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FIR #521: AI Layoffs Are Here. Wait. Strike That. Reverse It.

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FIR #520: AI's PR Meltdown

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OTSP #4: Are Corporate Values Useless, Harmful, or Necessary?

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FIR #519: Is Misinformation Biased Against You?

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FIR #518: Is the PR Industry Blowing It Again?

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Episode 3: If Its Not Two-Way, It's Not Communication

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FIR #517: How to Communicate AI Whiplash to Employees

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FIR #516: Your New Shadow Website

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OTSP Episode 2: There Is No Table

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Circle of Fellows #128: The 7Cs of the New Communication Compass, Part 2

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FIR #515: Agents Everywhere!

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FIR #514: Was Twitter a One-and-Done Phenomenon?

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On the Same Page #1: Managers as a Communication Channel

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FIR #513: Why Communications Must Build the Narrative Code for the Agentic Age

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FIR #512: The AI Shift in Executive Decision-Making

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Circle of Fellows #127: The 7 Cs of The New Communication Compass, Part I

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FIR #511: Doing A Governance Right and Still Getting it Wrong

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FIR #510: Should Companies Embrace Shadow AI?

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FIR #509: Does Corporate Content Require Copyright Protection?

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FIR #508: Inside AI's Human Raw Material Supply Chain

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Circle of Fellows #126: Communicating in the Era of the Polycrisis

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FIR #507: Should Nobody Really Ever Use AI to Write?

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FIR #506: Battle of the Bots!

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FIR #505: Social Media's Big Shift

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FIR #504: When Companies Blame Layoffs on AI -- And Leave Communicators Holding the Bag

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FIR #503: When Your Boss Throws You Under the Bus

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Circle of Fellows #125: Communicating in the Age of Grievance

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FIR #502: Attack of the AI Agent!

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FIR #501: The Rise of the Chief Storyteller

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FIR #500: When Harassment Policies Meet Deepfakes

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FIR #499: When Saying Nothing Sends the Wrong Message

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FIR Interview: AI risk, trust, and preparedness in a polycrisis era

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FIR #498: Can Business Be a Trust Broker in Today's Insulated Society?

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Circle of Fellows #124: The Impact of Mentoring

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FIR #497: CEOs Wrest Control of AI

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FIR #496: A New Definition of Public Relations?

37

FIR 21st Anniversary

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FIR #495: Reddit, AI, and the New Rules of Communication

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FIR #494: Is News's Future Error-Riddled AI-Generated Podcasts, or Information Stewards?

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FIR #493: How to (Unethically) Manufacture Significance and Influence

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Circle of Fellows #1`23: The Future of Communication -- 2026 and Beyond

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FIR #492: The Authenticity Divide in Omnicom Layoff Communication

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FIR #491: Deloitte's AI Verification Failure

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FIR #490: What Does AI Read?

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Circle of Fellows #122: Preparing Communication Professionals for the Future

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FIR #489: An Explosion of Thought Leadership Slop

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FIR #488: Did a Soda Pop Make AI Slop?

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FIR Interview: Craig Silverman on Fighting Digital Deception with Indicator

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FIR #487: Beyond the Churn -- Slower Publishing, Deeper Thinking, Better Outcomes

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FIR #486: Measuring Sentiment Won't Help You Maintain Trust

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Circle of Fellows #121: The Future of Communication: Adapting, Leading, and Aligning

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FIR #485: Is It Time To Stop Trying to Go VIral?

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FIR #484: Is Olivia Brown the Tilly Norwood of PR?

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AI and the Writing Profession with Josh Bernoff - FIR Interview

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FIR #483: How Tylenol Handled a High-Profile Falsehood

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FIR #482: What Will It Take to Stop the Slop?

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Circle of Fellows #120: Hybrid is Winning

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FIR #481: The Em Dash Panic: Writing, AI, and Unfounded Assumptions

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FIR Interview: Generative Engine Optimisation with Stephanie Grober

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FIR #480: Reflections on AI, Ethics, and the Role of Communicators

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FIR #479: Hacking AI Optimization vs. Doing the Hard Work

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FIR #478: When Silence Isn't Golden

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Circle of Fellows #119: Can Sustainability Be Sustained?

