For Immediate Release
The first and longest-running podcast for professional communicators.
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FIR #461: YouTube Trends Toward Virtual Influen...
21 min
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FIR #460: The Return of Toxic Workplaces and th...
21 min
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FIR #459: AI Transforms Content from Passive to...
19 min
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FIR #458: Preparing Managers to Manage Human-AI...
20 min
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FIR #457: Communicating Tariff Impacts
21 min
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FIR #455: Traditional PR Is Dead (Again)
20 min
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FIR #456: Does AI Put Communication Expertise A...
89 min
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FIR #452: Communicating in Chaos
89 min
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FIR #451: Return-to-Office-Obsessed Execs Are M...
High turnover, low morale are the consequence of shutting off dialogue
23 min
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FIR #450: Senior Leaders Doubt Communicators' A...
A C-Suite Survey Finds Executives Are Skeptical That Communicators Are Equipped for Today's Business Environment
20 min
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FIR #449: Employees' Use of Shadow AI Surges
Companies need to adapt to the fast-moving developments in the AI world
13 min
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FIR #448: Has Night Fallen on Change Management...
Some communication thought leaders think so, mainly because the world has changed
23 min
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FIR #447: Decisions, Decisions: The Struggle to...
Business options are limited. We need to make the most of the options we have.
108 min
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FIR #446: Navigating Grievance -- Insights from...
Trust in business and CEOs remains higher than other entities, but it's falling
19 min
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FIR #445: Media Relations in a Turbulent Media ...
Publishers plan to produce a lot more content, but not more articles
24 min
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FIR #444: Preparing for Trump 2.0
Media outlets and communicators are strategizing in anticipation of chaos and challenges
22 min
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FIR #443: From RSS to ChatGPT -- FIR's 20-Year ...
A lot has changed in 20 years. FIR has been there to report on it all.
52 min
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FIR #442: Justin Baldoni's Attack on Blake Live...
The tactics brought to bear against the actor violated just about every ethics code imaginable.
19 min
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FIR #441: PR, AI, and Social Media Are All Shoo...
Seismic shifts in the online world and in media are roiling the PR world
89 min
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FIR #440: Experimenting for Influence
Experiments as part of a marketing campaign can sway customers
17 min
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FIR #439: Agentic AI Tops Digital Trends for 2025
Autonomous task completion is coming. Are you ready?
19 min
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FIR #436: Nothin' But Bluesky (and TikTok and T...
Does the surge of new Bluesky users suggest it's the heir to Twitter?
22 min
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FIR #435: Physical Presence is Not a Collaborat...
It takes more than an RTO mandate to create connection among employees
19 min
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FIR #434: Podcasts Defeat Mainstream Media in 2...
Celebrity endorsements and other traditional campaign moves had little impact
20 min
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FIR #433: Something Old, Something New
A Look at the State of Blogging (30 years old) and Generative AI (2 years old)
92 min