Best Practices

This week’s PR Roundup explores Big Dad Energy, another example of how not to communicate layoffs and dealing with investors in panic mode.

During high-traffic news cycles—including social and political global events—many brands may feel obligated to join the thread and contribute to the trending story, feeling mounting pressure for their corporate teams to comment on headlining news.

Kimberly Cheatle’s, now-former director of the Secret Service, swift downfall highlights the critical communication skills leaders must master during crises.

For this edition of Top Tips, we asked communicators for their advice for people who become public figures in an instant, such as Steve Nedoroscik, now of Olympic pommel horse fame.

This chat with Blackbird.AI aims to equip businesses with the tools and strategies needed to protect their brand from the harmful effects of narrative attacks.

In this week’s PR Roundup we examine the results of former President Trump’s interview at the National Association for Black Journalists, if Boeing’s new CEO will make a difference and the re-emergence of the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Most PR practitioners will never work on political campaigns, but they can still extract valuable lessons from following political happenings to be used in corporate, brand and PR crises beyond the political realm.

There’s another major LinkedIn benefit that communications professionals are starting to catch onto, and that’s the power of having company news covered, shared and amplified by LinkedIn News.

There is only one Flavor Flav, but his activation with USA Water Polo provides a few key lessons for any company looking to grow its brand through meaningful sports sponsorships, including leaning into the pillars of authenticity and commitment with a hype mindset.

The campaign is facing some backlash from users for allegedly imitating another creator, Mary Korlin-Downs, who previously made a similar video baking the same bag from scratch through a trade partnership with the Marc Jacobs brand.