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FIR #477: Deslopifying Wikipedia

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FIR #476: Rewiring the Consulting Business for AI

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FIR #475: Algorithms Got You Down? Get Retro with RSS!

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FIR Interview: Monsignor Paul Tighe on AI, Ethics, and the Role of Humanity

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FIR #474: AI is Redefining Public Relations

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FIR #473: The Digital Employee Experience is the Message

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Circle of Fellows #118: Communication Leadership

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FIR #472: The Evolution of Trust

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FIR #471: Can You Be Influential and Anonymous at the Same Time?

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FIR Interview: Silvia Cambie on AI's Overlooked Role in Communication

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Richard Bagnall on the Barcelona Principles 4.0

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FIR #470: Creative Commons Proposes an AI Copyright Solution

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FIR #469: Is Internal Communication Failing?

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FIR #468: Reputations Are Facing New Threats

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Circle of Fellows #117: LIVE from IABC World Conference 2025

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FIR #467: Mary Meeker's 2025 AI Trends Report

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FIR #466: Still Hallucinating After All These Years

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COF #116: Moving to Teaching

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Eric Schwartzman on Bot Farms and Digital Deception

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FIR #465: The Trust-News-Video Podcast PR Trifecta

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FIR #464: Research Finds Disclosing Use of AI Erodes Trust

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FIR #463: Delivering Value with Generative AI's "Endless Right Answers"

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FIR #462: Cheaters Never Prosper (Unless They're Paid $5 Million for Their Tool)

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FIR #461: YouTube Trends Toward Virtual Influencers and AI-Generated Videos

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FIR Interview: Zora Artis on Bridging AI and Human Connection in Internal Communication

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Circle of Fellows #115: Communicating Amidst the Rise of Misinformation and Disinformation

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FIR #460: The Return of Toxic Workplaces and the "Big Boss" Era

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AI Transforms Content from Passive to Engaging

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FIR #458: Preparing Managers to Manage Human-AI Hybrid Teams

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Circle of Fellows #114: Working with Data in Communication

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FIR #457: Communicating Tariff Impacts

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FIR #456: Does AI Put Communication Expertise At Risk?

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FIR #455: Traditional PR Is Dead (Again)

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Sam Michelson on How AI Search is Changing Reputation Management

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FIR #454: When the Media Rewards Spectacle Over Substance

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FIR #453: Humor Us -- How Playful Teasing Strengths Brand Relationships

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FIR Interview: Steve Rubel on AI, Media Analytics, and the Future of PR

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Circle of Fellows #113: Ethics in Communication

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FIR #452: Communicating in Chaos

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FIR #451: Return-to-Office-Obsessed Executives Are Minimizing Employee Voice

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FIR #450: Senior Leaders Doubt Communicators' Abilities

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FIR #449: Employee Use of Shadow AI Is Surging

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FIR #448: Is Night Falling on Change Management and Enterprise Social Networks?

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FIR #447: Decisions, Decisions: The Struggle to Communicate in the Age of Ubiquitous Malignancy

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FIR #446: Grievance Tops 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer Challenges

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Circle of Fellows #112: Breakthrough Thinking

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FIR #445: Media Relations in the New Media Landscape

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FIR #444: Preparing for Trump 2.0

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FIR Interview: Exploring AI's Future in PR with Martin Waxman

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FIR #443: From RSS to ChatGPT -- FIR's 20-Year Tech Communications Chronicle

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FIR #442: Justin Bladoni's Attack on Blake Lively Explains Why PR is a Dirty Word

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FIR #441: PR, AI, and Social Media are All Shook Up

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Circle of Fellows #111: Communication as a Leadership Foundation

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FIR #440: Experimenting for Influence

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FIR #438: Google's AI Overviews Upend SEO

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FIR #437: AI Takes Root in the Workplace

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FIR #436: Nothin' But Bluesky (and TikTok and Instagram and WhatsApp and...)

