Mar
Why Internal Communications Shouldn’t be an Afterthought
As public relations professionals, we are often focused on the external communication strategies for our clients, managing media opportunities, developing press releases and positioning executives as thought leaders. All of this is designed to reach their target audiences with key messages, but a critical cadre that should not be overlooked is an organizations’ own internal audience. Beyond policy updates and [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Email, Execution, Monitor and Measure, PR trends, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Reputation Management, Spirit, Strategy
04Jan
Looking Into the Crystal Ball: 5 Predictions for Public Relations in 2022
As we look ahead to 2022, I want to share my predictions for the public relations industry. I also encourage you to check out this blog post titled 2022 Public Relations Predictions From PR Experts. The Business Wire content team included one of my predictions, along with those of other agency owners and leaders. My full list includes the following: [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Crisis Communications, Diversity, Execution, INDUSTRY, PR trends, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Remote Work, Social media, Technology
28Dec
Behind the Times: Journalism Grapples with Who Works in Newsrooms, and Who Doesn’t
As much as any fixture of modern life, newsrooms have been canaries in the coal mine on matters of social change. The presence of women and minorities in the newsroom has been regarded as a bellwether of a better modern society, an indicator of its transformative possibilities, and a righteous assault on one of the last redoubts of white male [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Diversity, Experience, Media, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Remote Work, WORK
09Dec
How Proposal Management Software Supports Future Remote Work Models
Due to COVID-19, many workforces worldwide shifted into remote work weeks. Although much of daily life has returned to “normal” this year, remote work isn't going anywhere for some businesses. In fact, nearly three-quarters (74%) of U.S. companies plan to permanently shift employees to remote work after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Due to this, tools that enable collaboration and communication [...]
Filed under: Business to Business, Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, INDUSTRY, Our Results, Positioning, Sources, Technology
09Nov
Battling Trauma and Fatigue, Obstacles to Motivation in the COVID Era
Life and work in the era of COVID-19 have taken big blows. The impact on performance at work and our rest at home has been profound, and it’s an ongoing story. The pandemic that hasn’t really ended yet has prompted mental health professionals to rethink some of the longstanding ideas about stress, motivation and fatigue – and the best ways [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Diversity, Leadership, Remote Work, Spirit, WORK
19Oct
Four Steps for Identifying and Managing Post-Pandemic Exhaustion in the Workplace
It's no secret the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in more ways than one this past year. Working professionals had to massively adjust their daily schedules as companies moved to remote work business models. Although many professionals reported benefitting from these work-from-home transitions, others are still grappling with the impactful changes remote work has caused, leading to many throwing [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Experience, Remote Work, Spirit, WORK
07Sep
Communiqué PR is Adding to its Team!
Due to growth across the firm, we are looking to add several individuals to our team. The Communiqué PR team is made up of highly collaborative professionals that provide strategic counsel and tactical support for our clients across a variety of industries. Our team is collectively focused on delivering exceptional results to help our clients achieve their most important business [...]
Filed under: Career, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Education, Jobs, Leadership, News, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Remote Work, WORK
05Aug
Looking for Resources for a Healthy Workplace?
If you’re looking for resources on the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, or how to prevent workplace harassment, below you’ll find a series of articles from Kantola Training Solutions. These articles cover a range of topics from workplace harassment in the remote environment to how to create a DEI program that contributes to employee retention. Business.com, [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Diversity, Experience, Leadership, Spirit, Tech Industry, WORK
20Jul
Demystifying Home Office Norms: Shoes or No Shoes?
As we enter year two of the workplace evolution brought on by the pandemic, it’s important to take stock in what has worked well and what could be improved. If you haven’t done so already, establishing personal office norms can help you be as effective as possible when working from home. Norms can vary widely based on personal preference and [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Remote Work, Spirit, WORK
29Jun
Making the Most of Hybrid Meetings
The disruptions of the pandemic have left a lasting mark on corporate culture around the world, particularly in terms of where work occurs. A recent report from Accenture PLC found that 83 percent of workers viewed a hybrid work model to be optimal, and companies, from Microsoft to Ford Motor Company, have indicated they plan to accommodate this preference moving [...]
Filed under: Collaboration, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Experience, Remote Work, WORK
04Mar
How 2020 is Influencing Workplace Behaviors and Practices in 2021
This month, we approach the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S. While it is a grim milestone, we are not without hope, as we’ve seen the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and the recently authorized vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. President Joe Biden expects the U.S. to deliver enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, INDUSTRY, Jobs, Our Results
21Jan
Supporting Employee Engagement and Wellbeing in 2021
If you run a business or manage employees, you may be accustomed to the evaluations that can estimate how successful your workers are. You analyze people’s productivity, the quality of their work, or qualitative feedback from customers and co-workers to ascertain the value they bring to the company. However, people don’t work in a vacuum. The environment, including policies and [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, INDUSTRY, Jobs, Tech Industry
14Jan
Thriving When Nothing Feels Normal
At the end of the year I saw numerous social media posts about being ready to say goodbye to 2020 and the events of the past year and welcoming 2021. Yet within days, it became evident the change of the calendar was not going to miraculously solve the variety of fundamental issues we are facing – including the global pandemic, [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, INDUSTRY, Jobs
12Jan
Meetings Owe the Pandemic a “Thank You”
In the past year we’ve celebrated drive-by graduations from the safety of our cars and shared meals in make-shift plastic igloos in restaurant parking lots. We’ve adopted video conferencing for such diverse purposes as doctor’s visits, wine tastings, family holiday gatherings and worship services. And the COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way we gather for school and work. How [...]
Filed under: Business to Business, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Jobs, Social media, Strategy, Tech Industry
08Dec
Fostering Team Spirit and Connecting While Working Remotely
The social and emotional impact is not insignificant. Our team has been working remotely since March 4. We are fortunate that we all transitioned to working from home without much disruption. Our IT infrastructure was already cloud-based, making the functional aspects of the transition seamless. And we have a highly functional team, made up of individuals who take pride in [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, INDUSTRY, Our Results, PUBLIC RELATIONS, Tech Industry
20Oct
Virtual Collaboration: Tips for Working Together Alone
To operate successfully most businesses depend on people working together in a collaborative manner to achieve key goals. Often this means leaders want their teams to deliver high-quality products or services in the most effective and efficient manner possible, with the proper use of resources. And, of course, they want them to deliver work on time. So in a world [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Strategy, Tech Industry
08Oct
Feeling Uninspired? Here Are 5 Meaningful Improvements You Should Make to Your Home Office
It has been nearly eight months since employees began working remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many companies have announced they will continue to support remote work until the summer or fall of 2021. While others are considering integrating remote work into their long-term business model. This means many employees are stuck in their homes with the task of [...]
Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Jobs
14May
Preparing for the New Age of Webinars and Virtual Trade Shows
Organizations in nearly every industry are facing unique challenges brought on by COVID-19. Businesses are determining how to be nimble and maintain their operations, while keeping their employees and customers safe. As a result of government mandated stay-at-home orders, the global remote workforce has expanded seemingly overnight. This change has brought an increase in the adoption of digital collaboration tools [...]
Filed under: Business to Business, COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Education Industry, Execution, Infrastructure Industry, Media, Our Results, PR trends, Social media, Strategy, Tech Industry