Zoom Meeting Overload: How to Balance the Need for Facetime and Connection With Getting Work Done
As offices were closed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and individuals shifted to working from home, there was a spike in Zoom and MS Teams meetings. Virtual team happy hours were added to peoples’ schedules and existing meetings were converted to video conference calls. We all enjoyed a glimpse into our co-workers’ homes (at […]
Should You Trust What You Read?
Growing up, my main source of news came from the television or newspaper. It seemed like a simple transaction. Accredited journalists discussed politics and ethics. I watched and listened, without a doubt in my mind that what they told me was true. Thanks to social media, news is constantly at our fingertips now. Determining what’s […]
Entering the Workforce: What I’ve Learned
In college and even before, I’d always heard that finding a job after graduation was the hardest and most important part of graduating college. I knew several people who had spent thousands of dollars on a degree they weren’t using or that they couldn’t put to use because they couldn’t get a job in their […]
Practical Ways to Stay Optimistic and Move Forward in the Face of a Pandemic
In the midst of COVID-19, the news can be overwhelming. There is the potential for millions of us to get sick, many people may die, there may not be enough hospital beds and ventilators, businesses are closing, and unemployment may go up to 20 percent. But at the heart of this pandemic, there are some […]
COVID-19 Dominates News Cycles – What Does That Mean for All Other News?
COVID-19 is dominating all conversations. Like me, I’m sure most people are lucky if they make it a full hour without talking or reading about COVID-19. Though my PR career isn’t decades long, I can’t think of another time when something has so clearly dominated the news and for such a long time – with […]
Working From Home? 6 Tips for Staying Productive
With COVID-19 in full swing, everyone is feeling the impact. And those of us fortunate enough to be able to work remotely are balancing being productive without losing our sanity from isolation. As I write this, I am sitting in my makeshift home office – which, thankfully is a quiet space secluded from my 3-year […]
TL;DR: How to Make Your Writing More Readable for Your Colleagues
Confession time: I’m a serial rambler. It’s true. When there’s a multitude of critical information to absorb and distill into communications messaging, my tendency is to explore the space, list all pertinent information, and leave no detail unaccounted for. Trim the fat? Please. My concern is to provide more than enough substance to ensure everyone […]
A Snapshot of Bylines and Blogs Developed on Behalf of Flowroute
Communiqué PR has had the opportunity to work with Flowroute, now part of Intrado, for more than five years. Throughout these years we have supported a variety of company announcements including solution updates, new partnerships, as well as its acquisition in 2018. We also continue a regular proactive pitching campaign where Flowroute’s executives share best […]
Business Communication During the Coronavirus Crisis
Unfortunately, over the past few weeks, the Seattle area has become the epicenter of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the U.S. While the human toll of this crisis is at the forefront of our minds and our communications are focused on helping ensure safety, the economic impacts cannot be ignored. Businesses have […]
My Experience of Starting a “Boss” Company in College
The past six months have been nothing short of a rollercoaster for me. Along with my regular class schedule and internship, I started a company through the Entrepreneurship Minor at the University of Washington. That’s right – I started a company as a college senior! How many college students do you know that have this […]