Media training Rorschach test: know your persona, give better interviews
…you don’t have access to professional help, put on your introspection goggles and consider these three common personas. Does one of them hit home? If so, follow our tips to…
…you don’t have access to professional help, put on your introspection goggles and consider these three common personas. Does one of them hit home? If so, follow our tips to…
If you’re seeking solutions to systemic problems, you have to get comfortable with complexity. But if you want to score media coverage for your solutions—and whip up desire in your…
Thinkshift is an impact PR pioneer A longtime B Corp public relations agency, Thinkshift® Communications has worked exclusively with impact-driven businesses, cleantech companies, social enterprises and activist nonprofits for…
…companies to succeed. Panelist Ryan Popple, CEO of Proterra, a battery-electric bus company with customers (including the federal government) in 40 states, expressed a common approach when he said he…
…it. How do we know if we’ve hit the mark? We test draft messaging with selected groups and, depending on the scope of the project, a new round of audience…
…community development financial institutions that finance entrepreneurs and infrastructure in places big banks ignore. Right now they’re eyeing the big piles of cash corporations are sitting on—they have good homes…
…techniques, online communications, and marketing communications. The quiz asks you to rate your communication on the following eight factors, listed in order of importance. Consistency with actions: Does your organization…
…the Credibility Quotient using accountability watchdogs’ criteria; research on ethical persuasion techniques, online communications, and marketing communications; and their experience as journalists and communications strategists. Answer the following questions and…
…includes building resilient infrastructure, investing in the transition to a net-zero emission economy and adopting other long-term climate solutions. This isn’t about taking focus from immediate efforts to help people…
…even someone you know—at a social gathering? How about a professional gathering? If not, the story is too complicated and needs to be distilled to its essence, or it’s inside…
…advocacy organizations Risk level: high Reward potential: high; short to medium term If your goal is massive media exposure all at once, led by coverage in prestigious outlets, and you…
…the most avid Twitter users part of your professional world? If not, the unstable amalgam of anxiety, self-satisfaction and compulsion we feel toward Muck Rack’s “This Month in Bad PR…
…business to institutions that are 100% fossil fuel–free, certified Benefit Corporations, and members of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values. For example, the company is working with CNote, a…
…a company story, impact stories, impact reports, media coverage, company announcements, downloadable company logos, and bios and headshots for its founders. Dr. Bronner’s media center also is linked in…
…so much about their field that they lose sight of their own expertise compared to their audience’s familiarity. This trap, known as the Curse of Knowledge, commonly ensnares cleantech companies…
It’s tempting for purpose-driven companies to think of the “woke capitalism” smear as just a warmed-over meme—a bit of foam-flecked trolling sure to dissipate as soon as the cloud of…
The past year has been bumpy. On one hand, we have much to be thankful for: grown-ups in the White House, vaccines, infrastructure investment. On the other: childish insurrectionists in…
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…$1 million Community Commerce fund for coronavirus relief. All minority small-business owners and entrepreneurs of color who are able to convene online or distribute goods via e-commerce can apply. To…
When I tell people “I work in PR,” the most common response I get is, “huh?” It never occurred to me when I chose this field in college that I’d…
…reflects that At no point since mid-February has any topic come close to dominating U.S. news coverage the way the COVID-19 pandemic has, as the media trend comparisons in Chart…
If your business has a B2B component, trade PR should be part of your communications plan. A trade PR strategy will help you tell your organization’s story the way you…
…including public companies and beloved brands. But clearly this community remains in the vanguard, and becoming a B Corp makes you a leader. You can commit to continuous, demonstrated improvement….