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Accounts in Transit: Finn Partners Dials Up RingCentral

Thu., May 26, 2022

By Steve Barnes

RIng CentralFINN Partners lands US PR duties for for RingCentral, which provides global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration and contact center solutions... The Ripson Group is named agency for Illinois chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention... Ditto PR adds Cardless, Direxion and Truework to its roster of fintech clients.

PR's Top Pros Talk: Michael Rinaldo

Thu., May 26, 2022

By Steve Barnes

O'Dwyer's/DS Simon Video Interview Series: Michael Rinaldo, Pres., Interdependence PR
Interdependence Public Relations president Michael Rinaldo talks about how communications pros can get the most out of earned media opportunities in the latest "PR's Top Pros Talk" video interview with Doug Simon.

Carson (CA) Needs StratComm Help

Wed., May 25, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

CarsonCarson, a city of 100K people less than 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, wants to hire a PR firm to work closely with its public information office to create a strategic communications and marketing plan.

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Trump to Speak at NRA Confab in Aftermath of Nearby Mass Shooting

Wed., May 25, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

NRADonald Trump will speak at the May 27 NRA conference in Houston. It's the first annual meeting of the NRA since the COVID-19 outbreak and its first session since the latest mass shooting at a US school, which took place 277 miles away in Uvalde, TX.

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WPP Backs Black Equity Organisation

Wed., May 25, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

Black EquityWPP has partnered with the Black Equity Organisation, which launched May 24, to advance equal opportunity and justice for Black people in the UK.

Implications of PR Training and Working From Home

Wed., May 25, 2022

By Henry Feintuch

Henry FeintuchI can guarantee one topic that’s come up at your senior staff meeting, your family dinner table and that recent social event you attended. It’s “working from home” and what part it will play in our lives over the next five-to-10 years.

On the Move: Clyde Group Hires Beamon as SVP-Healthcare

Wed., May 25, 2022

By Steve Barnes

LaShon BeamonClyde Group hires LaShon Beamon as a SVP in its healthcare practice... NBCUniversal promotes Joe Benarroch to EVP of communications for advertising and partnerships... Bospar hires its 100th fulltime staffer—Chani Garb, who joins the company as VP of marketing... Powell Tate, Weber Shandwick’s DC-based public affairs unit, hires Teressa Wykpisz-Lee as SVP, public affairs.

Livingston Group Lands Shetland Space Centre

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

ShetlandFormer House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston has signed on to represent the Shetland Space Centre, which is the linchpin of the UK’s bid to grab a share of the European small satellite launch business.

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Stop Nannying Joe

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

Joe BidenJoe Biden's communications staff needs to chill and stop trying to amend his statements... The trust gap widens between the haves and have-nots, according to geopolitical report of the Edelman Trust Barometer... An "alarming proportion" of CEOs are getting canned, says advisory firm Egon Zehnder. Good reasons abound to explain the exits.

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On the Move: Weber Shandwick Adds EVP Mellon, SVP Sullivan

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Steve Barnes

WeberWeber Shandwick brings on Julia Bloch Mellon as EVP, financial services and Seana Sullivan as SVP, consumer tech... Evins Communications hires Lou Hammond Group's Michelle Kelly as VP, travel & lifestyle... The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission names Pamela Rucker Springs as director of the office of communications.

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CPAC Honors Orbán

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Kevin Foley

Viktor OrbanIn honoring Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán, the Conservative Political Action Committee unabashedly revealed its own fascist aspirations.

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Trustworthiness Pays Dividends

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Steve Barnes

Boston Consulting Group report on what AI reveals about trust in the world's largest companiesCompanies that are perceived as being more trustworthy are seeing the results of that in their financial performance, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group.

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Good PR Starts at Home

Tue., May 24, 2022

By Curtis Sparrer

Curtis SparerWhy generating tasteful self-promotion is a great first step when starting out in the public relations industry.

Qorvis Reps Ukraine’s Top Oligarch

Mon., May 23, 2022

By Kevin McCauley

Rinat AkhmetovQorvis Communications has signed on to represent SCM Consulting, which is a unit of the largest financial and industrial group in Ukraine. SCM's assets include the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.