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2023 future of communications study
Edelman, 04 October 2023Edelman’s Future of Corporate Communications study examines the current state, evolution, and forward focus of the corporate communications function and communicators' leadership role in today’s multistakeholder universe.
This year, we set out to understand just how much progress has been made by communications leaders and theirs...
communication
Organisations today face ten significant shifts. Here’s what to do about them.
By Patrick Guggenberger, Dana Maor, Michael Park, and Patrick Simon, McKinsey & Company, 24 May 2023Business leaders around the world are currently addressing not only economic volatility, geopolitical instability, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also a range of organizational shifts that have significant implications for structures, processes, and people. The shifts include complex questions about how to organise for...
socio political environment
2021 Comprehensive Salary Survey
02 February 2022Based on data provided by heads of function from a diverse range of corporations that operate in Australia, this triennial Comprehensive Salary Survey from the Centre is a valuable resource for heads of function when seeking remuneration comparisons, and benchmarking remuneration for leadership positions in the corporate public...
measurement
Taken for granted? Charities’ role in our economic recovery
06 August 2020Social Ventures Australia and The Centre for Social Impact investigate the state of Australian charities during COVID-19, and how decisions made now will strongly impact whether charities will be “COVID-19 casualties or partners in recovery.” This third report updates the modelling presented in a previous report published in June 2020, and...
corporate community investment
public policy
Finding meaning through skills-based volunteering
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, 20 October 2019Skills-based volunteering can provide a number of benefits: it’s a professional development opportunity, can increase employee engagement and allows workers to learn about themselves and one another. And over the last five years, it’s increasing – according to the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship’s 2019 Community Involvement...
corporate community investment
giving
measurement
Crisis in Democracy: Renewing Trust in America. The report of the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy
The Aspen Institute, February 2019, 02 March 2019The Knight Commission report focuses on the intersection of distrust in American democratic institutions and in the journalistic media. Worthwhile for any professional interested in the current climate of distrust, this report finishes with ten recommendations for journalism, technology and citizens, on how democratic governance can best be...
socio political environment
The road to digital unfreedom: three painful truths about social media
Ronald J. Deibert, Journal of Democracy, January 2019, 20 February 2019In this article, Ronald J. Deibert from the University of Toronto examines the state of big tech companies today. Describing Google as a ‘massive commercial surveillance system’, Deibert explains what he calls ‘three painful truths’ about social media. First, that the social-media business model is based on relentless surveillance of personal...
socio political environment
public policy
The business of saving the planet
Sean Silverthorne, Harvard Business School, Monday 11th February 2019, 11 February 2019 As businesses are beginning to become fully engaged on the issue of climate change, professors at Harvard Business School in domains such as customer service, finance, operations, and business history are coming together to explore the many facets of how sustainability and business management might mix. At the link below, you can see a sample of...
csr
2019 Edelman Trust Barometer
Edelman, January 2019, 04 February 2019 The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer highlights some interesting shifts in global trust trends. ‘My Employer’ has emerged as the most trusted entity, as people-to-people relationships feel more controllable. The shift is also noticed in the context of a “mass-class” divide. Trust among the informed public moved to a high of 65 per cent, while the mass...
adaptive leadership
Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions for 2019
Nic Newman, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, January 2019, 23 January 2019 The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s predictions for 2019 are outlined in great detail in this report, which notes that 2019 will be a ‘critical year’ for publishers and platforms in terms of rebuilding trust and credibility. 2019, it writes, will be a year of fundamental shifts. The labelling and prioritising of trusted content as...
socio political environment
media relations