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Faculty members are enormous media assets for any institution, but so often the media potential of their groundbreaking research and leading expertise is not fully realized. We recently hosted a webinar on how higher education communicators can establish internal buy-in and coordination for the PR effort and effectively leverage key faculty members in the media. […]

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 […]

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 […]

In early June 2020, as much of the corporate world demonstrated support for the Black Lives Matter movement, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman took to Twitter and internal communications channels to share troubling and deeply insensitive personal views of the moment. The company was quickly plunged into crisis, and its sloppy response did little […]

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 […]

Group Gordon’s Andrew Jarrell explains why it’s important for brands to become more comfortable with criticism. Nobody likes criticism. And companies are no different. Long overdue societal conversations about justice and equity are inspiring people to take a hard look at brands and point out where they fall short. At the same time, the continued […]