Episodes

You may have recently heard on social media a song from the early 1970’s, Prisencolinensinainciusol, by Adriano Celentano. The song’s lyrics are in no language – total and utter nonsense. It was a smash hit in 1973 in Italy, ...

The Global Capability Framework is the Global Alliance’s benchmark for how professionals in public relations and communications management perform at their best. It applies to individuals as well as those who assemble teams o...

According to World Press Trends 2019, digital news subscriber numbers are up 208% over the last five years. That could be a welcome sign that local news may survive after all. As many legacy news outlets struggle, industry an...

In a special report, authors Anne Gregory, Ph.D., Bill Nichols, Ph.D., and Professor John Underwood examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for professional communicators in the English National Health Service (NHS). S...

Throughout this COVID pandemic we all know frontline healthcare workers have been doing extraordinary work and working under exceptional stress. A few weeks ago, between Christmas and New Year’s, one physician in London, part...

Cancel Culture is a neologism meaning it’s a newly coined term. It’s essentially the phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, or stores if they are deemed unacceptable. C...

This is an episode about “Positivity” which has everything to do with communication. It’s a state of mind we all want but let’s be honest, it can also be really annoying. False positivity is an irritating personality quirk. T...

Stress is almost an evil word in our lives today. Nobody wants stress. Do we? Actually, could you imagine life with no stress? In this episode we speak with a neuroscience expert who says we can all benefit from the right kin...

According to 2015 numbers by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the total number of men working in public relations and related services and advertising, 5.9 percent are African American. In this episode we speak with a PR...

By membership the Public Relations and Communications Association is the largest PR Association in the World; 35,000 members and growing. Based in the UK, the PRCA has offices in Dubai and Singapore, and now Buenos Aires as i...

Presentations are stereotyped. A speaker stands in front of an audience, uses PowerPoint to guide a talk. And says very little that departs from the slides being shown. Frequently, the speaker provides a handout or electronic...

Work is the place we get learning opportunities through professional development. Many of those opportunities introduce sophisticated communications strategies intended to be work lessons but let’s be honest, they’re life les...

The political pundits have lots to say about the 2020 US Presidential election. In this episode we examine the result and the leadership styles through a neuroscience and psychological lens with a leading high-performance tea...

Earned media is always valuable but the opportunities to create your own channels and your own stories have never been better. Gone are the days organizations needed to rely on the news media filter to get their story out the...

It’s a powerful tool that can solve complex problems, build resilience, create empathy, and develop space for human determination. Psychologists have found creativity is more a personality trait than the result of a high IQ; ...

Change Management exists as a process and strategy because change is both inevitable and critical in business. In simple terms, it’s so important, the change must be managed. But modern trends are moving away from controlling...

Watch a good comedian on stage and it just seems so easy. But we all know what goes into it… timing, structure, body language, the ability to think on their feet, heckler management… everything that goes into a great presenta...

Everything begins with an idea. Talia Beckett Davis had one a few years ago to start a networking, coaching, idea-sharing, and training group dedicated specifically to women. That was in 2014. Today there are chapters all thr...

The Institute for Public Relations has issued its 2020 Report measuring how Americans perceive intentionally misleading news or information. Guest Tina McCorkindale, Ph.D, APR, President and CEO of the Institute for Public Re...

The Content Marketing Institute defines content marketing as a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience, ultimately dri...

"Society is changing... there's a new elite emerging and those elite have huge amounts of power." Professor Anne Gregory, Ph.D., BA, FRSA, HonFCIPR, Huddersfield University, a.gregory@hud.ac.uk "The problem with algorithms is...

Why is coffee so perfect for conversations? In fact, coffee houses were born in 18th Century Austria as a place for middle-and-upper class society to meet and discuss ideas. They spread to England quickly. Fast-forward to tod...

In digital media, Reach can be defined as the total number of people who see your content and Impressions as the number of times your content is displayed. But it’s not that simple. Older concepts like pass-along rates and ge...

Understanding how our brains operate in a crisis can help leaders think more clearly and effectively manage emergencies. In this episode Dr Steve Joordens, Psychologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough, helps us under...