The PR Week

The latest guest on The PR Week podcast is Lianne Hedditch, VP of communications at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, which includes the world famous zoo as well as other operations.  She talks about how the organization advocates for the role of zoos, how it relies on volunteers and advocates and how it has to race avid fans to post pictures and information of its animals on social media.  Plu...

Jim O’Leary has been Weber Shandwick’s North America CEO for less than nine months — joining from top rival Edelman — and it’s been a busy nine months. In that time, he’s brought on talent from his former agency and other firms and worked to bolster his network’s strengths in AI and elsewhere.  He joins the latest edition of The PR Week podcast  to talk about that and the top marketing and communi...

On this week’s episode, the PRWeek team is joined by Carol Cone, CEO of her eponymous organization, Carol Cone on Purpose. Topics include: - Wrapping up PRDecoded and the 2023 Purpose Awards; - Lisa Ross’ exit from Edelman; - ESPN’s Chris LaPlaca retiring after 43 years; - Remembering Salient Global CEO Bryan Specht, who died earlier this month; - Target’s corporate affairs changes; - The latest p...

Featuring: -Jeff Lambert, global chair of PROI Worldwide, founder of Lambert, U.S. -Angela Scaffidi, chair-elect for PROI, managing partner of SenateSHJ, Australia PROI is the world’s largest partnership of entrepreneurial communications agencies. And the 90 or so firms in 65 countries that comprise the network exemplify that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. While Scaffidi h,as...

PRWeek’s PRDecoded Purpose+ conference in Chicago had it all, from session after session of purpose-related content to the Purpose Awards, and even an event at a Chicago school. But don’t take it from us. Here’s what guest speakers and panelists discussed at the event.  On this podcast, hear from  Aflac CEO Dan Amos , March for Our Lives cofounder David Hogg , Mars Food North America VP of corpora...

The latest guest on The PR Week podcast is Maeve DuVally , president of Glasheen & Co . She talks about coming out as trans while working in corporate communications at Goldman Sachs and how she serves as a mentor and advocate for others.  Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including Shell’s global PR review , Publicis Groupe’s office policy , brand activations on Rob...

Featuring: -Antony Cousins, executive director of AI strategy, Cision While the abject fear many PR pros felt about AI’s potential to replace them has dissipated, nervousness and uncertainty are still palpable. Questions about where communicators “fit in” to this new AI-driven world are still asked with regularity. In this conversation, Cision’s Antony Cousins, executive director of AI strategy, n...

The PRWeek team hosts a Gen Z-focused edition of the podcast, featuring Lyft social media manager Bri Reynolds. Reynolds talks about her social media management strategy, how brands can decide which platforms to use and much more.  Plus the biggest Gen Z stories of the week, including Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce , the Kevin James meme making rounds online, why everyone is talking about the Roman...

There’s a lot happening in New York City this week. One of the big events is the Clinton Global Initiative, where Shari Rudolph is as her organization, Good360, made a commitment toward reducing waste and community needs.  She talks about everything happening at the CGI, plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including the U.N. General Assembly,  United Airlines promoting...

Horizon Therapeutics ’ Geoff Curtis has a wide range of responsibilities, including corporate affairs, strategy, audience engagement and innovation while overseeing more than 50 staffers in corporate comms, brand, government affairs, corporate social responsibility and more. And he built it all from a team of one person. Curtis talks about that process on the latest edition of The PR Week, as well...

Kyle Monson, founding partner of WE’s tech subsidiary Codeword, joins us on this week’s episode of The PR Week podcast to discuss the latest trends in that area, such as AI. He also shares his personal connection with the late singer Jimmy Buffett.  Plus, we talk about the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including changes to Audi of America’s comms team , Barri Rafferty’s ne...

Football season is almost here and the U.S. Open is in full swing, so we have the perfect guest for the latest edition of The PR Week: M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment’s North America president, Paul Anastasiadis.  He discusses the quickly changing world of sports marketing in the U.S and abroad and talks about the biggest marketing and communications news of the week.   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Rece...

