Stories and Strategies with Curzon Public Relations

A new survey by Brunswick Group makes it clear executive leaders today are not only expected to be online, but to be active and connected. 

2,800 readers of financial publications and 3,600 employees …

In today’s world a social media influencer is one who has the power to affect purchasing decisions of others because of their authority, their knowledge, their title, or their relationship with their…

Utility Safety Partners has a simple message. Like all One-Call services it advocates for people and professional contractors to contact them before they dig a hole. One contact and locate markings r…

This Spring the PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) updated its Guidelines for Accessible Communications. They provide more detail on video and animated graphics, thoughtful use of…

LANGUAGE IS CLEAN IN OPENING CLIP

When actor Will Smith went up on stage at the Oscars and slapped comedian Chris Rock – the noise was shocking… the impact reverberating.

At the Oscars, Rock had made a…

The Harris Poll conducted a survey recently on how Americans understand and perceive the metaverse. While the majority don’t understand what it is, 70% of Gen Z and Millennials (22-40 year olds) are …

Communication between and among cultures has existed for thousands of years. Successful rulers such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan built enormous empires because they appreciated and assimil…

A lingering pandemic, accelerating technological abilities, in turn creating ever increasing stakeholder demands and expectations – combined with misinformation and disinformation in rampant circulat…

More working from home, more freelancers, great focus on influencer marketing, and the rising wave of popularity for audio and video formats. 

In her December newsletter, communications trend-setter M…

We know it as comms-pros – communications is the glue that holds a business together. But too often smaller businesses can’t afford professional comms. It’s a pure expense that doesn’t seem to direct…

One could argue the concept of strategies that are both transparent (fully allowing for freedom of choice) and subtly manipulative at the same time is hardly new – perhaps only the term “Nudge Theory…

Nudge Theory burst onto the scene in 2008 when Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler published their book “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.” The simplest models of economics…

Research shows more than one-quarter of crises spread to international media within an hour; two-thirds of crises reach media outlets worldwide within the first 24 hours (Freshfields Bruckhaus Dering…

There has never been a more important time for good science communication. Not only is it important for us to understand the value of evidence-based solutions but to actually understand the fallibili…

Podcasts are radio but on demand, dedicated to your niche interest, and (for the most part) commercial free. There are two million podcasts worldwide right now and counting. 

And lots of them need gue…

As early as 40,000 years ago humans used a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk to create colour palettes (or color in America).
We know that story… but here’s the one we don’t …

LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS SERIES - Episode 4
The emerging science of epigenetics explains how our lifestyle and environment have influence on our gene expression over time. It’s a growing field of res…

LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS SERIES - Episode 3
There are many articles written by psychologists about the “theory” of working with elite-level performers; extremely few people actually get to do it. Duf…

LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS SERIES - Episode 2
Communications professionals have long stated they “want a seat at the table,” meaning communications needs to be part of the executive decision-making fun…