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Tech Talk with Kivvit chief innovation officer Zach Silber
“You are hearing real alarm bells ringing more often than the pre-COVID era.”
Tech Talk with FleishmanHillard’s global MD of True Global Intelligence, Natasha Kennedy
“The companies that innovate now are the ones that are going to come out of this as the strongest and best positioned, and AI is a part of the present and future of that.”
Tech Talk with News Direct founder and CEO Gregg Castano
“We deliberately didn’t put the word ‘wire’ in our name; we wanted to stay away from that language and call ourselves a platform, because that’s what we really are.”
TechTalk with Proof Analytics chairman and CEO Mark Stouse
“The communications industry, because they’re afraid of analytics and measurement for the most part, is really walking away from their greatest chance of glory. They’re ceding the field to marketing.”
Tech Talk with Qnary founder and chairman Bant Breen
“Over the last couple of months, as coronavirus has become top-of-mind for all of us, it’s very important for executives to have an online presence and a voice.”
Most recent news
Traackr moves to demystify influencer marketing spend
Accurate ROI is needed as pandemic causes budgets to tighten, the company says.
Cision launches article-level data
It’s an enhancement to the Cision Impact service.
Reportable launches online Newsrooms
Plug-and-play spaces for PR pros to manage content for journalists.
Meltwater names Niklas de Besche CEO
Founder Jorn Lyseggen will become executive chairman.
Quora makes data available to Socialgist
The partnership will allow the creation of data products based on Quora community activity.
Pitch journalists on Tuesday morning
A Muck Rack survey found PR pros think that’s the best time to pitch, though journalists don’t care. And most communicators are still relying on spreadsheets.
Dashblog
What’s in your social distancing stack?
Platforms for productivity monitoring, internal comms and just interacting.
How comms tech is making pitching easier (for both journalists and PR pros)
And less time consuming, as well.
Comms tech supports CX
And that’s one big reason why communications technology has an opportunity to punch above its weight.
Coronavirus communicators face an infodemic
But Zignal Labs and nonprofit the Public Good Projects are helping them navigate the chaos.
Now is not the time to overlook internal communications
If you’ve been giving internal comms short shrift, reexamine, and do it now.
Deep Dive
AI is one of communications’ biggest buzzwords. But what does it actually mean?
Putting comms definitions to artificial intelligence.
Not just listening: Podcast monitoring tools find their place in the dashboard
But users say the emerging technology has limitations.
Strategy, anti-newsjacking, pro bono releases: How newswires are pitching in
Wire services are guiding clients on appropriate statements and thwarting newsjacking attempts amid COVID-19.
‘High gear’: Pandemic means PR pros are demanding more from platforms
Clients want new -- and more critical -- data while agency pros are working from home.
The comms tech skills PR pros using the platforms need
The staffers at the controls tell Dashboard what works for them.
The new software every PR pro should know about
Agency experts’ platform likes and dislikes.