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Circle of Fellows #110: Executive Communication

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FIR #435: Physical Presence is Not A Collaboration Magic Bullet

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FIR #434: U.S. Election Reveals a A Seismic Media Realignment

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FIR Interview: Embracing AI and Authenticity in Internal Comms with Monique Zytnik

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FIR #433: Something Old, Something New

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FIR #432: The CEO Authenticity Balancing Act

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Circle of Fellows #109: Managing Change

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FIR #431: The Evolution of Influence

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FIR #430: Is It Real or Is It Notebook LM?

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FIR #430: Is It Real or Is It Notebook LM?

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FIR #429: AI-Generated Voices Discuss AI's Conspiracy Theory Debunking Abilities

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FIR #428: Assessing the Best AI Tools for Communicators

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Circle of Fellows #108: Thriving in the Spotlight -- Mental Wellness for Communication Leaders

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FIR Interview: Ezri Carlebach on Speculative Fiction in Business

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FIR #427: The Metaverse Lives! Just Don't Call It The Metaverse.

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FIR #426: We've Got Your Share of Model Right Here

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FIR #425: Stand Up, Stand Out, or Shut Down?

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FIR #424: The Rise of the Hybrid Communication Officer

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Circle of Fellows #107: Raising AI

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FIR #423: As Op-Eds Fade Into History, Where Does Thought Leadership Belong?

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FIR #422: WIll AI Kill the Billable Hour Model?

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FIR Interview: Pete Pachal on AI, Social Media, Journalism and Brand Engagement

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FIR #421: AI Is Paying Off for Individual Workers

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FIR #420: How Well Did CrowdStrike Handle Its Crisis Communications?

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FIR #420: How Well Did CrowdStrike Handle Its Crisis Communications?

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FIR #419: Is Shadow AI an Evil Lurking in the Heart of Your Company?

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Circle of Fellows #106: Structuring and Leading a Communications Team

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FIR #418: These Are Our Rock-Solid Beliefs -- Unless You Don't Like Them

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FIR #417: As AI Adoption Grows, Is Share of Model the New Metric?

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FIR #416: No Likes, No Follows, No Stress

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Circle of Fellows #105: Meet the 2024 Fellows Class

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FIR #415: A Staggering Failure of Leadership and Communication

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FIR #414: Remote and Hybrid Work's Impact on Company Culture

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FIR #413: AI is Coming for Copywriters

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FIR #412: Don't Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out

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FIR #411: Are We Unnecessarily Panicked About Disinformation?

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FIR #410: Who's Behind All Those Fake LinkedIn Profiles?

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FIR #409: Just Another Fad

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FIR #408: AI's Impact on Jobs, Quantified

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Circle of Fellows #104: Communication Ethics

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FIR #407: How AI Will Reshape the Manager's Role

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FIR #406: Alas, SEO, We Knew You Well

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EE Voice episode 78

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FIR #405: Gen Z's Connection with Influencers

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FIR #404: Purpose Without the Peril

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FIR #400: Love Them Or Hate Them, Press Releases Can Still Work

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Circle of Fellows #103: Communication Certification

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FIR #403: Does Marketing Need a Separate Ethics Standard for AI?

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FIR #402: Your Favorite Social Network Shut Down. Now What?

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EE Voice episode 77

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FIR #401: The Battle Between PIOs and Journalists

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FIR #399: No More Cookies for You

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FIR #398: The AI Version of Your Voice

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FIR #397: Some Thought Leadership on Thought Leadership

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FIR #396: Will AI End Google's Dominance in Search?

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Circle of Fellows #102: Research, Plan, and Manage Your Communication Career

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FIR #395: Extra! Extra! Read All About It -- In Print!

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FIR #394: Marketers, Boards, and AI

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FIR #393: Will Jinfluencers Eclipse Traditional Journalism?

