Next Week’s GeekWire Summit – Will You Be There?
The local tech community will come together again next week for the annual GeekWire Summit to hear from leaders of known brands including Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and Zillow, as well as lesser known experts who are driving change through technology. The conference agenda, which runs Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday from […]
Communiqué PR and Kortext Partner to Teach Principles of Public Relations to Students Worldwide
Due to demand from professors internationally, we recently agreed to have our book “Strategic Public Relations: 10 Principles to Harness the Power of PR” published via Kortext’s digital platform. Kortext serves more than 40 university partners across Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Africa. Through this agreement professors can now easily access “Strategic […]
Recent “PR Problems” Are Far Bigger Than PR Problems
Recently several notable brands – United Airlines, Pepsi, Wells Fargo and Uber, among them – have experienced significant backlash from consumers after major crises, followed by a wave of negative press coverage. As a PR professional, how these disparate situations have been handled thus far has, to say the least, been interesting to watch. With […]
PR Guidance for April Fools’ Day
With April Fools’ Day fast approaching, we want to provide some guidance to PR and marketing professionals before pulling the trigger on any planned pranks. Below we have listed past blog posts we developed that share tips to consider when planning an April Fools’ Day spoof announcement. These posts share best practices for evaluating whether […]
The Power of Assuming Positive Intent and How it Impacts Productivity, Performance
We’ve all heard the saying, “To assume is to make an ass out of U and me.” The reality is that our assumptions can be powerful. That power can be positive or negative, and can drive you toward your objectives and goals or hold you back. It is easy to fall in the trap of […]
Interroll Rolls Forward to ProMat 2017
In 2016, Communique PR began working with Swiss-based Interroll (https://www.interroll.us/) to help build awareness of its logistics solutions for the U.S. market. With a strong track record and long history, the company is a leader in the global logistics industry. Interroll offers a broad product range in its four product groups: rollers, drives, conveyors/sorters, and […]
2016 Year in Review
As we come to the end of another year, we like to look back on the accomplishments of the past 12 months. Communiqué PR and our clients have much to celebrate as we close out 2016. Below we have noted just a few of the reasons we and our partners will be popping a cork, […]
Making Time for Celebration
Last Friday we held our company holiday party at Upper Bar Ferdinand with food prepared by 2012 James Beard Award Winner, Matt Dillon and wine pairings by Marc Papineau (@marcspapineau). It was a wonderful evening filled with lots of laughter, amazing bites and a raucous White Elephant gift exchange. In this busy season, the evening […]
Don’t Send That Pitch via Twitter or Facebook Just Yet
Jay Greene, of The Wall Street Journal; Nick Wingfield, reporter for The New York Times; and Mary Jo Foley, of ZDNet, made it clear earlier this month during their panel at the Geekwire Summit: Don’t pitch them via social media – they all prefer email. And they are not alone. According to a recent survey […]
Leverage Your Personal Brand and Build Your Corporate Connection
A personal brand is the story people think of when they hear your name. What are you known and remembered for? If you’re a top executive and hope to be a thought leader in your industry, building a personal brand is imperative in this day and age, as surveys reveal declining trust of corporate brands. […]