August 23, 2011 – 6:30 am
It’s too bad we’re not having a contest for the most nicknames because our next finalist Robert Brown would take the prize. Robert Brown, also known as Bob, Bobby, Bobert, Beebs, and Bawb is one of our top ten college video finalists for Business Wire’s college video contest. In celebration for our 50th anniversary, one student [...]

By Jessica Lueck, Marketing Associate
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Posted in Industry Blogs
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Also tagged 50th Anniversary, berkshire hathaway, business wire, Cathy Baron Tamraz, college, college students, college video contest, College Video Contest | Tagged: 50th Anniversary, Gregg Castano, nyse, PR, public relations, Scott Berman, video, video contest, video | Tagged: 50th Anniversary, Warren Buffet
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August 22, 2011 – 6:30 am
In less than six weeks, one lucky student will meet Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, at Business Wire’s NYSE Opening Bell luncheon on September 30th, 2011. Business Wire’s college video contest invited students to answer the question “What is the future of public relations and communications?” We’ve managed [...]

By Jessica Lueck, Marketing Associate
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Posted in Industry Blogs
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Also tagged 50th Anniversary, berkshire hathaway, business wire, Cathy Baron Tamraz, college, college students, college video contest, Gregg Castano, nyse, PR, public relations, Scott Berman, video, video contest, video | Tagged: 50th Anniversary, Warren Buffet
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August 4, 2011 – 11:59 am
WHAT gets measured, matters. Measuring the effectiveness of stakeholder, investor and other corporate communication activities, however, has always been somewhat ambiguous. Until now. Wharton Professor of Management Witold Henisz has found a way of measuring the benefits of stakeholder engagement activities to public mining companies that operate in risky environments. Henisz and two co-authors researched [...]
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Tips for staying relevant in the PR field from JDA Software’s Cindy Kim. Recap of a recent Business Wire event in Phoenix.

By Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire
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Posted in Industry Blogs
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Also tagged business wire, Business Wire Events, Cindy Kim, future of PR, JDA Software, PR, pr tips, Press Release Tips, public relations
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Recently, the Pivot Conference team set out to learn more about the state of social advertising and the future ahead by conducting an industry survey of 230 brand managers, executives, and marketing professionals. We will release the full report during the week of July 25th. Not all of the insights we learned will make it [...]
Business Wire is going back to school! In our 50 years in the industry, we’ve seen first-hand how the communications world has changed & played a pretty big role in many of those changes along the way. Looking to the future as part of our 50th Anniversary, we want the next generation of communicators to [...]

By Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire
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Posted in Industry Blogs
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Also tagged 50th Anniversary, berkshire hathaway, business wire, Cathy Baron Tamraz, college, college students, college video contest, nyse, PR, public relations, video, video contest, Warren Buffet
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January 30, 2011 – 5:37 pm
Guest writer Dr. Mark Drapeau is the Director of U.S. Public Sector Social Engagement at Microsoft, and the editor of SECTOR: PUBLIC, a new online magazine about how science, technology, and innovation are affecting the public sector, public service, and civic improvement. You can follow him on Twitter at @cheeky_geeky. The Federal government has made a [...]
January 21, 2011 – 9:30 am
Professional presentation designer Jan Schultink worked for almost a decade with McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 500 CEOs about strategy. In this guest post, he provides advice on how to design investor presentations that create a strong impact.
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December 19, 2010 – 5:15 pm
ONE of the hottest discussions over the past week in the Investor Relations Executives Group on Linkedin asks whether investor relations pros send out holiday cards to their covering analysts and biggest shareholders. Most of those contributing to the thread do send out holiday greetings cards, and offer various reasons for doing so. Those who [...]
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