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FIR #392: Going Below the Surface Into the Dark Web

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FIR #391: Match Group Swipes Right on AI-Generated Press Release

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FIR Interview: William Beutler, Founder and President of Beutler Ink

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FIR #390: The Fall and Rise of NFTs

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FIR #389: C-Suite Bloat (And Some Alternatives)

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FIR #388: Watch Me Get Fired

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FIR #387: Sentiment Analysis, Risk Mitigation, or Big Brother?

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EE Voice episode 76

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Circle of Fellows #101: More Insights and Advice from IABC's Fellows

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FIR #386: Is AI Too Generic a Label?

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FIR #385: Amazing Search Results That Drive Little Traffic

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FIR #384: Social Networks Shift Away From The Public Commons

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FIR #383: Leadership Traits Aren't What They Used to Be

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FIR #382: Brain Implants Are A Thing Now

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FIR #381: The State of Trust in 2024

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FIR #380: Vanguard Leaves Investors Twisting in the Wind

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Circle of Fellows #100: Insights and Advice from IABC's Fellows

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FIR #379: Top 2024 Communication Trends

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FIR #378: AI in Crisis Communications

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EE Voice episode 75

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FIR #377: Two Decades of Podcasting

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FIR #376: Is the Internet Pendiulum Swinging Back to Weirdness?

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FIR #375: ChatGPT Speaks for Itself About Its PR Capabilities

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Circle of Fellows #99: A Look Back at 2023 in Communications

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FIR #374: Getting Your News from AI

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EE Voice Episode 74

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FIR #373: The Fediverse Gains Momentum

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FIR #372: More Disinformation Targets Companies

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FIR #371: Employee AI Competencies

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EE Voice episode 73

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FIR #370: War, Managers, and Empathy

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FIR #369: Outdoor Guerilla Marketing Campaign Goes Viral

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FIR #368: AI and PR Codes of Ethics

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FIR #367: Innovation Thrives When Employees Engage in Professional Networks

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FIR #366: DIY AI

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Circle of Fellows #98: The Gift of Communication

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FIR #365: RyanAir's Social Media Chief Doesn't Leave Quietly

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EE Voice In Your Corner Episode 1

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FIR Interview: Radina Russell

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EE Voice In Your Corner Episode 1

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FIR #363: Managers' Most Important Communication Role

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FIR #363: Is the Israel-Hamas war a Communications No-Win Situation?

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FIR #362: Why Did Pebble Sink?

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FIR #361: Is There a Seat at the Table in Corporate Communication's Future?

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Circle of Fellows #97: Global Diversity Awareness

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FIR #360: Your AI Chatbot Confidant

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FIR #359: Your New AI BFF

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FIR #358: EY Introduces AI

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FIR #357: A Status Report on AI and PR

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Circle of Fellows #96: Leadership in Communication

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EE Voice Episode 71

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FIR #356: The Long Arc of Network Disruption

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FIR #355: The Future for Hashtags

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FIR #354: Law and PR Combine to Protect Reputations

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FIR #353: Blogging in the AI Era

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FIR #352: AI and Elections -- Should We Panic?

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FIR #351: No Such Thing As Peak Podcast

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FIR #350: Success Breeds Imitation

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FIR #349: Marketing's Pity Party

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Circle of Fellows #95: From Meh to Marvelous

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FIR #348: The Consequences of AI Panic

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FIR #347: Digital Media, Star Power, and Wrexham

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FIR #346: The Daily Me, Video Edition

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FIR #345: Sources of Information

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FIR #344: Sloganeering with AI

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Circle of Fellows #94: Staying Ahead of the AI Curve

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FIR #343: Employees Caught in Activism's Crossfire

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FIR #342: Pulling at Thread's Seams

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FIR Interviews: Bob Dilenschneider

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FIR #341: Influencers Amuck

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FIR 340: Will AI Destroy the Web?

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FIR #339: Still Virtual After All These Years

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FIR Interview: Allen Schoenberg on His New Job, Twitter, AI, and More

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FIR #338: Adding Activism to PR

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FIR #337: Is It All Over for Influencers?

