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Life is not what happens but how you deal with it
Communications leads at major companies are overseeing one long political-style campaign in which their brand is the candidate and the electorate is unforgiving.
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Coffee Break with Archetype’s Helena Maus
Maus discusses her role as CEO, the tension between the tech industry and mainstream media and setting up a WFH environment.
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Do the right thing
With the anniversary of George Floyd’s killing approaching, business is being asked to show the receipts for its initial responses to last year’s racial reckoning in the United States.
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Richard Edelman outlines succession plan for world’s largest PR firm
Edelman said the list of potential heirs could include family and non-family members. He also gave updates on building leases in Chicago and NYC and a return to office work environments.
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Coffee Break with GM Defense’s Angela Ambrose
The military product company’s VP of government relations and communications reveals the company’s first PR AOR and discusses women in comms in the defense industry.
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Racism is a virus, not Asians: #StopAAPIHate
Recent egregious events in Atlanta are the culmination of centuries of discrimination against Asian-Americans – brands have a responsibility to step up and take action in the same way they did around the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Coffee Break with Meltwater’s John Box
The company’s CEO discusses deal heat in the comms tech market, going public on the Norwegian stock market and sponsorship of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021.
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Work and an industry to be genuinely proud of
The 2021 PRWeek Awards winners reflect an industry that really stepped up to the plate and demonstrated its effectiveness after the country was poleaxed by COVID-19.
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Coffee Break with Boston Beer Company's Lesya Lysyj
The CMO discusses the burgeoning hard seltzer category and what’s on tap for the future of beer.
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Coffee Break with Ditto PR’s Trey Ditto
The founder and CEO of Ditto PR talks all things blockchain, NFTs, crypto and potential for brands.
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Staffers will remember how employers treated them during COVID
As the first anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown looms, PRWeek’s Salary Survey provides a revealing insight into how the pandemic impacted the PR industry.
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Coffee Break with Spotify’s Dustee Jenkins
Spotify’s head of global comms joins Coffee Break to discuss the company’s Stream On market update event and quarterly results, the rise in podcasting and the future of the audio industry.
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NFTs could revolutionize marketing and communications
Blockchain underscored virtual non-fungible tokens are currently dominated by digital art, but it won’t be long before brands get on board and explore the myriad possibilities of this new storytelling environment.
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Coffee Break with Crocs' Heidi Cooley
Crocs’ head of global marketing dishes on the company’s positive 2020 Q4 and full-year financials, social media strategy, UN Foundation link-up and new sandal launch.
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Coffee Break with Edelman’s Jonathan Jordan
The newly appointed Los Angeles GM talks about leading a key office in the heart of the entertainment business and why there are so few Black men in the creative industries.
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If Biden Administration is serious about respect, Ducklo had to go
Egregious behavior by Jen Psaki’s deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo ceded much of the moral high ground Biden’s comms team assumed when it took over last month.
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Moms facing a crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the coronavirus lockdown approaches its one-year anniversary, the intense pressure on women in PR and the general workforce is starting to take its toll.
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Q&A: Google’s Jeffrey Whipps, Brand Film Awards 2021 jury chair
The search behemoth’s VP of marketing and global brand studio lead talks filmmaking trends and why he wants to see craft and creativity on a par with Netflix and HBO in this year’s awards.
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Coffee Break with the PRSA’s Linda Thomas Brooks
The newly appointed CEO of the PRSA discusses her vision for the organization and dealing with a downturn in revenue.
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Join the Clubhouse
PR pros take note: the latest social media sensation is nothing to do with golf and it’s a much more engaging and diverse place to hang out than the 19th hole.
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