Tag: COVID-19

The Digital Impact Awards and PRCA join forces to reward digital communications excellence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

The Digital Impact Awards and PRCA join forces to reward digital communications excellence during the COVID-19 pandemic – with new award at no cost to enter or attend Communicate magazine and the PRCA have announced a new joint award, the Best Digital Communications During Covid-19, to be held at their combined awards evening. The Best Digital Communications During Covid-19 category will recognise the challenges that companies have faced during the Coronavirus pandemic and will acknowledge those organisations that have overcome the obstacles of the global pandemic and excelled in their…

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African Union and APO Group in partnership to reach more African news media

Stuart Mitchell

The African Union’s Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is joining forces with the APO Group, the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, to organise regular online press conferences once every month, to provide Africans with vital information on the continental preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as per the mandate given to the Africa CDC by all 55 African Heads of State and Government. This support by the APO Group will complement the weekly press briefings that the Africa CDC has been holding every Thursday since…

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CAP – On the road again: travel marketing and COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: On the road again: travel marketing and COVID-19. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Non-essential travel may now be possible, both within the UK and, subject to government restrictions, further afield.  But before travel marketing campaigns take off again, it’s important to make sure that they are compliant with the rules. Whether you are advertising…

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Burlington Stores Team Up with AdoptAClassroom.org to Raise Needed Funds for Teachers & Students During COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

Award-winning non-profit AdoptAClassroom.org and the national off-price retailer Burlington Stores are proud to team up for the fourth consecutive year to help offset the money that teachers spend out of their own pockets each year, to provide much-needed educational materials for their students to learn and succeed. Since the partnership commenced, the campaign has funded supplies for nearly 36,000 teachers, supporting more than 900,000 students in underserved communities across the nation.   Starting now through Labor Day, Monday, September 7th, Burlington is encouraging shoppers to donate $1 or more at check-out at one…

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Progession for women in PR to slow as direct result of COVID-19 – new survey

Stuart Mitchell

With Covid-19 driving us to work remotely for several months, what has been the true impact on the working lives of the women in our global industry and how do they now view their future? The top line findings from Global Women in PR’s latest research, conducted by leading market research agency, Opinium, suggests that the pace for driving women forward into a more balanced industry has taken a step backwards. Two in three (65%) of those surveyed believe it will take longer to close the gender pay gap, and over…

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