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FIR #336: Trust, Likability, and Confirmation Bias

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FIR #335: BBC Fires a Shot in the Disnformation War

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FIR #334: Employees Really Do Hate Change

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Circle of Fellows #92: Communicating Wellness in the Workplace

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FIR #333: When to Disclose That You've Used AI

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FIR #332: Wikipedia Editors in Tug-of-War Over AI-Authored Entries

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FIR #331: AI Completes Tasks and Raises Fears

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FIR Interview: Jeremiah Owyang on Artificial Intelligence

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FIR #330: Help Wanted: AI Prompt Engineer

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FIR #329: Post Once, Socialize Everywhere

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FIR #329: Post Once, Socialize Everywhere

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Circle of Fellows #91: Crisis Communications

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FIR #328: What's In Your Crypto Wallet?

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FIR #327: Laid Off In The Confort Of Your Own Home

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FIR #326: The (Metaverse) Winter Of Our Discontent

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FIR Interview: PRophet Founder and CEO Aaron Kwittken

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EE Voice Episode 70

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FIR #325: Making AI-Generated Brand Magic

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FIR #324: Pitching Proprietary Content

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FIR #323: Outright Theft Or Fair Use?

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Circle of Fellows #90: Communicating Change

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EE Voice Episode 69

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FIR #322: If Not Twitter, Then Where?

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FIR B2B #158: Anna Griffin on Marketing in Uncertain Times

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FIR #321: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Crisis Comms

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FIR #320: The Chorebots of 2033

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FIR #319: Return to Work Damages Productivity and Engagement

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FIR #318: AI, Mastodon, the Metaverse -- Headlines Vs. Reality

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Circle of Fellows #89: At the Crossroads of Counsel and Ethics

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FIR #317: The Rise of the De-Influencer

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FIR #316: Back to Blogging

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FIR #315: Does Every Company Need a CCO?

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FIR #314: Show Or Tell?

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EE Voice Episode 68

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FIR #313: Will Gen Z Finally Kill Email?

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Circle of Fellows #88: The Global Communications Certification

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FIR #312: The Social Media Press Release Redux

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FIR #311: What Communicators Can Learn From Librarians

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FIR #310: Shake Up Your Work-From-Home Routine

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EE Voice Episode 67

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FIR #309: Measuring Stuff That Didn't Happen

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FIR #308: Here Come Virtual Workers

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FIR #307: We'll Pay You For Your Work...In A Year

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FIR #306: Brand Name Pronunciation as a Marketing Ploy

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FIR #305: We See You And You Can't Come In

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FIR #304: Reaching Employees Through Social Media

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EE Voice Episode 66

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FIR #303: The Quest for a Twitter Alternative

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Circle of Fellows #87: Year-End Reflections

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FIR #302: Blockchain's Widely Exaggerated Demise

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FIR #301: A Communicator's Look at ChatGPT

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EE Voice Episode 65

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FIR #300: Communicating Pay Transparency

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FIR #299: From the Fediverse to the Metaverse and Back Again

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Circle of Fellows #86: Brands and Branding

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FIR #298: Social Listening in a Post-Twitter World

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FIR #297: A Stirling Example of Augmented Reality

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FIR #296: What Elon Musk Can Learn From Patrick Collinson

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EE Voice Episode 64

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FIR #295: The Value-Add Potential of NFTs

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FIR #294: What Hath Elon Wrought?

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FIR #293: Big Changes at Wikipedia

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FIR #292: The Sure and Steady Evolution of NFTs

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Circle of Fellows #85: So You Want to Be A Consultant

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FIR #291: Adding AI to Applications

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FIR #290: Alas, Poor GIF, We Knew You Well

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FIR #289: Bloggers, AI, and the Future of PR

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FIR #288: A Humanoid Artist Robot Gives Testimony

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FIR #287: Internal Podcasts Gain Momentum

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FIR #286: Managers Believe Remote Work Lowers Productivity

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FIR #285: Alignment Through Conversation

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FIR #284: Ad Agencies Embrace AI Art

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FIR #282: If You Need Me, Text Me

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FIR #281: Advertising in the Metaverse

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FIR #280: What's Behind the New "Quiet Quitting" Trend?

