TD Bank’s recent corporate newsletter outlining how it’s tackling diversity, equity and inclusion enables readers to see the organization’s vision for the future.
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Avoiding vanity metrics, setting tactical goals and embracing qualitative feedback are key parts of evaluating your organization’s DE&I efforts.
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Provide meaningful utility instead of empty platitudes, and enlist the help of experts before you act.
Here’s how Astellas U.S. responded to the demands of a global pandemic and ensured that employees were able to give back to their communities.
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Be first with information, says former FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza. Know the three things the public wants in a crisis. And never compare the boss’s wife to an Incan mummy.
Here’s how your organization should think about protecting its reputation as plans for long-term remote work and a new work environment are considered.
Also: Paul Rudd gives a PSA on wearing masks, Deloitte issues a visual breakdown of its performance, Amazon launches designer stores, and more.
Be transparent, and use your work to create an emotional high tide that raises every boat in the harbor.
The head of corporate comms for the grocery chain casts a wide net with media to deliver key messages during a time of intense disruption and innovation for her industry.
The company looked at how small business owners were hurting during the pandemic and came up with a campaign to try and help them find new customers.
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Events big and small have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the lessons one PR pro is taking from a more personal event that had to be reimagined: her wedding.
