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The Evolution of PR in the Digital Age | Hallam

Hallam is a multi-award winning digital marketing agency with offices in Nottingham & London, powered by a team of experts delivering innovative digital campaigns.

Conventionally a press release would be the most popular mean of communicating a message. How has PR evolved in the last 20 years? What to expect from PR for the future? Is Digital PR the only way forward for any brand wanting to increase its traffic?

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Hallam about how new digital techniques have really transformed the Press Release.

Rebecca Peel @Hallam

Thought Leadership

7 Reasons Why Communications is the Key to Digital Transformation

Here are the seven ways a workforce communication platform can set up IT teams and leaders for a highly successful digital transformation.

Are you a Leader who accepts the challenge of engaging with their employees? Do you demonstrate how fully you value them? Do you set up your teams to undertake successful digital transformations? Here are seven ways to proceed…

@Socialchorus

Building Movements Building Power: What Social Movements Can Teach us About the Future of Strategic Communications

Smart communication starts here.

Understanding the concept of power is key to make sense of social movements and the role of strategic communication. Joseph Phelan introduces two types of power: direct and personal.

Shanelle Matthews ,Zaineb Mohammed and Joseph Phelan for The communication Network

3 steps to start your journey as an ally in communications - Ragan Communications

Language can reinforce or dismantle the status quo. When it comes to racial justice in our organizations, communicators must be ready to lead. The grace period between having made your social injustice statements and when you must report meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) progress is…

Communications teams are central to the work needed to nurture an inclusive culture. Whatever the method used, language can reinforce or dismantle a status quo. The article presents three ways to get started.

Kim Clark @Ragan

10 imminent changes and challenges for communicators to anticipate | LEVICK | Strategic Public Relations, Litigation and Crisis Communications Firm in Washington, DC

In PR Daily, Richard Levick shares ways to prepare for the new era of cyber breaches, risk management, and bold political stands.

How to prepare your company or client for the new era of cyber breaches, risk management, and bold political stands. Richard Levick shares ways to prepare your company.

Richard Levick @LEVICK

This week’s Consulting News

PwC undergoes a change in Boston leadership as workers return to the office

A new managing partner is taking the reins the same week that the firm is reopening its Boston office, the mega-firm’s first U.S. location to reopen during the pandemic.

| Greg Ryan@Boston Business Journal

o9 Solutions and Deloitte Announce Formal Alliance – Silicon Valley Daily

This alliance combines o9′s industry leading Integrated Business Planning platform with Deloitte’s global Digital Supply Chain Network Transformation experience

| @Silicon Valley Daily

Avast’s virtualised 5G security solution enables operators to protect subscribers’ connected devices at the network level

/PRNewswire/ -- Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, today announces the launch of Avast Smart Life for 5G, its first...

| @PRNewswire

UBS calls in McKinsey to explore merger with Credit Suisse

Swiss financial giant UBS has reportedly tapped consultants from McKinsey & Company to draw up plans for a mega-merger with rival wealth manager Credit Suisse.

| @Consultancy.uk

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Consulting sourcing tips

Podcast | How to qualify a consulting firm for a project?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 14, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

There are several markers that define the “Consulting DNA” of a company: the obvious capability & industry experience, but also the footprint, culture, and delivery model. On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, I tell you how to qualify a consulting...

Podcast | How to find the right consultants for your projects?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 7, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

The first question is not "do I need a consultant?" Instead ask yourself: do I have an urgent problem? If yes, find your best understanding of the issue and why it needs a solution. Then ask yourself: what kind of consultant can solve this issue? Another way to put it...

Podcast | Why you should put consultants in competition?

by Hélène Laffitte | Sep 30, 2021 | Clients, Managing the Consulting Sourcing Process, Podcast

As an executive, you're probably used to making quick decisions. Given the amount of work that you have to do, you can't afford to dither. Is it worth your time to organize a competition when choosing your consultants? On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast,...

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