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FIR #279: Business Buys Into the Metaverse

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Circle of Fellows #84: What Communication Is...And Isn't (Part 2)

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FIR #278: For Every News Outlet, Churn, Churn, Churn

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FIR #277: Can Graphic Designers Remain Relevant?

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FIR #276: Should I Tay Or Should I Go?

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FIR #275: Will You Have an NFT With Your Coffee?

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FIR #274: Is Unbranded Unethical?

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FIR #273: What Is The Metaverse? It's A Network

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FIR #272: Tick Tick Tick Tick Search

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Circle of Fellows #83: What Communication Is...and Isn't

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FIR #271: Work From Home and the Generational Divide

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FIR #270: Disgust, Convenience, and Reputation

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FIR #269: Digital Doppelgängers!

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FIR #268: NFTs in the Checkout Lane

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FIR #267: Rebuilding Trust After An Ethics Scandal

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FIR #266: How Many Trillions Will The Metaverse Be Worth?

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FIR #265: Fired by Zoom

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EE Voice Episode 63

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FIR B2B #157: Why the End of Third-Party Cookies is a Bigger Deal than You Think

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FIR #264: On Background

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FIR #263: It's Alive! (AI, That Is. Or Is It?)

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Circle of Fellows #82: Meet the 2022 Class of IABC Fellows

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FIR #262: You're Hired! Or Not...

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EE Voice Episode 62

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FIR #261: Surveilling Employees on Social Media

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FIR #260: Grappling with Authenticity

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FIR #259: Trust Rises in Companies That Left Russia

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FIR #258: How to Brief an Executive

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Circle of Fellows #81: Research and Measurement

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FIR #257: Purpose Vs Polarization

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FIR #256: Rising Influence in the C-Suite

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FIR #255: How TikTok Makes Spreadsheets Cool

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FIR #254: AR You Ready?

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FIR #253: Blockchain in Your House

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FIR #252: Managers, Not Bosses

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FIR #251: Proof of Attendance

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FIR #250: Go for a Drive in the Metaverse

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FIR #249: Getting Authentic with BeReal

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Circle of Fellows #80: Executive Communication

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FIR #248: Cross-Posting Do's and Don'ts

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FIR #247: Permission to Scrape

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FIR B2B #156: Time to Talk About the Twitter

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FIR #246: Who Wants to Live Forever?

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FIR #245: Chatbot for Search? It Depends.

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FIR #244: April Fool's! Or Not.

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FIR #243: New Creator Tools from LinkedIn

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FIR #242: Can't Brands All Just Get Along?

379

FIR B2B #155: Tony Patrick on How To Do Better B2B SEO

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FIR #241: Your Personal Brand, Journalism Edition

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FIR B2B #154: SMS Texting for B2B With Barbara Casey

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FIR #240: You're Fired. Get Off Our Boat.

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FIR #239: Communicating Climate Risk

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FIR #238: Deepfakes and Other Weapons of War

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Circle of Fellows #79: Engaging Stakeholders through Strategic Communication

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FIR #237: NFTs as the New Social Layer

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FIR #236: Crafting the Right Message

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EE Voice Episode 61

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FIR #235: The Reputational Risks of Doing Business in Russia

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FIR #234: You're Always On The Record

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FIR B2B #153: How to Build Your "Voice Brand"

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FIR #233: Wondering About Web3

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FIR #232: Decentralized Branding

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FIR #231: Are All Companies in the News Business?

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FIR #230: Employees vs. NFTs

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EE Voice Episode 60

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FIR #229: Much Ado About Wordle

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Circle of Fellows #78: Communicating ESG

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FIR #228: RETHINKING SILOS

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FIR #227: DAOs and Cryto and Blockchain, Oh My!

