Green may be the color of the moment, but it’s more than a fleeting trend; on the contrary, it’s a movement that is being formalized by the more than 195 bills, resolutions and amendments that… Continued
Stories by Iris Dorbian
The Global Village: Building the Connection at Your Organization
August 19th, 2008 by Iris DorbianWe have entered a new age. Never before has the world been more connected. From the sale and delivery of goods and services, to investor relations, customer loyalty, and employee satisfaction, this is a global… Continued
User Generated Content is Surpassing Publisher’s Content
August 19th, 2008 by Iris DorbianNew content creation is a key factor in publishers meeting marketers’ brand objectives. According to BearingPoint global director of integrated marketing Paul Dunay, 120,000 new blogs are created every day—an indicator that user-generated content is… Continued
Think Green, Act Green, Create Green
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianToday, most companies have some type of environmental policy or social responsibility initiative in place as part of their brand identity or corporate mission. These efforts may vary in breath and depth, but in most… Continued
Sustainability Reporting—Where’s the Context and What is Your Role?
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianNo company would ever think of reporting its financial performance without including some measurement of costs or expenses along the way. Yet that is exactly what most organizations do when preparing their non-financial reports. Here,… Continued
Using Research to Pique Media Interest
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianOne significant challenge for MetLife’s communications team when it was working on the company’s "People Like Us"/open enrollment campaign, was securing media coverage, which traditionally has been very limited and competitive when it comes to… Continued
Annual Reports Version 2.0: Taking IR’s Main Attraction to Cyberspace
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianNever a function ripe with proverbial sex appeal, investor relations has experienced a makeover in recent years, having been bitten by the digital bug alongside many of its conservative corporate counterparts. Now, IR executives are… Continued
Study Shows Many Americans Suffer from E-mail Addiction
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAccording to AOL Mail’s fourth annual E-mail Addiction Survey, 46% of e-mail users report being hooked on the medium. In case you needed any confirmation, the survey reveals that people really do check their e-mail… Continued
Use Guerrilla PR 2.0 to Engage Media
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianThe term “guerrilla PR” invokes the scrappy tactics of stealthy combatants and a rough-around-the-edges approach to generating buzz around a communications campaign. Made even more relevant by Web 2.0 technologies, many of the most successful… Continued