The UnNoticed Entrepreneur Is your company being heard? Lessons schools are teaching us, which high street brands failing, and your "so that."
Public relations is about more than press relations; I have to say that I hate it when people think that PR is about having articles published.
'The profession or practice of creating and maintaining goodwill of an organization's various publics (customers, employees, investors, suppliers, etc.), usually through publicity and other nonpaid forms of communication. These efforts may also include support of arts, charitable causes, education, sporting events, and other civic engagements.'
Business Dictionary.com
I chat today about what I am learning from the Girls Day School Trust in the UK about pivoting, communication and being aligned to their "so that."
"So that" was shared by Paul Dunn who is the Chairman of the B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1) is a global giving business movement that helps businesses give back easily in meaningful ways. Since 2007, B1G1 has worked with more than 2,000 businesses from all industries around the world, creating over 130 million giving impacts.
As I walked downtown in Bath today I surveyed the banks and shops, then took a look at their websites when I got home. Listen to my review of their high street and net street personalities and what it says about their "so that" motives.
As we keep saying, those with a COVID strategy will survive. See my slideshare on the need for pr to be Compassionate, Optimistic, Values Based, Informative and Digital. See here
Finally - how is a tech newspaper in Vietnam putting big companies to shame when it comes to helping its vulnerable readers? With over 2m visually impaired in the UK and 285 million people visually impaired worldwide (about the same as the population of the USA), how is your company showing it cares for employees and customers who are vulnerable at this time? Doing so now will build lasting loyalty.
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EASTWEST Public Relations Group was founded in Singapore in 1995 and has a company in China and the UK. Jim James is a British entrepreneur who has spent the past 25 years building businesses using PR, whilst running a multi office Agency serving over 500 clients.
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