Corporate Lessons for Higher Education Communications
February 25, 2021
Group Gordon’s Hillary Wasserman finds valuable lessons higher education communications can learn from corporate PR. Colleges and universities have unique communications needs and a myriad of opportunities for brand- and reputation-building. Higher education communications is distinct from nonprofit communications and can benefit from an approach that takes inspiration from corporate communications. There are three lessons […]
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Marketing lessons from my mom’s Facebook page
February 11, 2021
Group Gordon’s Jordan Miller finds Facebook inspiration from a familiar source. My mom is the best. Pretty much everything I know about being a competent adult, I learned from her – as she reminds me at every possible opportunity. She continues to be a constant source of inspiration, and not just for life lessons. I […]
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PR Opportunity vs. Opportunism
January 28, 2021
Group Gordon’s Alison Berg explains how to find PR opportunity in the news cycle without being opportunistic. Coming out of a tough year, we’ve become accustomed to a heavy and hyper-focused news cycle. From growing COVID fatalities, horrific racial violence, and a contentious election season, the appetite for unrelated storylines was minimal. Pitches about unrelated […]
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Communication to maintain company culture remotely
November 19, 2020
Working from home but not alone Group Gordon’s James Seaton explains how effective communications can maintain a strong company culture even when your team is remote. It may be hard to believe, but we are nine months into a global pandemic. COVID-19 has fundamentally altered our daily routines, especially the way we work. For many, […]
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Public Relations in Support of Public Service
November 5, 2020
Group Gordon’s Erin Gaffney explores how public relations can be deployed to support public service. From the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in March to the current election, there has been a lot of uncertainty and misinformation. During these times of crisis, people are looking for guidance and reliable information, which is where public service […]
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Communicating in our cancel culture
October 1, 2020
Group Gordon’s Elizabeth Gemdjian shares core principles of good communication to help people and brands navigate cancel culture. Social media has given any individual a platform to reach millions – a power that has been used for good and evil. Increasingly, with the dawn of the cancel culture era, these platforms are used to call […]
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