Our Business is Growing. We’re Hiring!
We are excited to announce we are adding to the Communiqué PR team. Currently, we are recruiting for an Account Manager. The complete job description is included below for your consideration. If you are interested in being considered for the position please email your letter of interest and resume to [email protected]. Communiqué Public Relations is a […]
Public Relations, April Fools’ Day, and Fake News
With April Fools’ Day fast approaching, it is a good time to revisit the topic of fake news. While I look forward to Google’s annual tradition of announcing fake features and NPR’s trick segments, it is dangerous territory for PR professionals to disseminate fake news. If not executed well, an April Fools’ Day stunt can […]
What’s in a Message? The Strategic Foundation for Success
Note: I recently had the opportunity to guest blog for Zephyr 47, an integrated marketing firm based in Redmond, Wash. Zephyr 47’s founder
iPads, Kids and Snow – Securing Broadcast News Coverage Requires Flexibility
Earlier this month, we visited Lewis Elementary in Portland to facilitate broadcast interviews with KATU, KPTV and KOIN. What was the exciting news that drew three stations to Lewis? The draw was the announcement of a new digital learning pilot program introducing iPads into the classroom. Reporters came to talk with students and teachers involved […]
Crisis Communication Lessons From Floyd Landis
Earlier this year I read Paul Kimmage’s interview of Floyd Landis, a retired cyclist. I had watched Landis win the Tour de France in 2006 and followed the subsequent doping controversy, which included him being stripped of his Tour de France win. So I was interested to learn about the chronology of events and actions […]
How Communicators Can Learn From Past U.S. Presidents
There are frequent conversations about how communication has changed with the adoption of the Internet and more specifically social media. We have published several posts on our blog on topics related to these changes including Mastering the Nine Second Sound Bite and Staying Ahead of the New-Media Curve. And while it is true the landscape […]
Staying Ahead of the New-Media Curve
The media landscape is continuing to evolve and change, along with the tools available to communicators to disseminate information and engage with key audiences. It is important for us as communicators to stay up on the latest changes and ensure we are leveraging emerging tools to make certain our strategies are executed in an efficient […]
Reflections on 2010
It has been a busy year filled with lots of change for us as well as our clients. As the calendar year comes to an end, we like to reflect on the challenges we faced, what we learned and the successes and accomplishments we achieved during the year. Some of the highlights for Communiqué PR […]
Personal Awareness in a Social Media World
By now most people on Twitter understand they should not tweet information they would not be willing to say into a microphone. There have been countless examples to illustrate how even if you don’t have a lot of followers, a tweet can reach a broad audience. In the 1990s people learned valuable lessons about communicating […]
News Consumption Continues to Evolve Among Americans
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released a new report yesterday about how Americans get news. I was not surprised to see the percentage of Americans that “read a newspaper” and “listened to radio news” declined during the past 10 years. Similarly, the fact that a third of Americans indicated that […]