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FIR #226: The Metaverse Goes Corporate

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FIR Interview: Anticipating Resistance with ThreeWhiskey's Ben Myall

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FIR #225: Bait and Switch

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FIR #223: Covid, Return to Work, and the Growing Trust Gap

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FIR #224: Viral and Unhinged

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FIR #222: NFTs, the First Amendment, and Trademarks

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FIR #221: Filling the Podcasting Diversity Gap

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FIR #220: Psst. Wanna Buy Some Disinformation?

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Circle of Fellows #77: Adding Value Through Communication

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FIR #219: Get Your NFTs at a Brick-and-Mortar Retailer

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FIR #218: Disney Auditions TikTok Creators

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FIR #217: AP's NFT Marketplace

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FIR #216: FIR Joins MPN

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For Immediate Release #215: Communication Trends for 2022

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Circle of Fellows #76: How Healthy Is Your Organization's Culture (And What can You Do About It)?

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FIR B2B #152: What to Do When your Facebook Account Has Been Hacked

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For Immediate Release #214

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EE Voice Episode 59

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EE Voice Episode 58

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When Narrative Strategies Fail

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Circle of Fellows #74: Your Future in Focus

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For Immediate Release #213

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FIR B2B #151: How Akamai Rebuilt its Massive Corporate Website and Drove Engagement

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Circle of Fellows #73: Communication Ethics

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EE Voice Episode 57 v3

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EE Voice Episode 57 v2

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For Immediate Release #212

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EE Voice Episode 57

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FIR B2B #150: B2B Marketing Truths from Ruth Stevens

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For Immediate Release #211

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Circle of Fellows #73: Communicating in a Changing Workforce

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Circle of Fellows #72: Time Will Tell

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For Immediate Release #210

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FIR B2B #149: Cutting Out the Middleman in B2B PR

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FIR B2B #148: The Changing Landscape of B2B Discussion Groups

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Circle of Fellows #71: Crisis Communication and Leadership

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For Immediate Release #209

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EE Voice Episode 56

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EE Voice Episode 56

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Circle of Fellows #70: Achieving Personal and Professional Success

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For Immediate Release #208

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Circle of Fellows #69: Partnering with HR

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EE Voice Episode 55

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Eric Schwartzman on His New Book, The Digital Pivot

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FIR B2B #147: Lessons From the Open Source World With Priyanka Sharma

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Circle of Fellows #68: Communications and ROI

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FIR B2B #146: Language Matters

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David Murray On His New Book, "An Effort to Understand"

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EE Voice Episode 54

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Andrea Weckerle and Jolie O'Dell on CiviliNation

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Phil Gomes on NFTs

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Money vs. Passion

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ALP: Why Agency Price Wars are a Bad Idea

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FIR B2B #137: Invoca CMO Dee Anna McPherson on Building Strong Customer Advocacy Programs

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FIR B2B #136: The Best and Worst COVID-related PR Pitches

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CWC 62: The power of creativity and community in difficult times (featuring Carl Smith)

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How to handle agency business development in the middle of a crisis

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#39 Passport - Is Your Influencer Marketing Still Legal?

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How to avoid running an agency that employees think is crappy to work at

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When clients want to poach agency employees

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How agencies can avoid common legal mistakes (featuring Sharon Toerek)

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The value of getting your agency certified as a Small, Minority, Woman, or Veteran-Owned Business (featuring Dr. Sandra Wills Hannon)

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How building a VIP list can help you grow your agency business

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How agencies can avoid scope creep with client projects (featuring Ben Aston)

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The ongoing battle between PR and advertising agencies

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Starting an agency with an MBA in hand (featuring Paul Benson)

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Key financial metrics for agency owners (featuring Darryl Salerno)

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Building a large independent PR agency (featuring Ronn Torossian)

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What if PR agencies abandoned proposals and posted transparent pricing?

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Business development mistakes agencies make and how to solve them (featuring Jody Sutter)

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How agencies should think about AI and analytics (featuring Katie Robbert)

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