Sally Ann O’Dowd
What communicators can learn from the White House press secretary
Comms professionals analyze Jen Psaki’s performance, even the #PsakiBomb.
Executive Communication
Brian Pittman
5 powerful ways to beat empty rhetoric in speeches
The upcoming State of the Union will showcase best (and worst) practices for connecting and conveying confidence. Here’s what to watch for so you can achieve both.
Mariah Young & GerRee Anderson
What General Mills’ restructuring means for the future of corporate comms
Gain prescient, timely takeaways for your department from Ogilvy’s employee experience experts.
Beki Winchel
KPMG’s UK chair resigns over remarks to employees, brands celebrate Lunar New Year, and Disney+ boasts 95M subscribers
Also: Wendy’s brings back its infamous Twitter roast, Perdue and OKCupid embrace data-driven storytelling, where comms fits in your organization’s structure, and more.
Cheryl Dixon
Making a plan to develop your business fluency
Having the acumen to be a strategic advisor is crucial for today’s PR pro, but where should you start?
Robby Brumberg
How communicators can facilitate DE&I breakthroughs in 2021
This is the year we must go from lip service to substantive action. Experts share how to make genuine progress–and become a more inclusive storyteller.
Ted Kitterman
How speechwriters can humanize execs—and help deliver key messages
Joanne Callahan, speechwriter and corporate communicator with Con Edison in New York, shares tips on finding the story and honing a message to fit your audience.
PR Daily Staff
Museum of PR and Diversity Action Alliance host webinar celebrating Black achievement in PR
Join us Feb. 9 to hear from industry leaders Charlene Wheeless, Dr. Denise Hill, Dr. Rochelle Tillery-Larkin Ford, and others address racial justice and action in the comms industry.
Ted Kitterman
What COVID-19 taught us about empowering frontline employees
The lessons of 2020 have been profound as leaders have found new connections with essential, deskless employees, according to experts at Workplace from Facebook.
Stacy Hintermeister
Why corporate communicators should abandon PowerPoint – and how to do it
It’s time to scrap the one-way, top-down presentation tools of yore. Try these tips to craft more interactive meetings, speeches and gatherings.
Mary Olson-Menzel & Mel Shahbazian
How negotiation skills help leaders defuse work conflicts
A good compromise means that everyone gets a little something, but no one is completely satisfied. Getting a clean resolution requires careful listening and plenty of tenacity.
Ragan Insider Katie Delahaye Paine
What trends will shape the future of measurement?
Expert Katie Paine shares the topics she is tracking in the new year and what that will mean for your PR measurement and brand reputation.
Beki Winchel
Walmart and Kroger announce DE&I donations, UK’s health care org pulls ‘sexist’ COVID-19 ad, and Planters to donate $5M to ‘acts of substance’
Also: Spotify, HBO Max and more launch content for Black History Month, Hendrick’s Gin offers a ‘moonbathing’ kit, ESG communications considerations, and more.
Nick Morgan
3 keys to better, less painful video meetings
Follow these “three rules of Zoom” to make your meetings more tolerable in 2021.
Montieth Illingworth
Smart globalization: How PR pros should approach the global marketplace
As a post-pandemic world tries to rebuild essential connections, what should smart PR people think about their strategy in an interconnected, borderless media landscape?
