Author: Kevin Anselmo
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Podcast Episode #59: The Importance of Media Monitoring
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The success of a PR program depends on monitoring. We need to have the tools in place to know not only what is being said about our brand, industries, competitors and audiences. We also need to have the appropriate systems to share intelligence with our different stakeholders, whether it be senior leadership, faculty, alumni, students…
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Podcast Episode #58: Shel Holtz on Employee Advocacy Programs
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Imagine the impact that can be generated when you have individuals who can share the brands content, respond appropriately to complaints and routinely advocate for the organization to their respective networks? On episode 58 of FIR of Higher Education, we delve into the topic of employee advocacy with Shel Holtz, an organizational communications expert and the…
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News Headlines and PR / Communications Implications
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The following is a summary of some news stories from the past two weeks and the implications for PR professionals / communicators. Story 1: Live Streaming Summary: House GOP leadership shut off microphones and the video feed to C-SPAN leading to a sit-in by Democrats who started using Facebook Live and Periscope to film the protest.…
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Podcast Episode #57: Research Impact Tips from Kudos Co-founders Charlie Rapple and Melinda Kenneway
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How do you measure research impact? This is among the topics discussed on episode 57 of the FIR on Higher Education podcast with guests Charlie Rapple and Melinda Kenneway, co-founders of Kudos, a web-based service that helps researchers and their institutions and funders maximize the visibility and impact of their published articles. During the interview, we also discuss…
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Integrate Content Into The Customer Experience
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One of my former communications colleagues in Switzerland always used to say “savoire-faire et faire-savoir”, meaning “know how and make known”. All too often, we don’t do this when it comes to our communications assets. Strategic communications is about strategic dissemination. If you generate amazing media visibility, you need to communicate this to your audiences…
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Podcast Episode #56: Lessons from Ken Starr’s Media Interview Debacle
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The media interview is not the right time to be reviewing answers and going over tactics! Ken Starr, the recently ousted president of Baylor University following an investigation into the mishandling of sexual assault at the school, and his media adviser Merrie Spaeth, founder of Spaeth Communications, learned this first-hand. In a KWTX News 10 interview from…