Women have been the cultural force driving this summer , and none more than Barbie — with apologies to Beyonce and Taylor Swift. So who better to join the podcast than Catherine Frymark , EVP of corporate communications at Barbie parent company Mattel.  She talks about the pinkest summer on record, how her company is transforming intellectual property into blockbuster box office hits and when Matt...

his week's topics include:    - PRWeek reveals its Purpose Awards 2023 shortlist  - Betsy Solfisburg Quinn leaves Ketchum after 38 years - UAE state-owned renewables company Masdar hires PR rep ahead of COP28 - How PR firms are responding to the Hawaii wildfire disaster - Why bad news media pitches get the most replies - And more.   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights,...

The latest edition of The PR Week podcast has a very special guest: industry veteran and Edelman executive Dave Samson . The former top communications executive at Levi Strauss and Chevron talks about balancing work and family life and highlights from his career.  Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including Porter Novelli’s CEO , ICF Next spinning off its brand market...

Shankar Narayanan has been at the helm of one of the fastest-growing firms in the world, healthcare specialist Real Chemistry , since the start of the last year.  The network has grown into one of the top three firms in the U.S . and six largest globally on the strength of its unique services.  Narayanan talks about those, the economic environment, recent pitches and how his firm is embracing arti...

It’s been a busy few weeks for Ed Hammond.  The former Bloomberg reporter was part of the group that this month launched Collected Strategies , a strategic communications firm that helps clients navigate mergers and acquisitions, corporate crises, restructurings, bankruptcies and other issues. He talks about getting the firm off the ground, as well as the biggest marketing and communications news...

This week’s guest on The PR Week podcast is none other than Jennifer Temple, EVP and chief communications officer of HPE.  She talks about how her comms team functions now, post-COVID national emergency, compared to when she joined the company in 2018, as well as mentoring other employees and agency life versus careers in-house.  Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week: - Wa...

The latest guest on the PR Week Podcast is one of the 50 most powerful in PR .  Doug Thornell , CEO of SKDK and a member of the 2023 edition of PRWeek’s Power List, joins the podcast to talk about his public affairs and political shop, the current political environment, the 2022 midterm election cycle and much more.  Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including:  - Th...

AI can help PR pros with so much more than efficiency. The pair of industry leaders featured on this podcast, presented by WE Communications, share myriad ideas and tactics that will truly enlighten you on the creative potential AI can unlock. PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special repo...

Proper and effective AI implementation must include a strict adherence to ethical standards. During this podcast, presented by WE Communications, a pair of industry leaders underscore communicators’ key role in meeting this mandate. PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start...

It’s been a few months since Olga Fleming took over for agency founder — and industry legend — Marina Maher as CEO of her eponymous firm. Fleming stops by The PR Week podcast to talk about the transition, what she learned from Maher, industry trends and how she expects agencies to change in the coming decades.  Plus:  - Wrapping up the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity ;  - Major p...

Day One Agency , Campaign US’ Independent Agency of the Year and PRWeek’s Outstanding Midsize Agency of the Year 2023, is hyperinterested in reaching and influencing the next generation: Gen Z. In wanting to delve deeper into how (and why) Gen Z consumes media, the agency recently partnered with USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations on a mobile ethnographic “Ask Gen Z: A Deep Dive into Gen Z’s...

In a year that’s been a challenge to navigate for comms hiring managers and candidates alike, what’s hot and what’s not for the rest of 2023 according to Jim Delulio, founder of PR Talent , the largest comms specialist recruiting firm in the country. Delulio will talk hiring trends, layoff trends, search strategies and what talent is hottest in a topsy-turvy economic environment.   PRWeek.com Them...

Nearly two years later after forming a pioneering collaboration model, Zeno Group and Egami return to share key learnings and highlights of their work together to advance greater multi-cultural competency. Barby Siegel, global CEO, Zeno Group and Teneshia Jackson Warner, founder of Egami, joined VP, editorial director Steve Barrett to highlight how agency allyship has challenged the traditional ag...