Customer Relations: Can’t Get No Satisfaction Customer service is a big deal, and it’s not a responsibility to be overlooked or shunned by communicators. That point is made all the more emphatically by a survey… Continued
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Risky Business
May 12th, 2008 by PRNEWSAccording to Aon’s first Global Risk Management survey, the increasingly diverse, complex and exotic risks faced by multinational corporations make risk management difficult and ineffective. The results reveal that: The top five risk concerns were:… Continued
Crisis Communications: Made in China
May 12th, 2008 by PRNEWSThe wave of Chinese-made product recalls, including those of toxic pet food and faulty or lead-contaminated toys, may spell trouble for consumer packaged goods companies worldwide. According to an extensive investigation into blog responses to… Continued
Microsoft Finally Gives Up On Yahoo
May 5th, 2008 by PRNEWSMicrosoft announced that it has finally let go of its ambitious effort to purchase Yahoo after the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a suitable selling price after several days of intense negotiations.… Continued
Mobile Internet Extends Reach of Sites by 13%
May 1st, 2008 by Amy NovakThe Nielsen Company reported that mobile Internet extends the audience reach of many leading Internet sites by an average of 13 percent over home PC traffic alone. Categories such as weather and entertainment, the extended… Continued
Report Claims Technology Empowers Journalists, Not Replaces Them
April 29th, 2008 by PRNEWSA new report has been released from the Georgia Institute of Technology that highlights some of the key issues facing the journalism community as new and innovative technologies continue to transform the field. Based on… Continued
Too Many Missing Links?
April 25th, 2008 by PRNEWSIn the new age of online journalism, what constitutes citing a source? Is it simply stating a name of a fellow journalist (most often the "source" of the news item) or is it citing the… Continued
Technology 101
April 21st, 2008 by PRNEWSPR pros have an increasingly important role in incorporating technology – blogs, podcasts, videos – into their communications portfolios, so they should be aware of the need to integrate that knowledge with the C-suite to… Continued
Corporate Boards (Don’t) Take On Information Technology
April 21st, 2008 by PRNEWS"The Board and Information Technology Strategies," a study released by Deloitte Consulting, surveyed more than 450 directors of publicly traded companies with revenues of greater than $1 billion, and found that: 10% of boards relegate… Continued
CEOs Are In The Dark When It Comes To Corporate Health
April 21st, 2008 by PRNEWSThere’s some unsettling news on the corporate front when it comes to CEOs’ knowledge of the inner workings of their own organizations. According to a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu survey, "In the Dark: What many boards… Continued