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Author: Taku Shinohara

  • PRSA San Francisco: Black Lives Matter Panel Discussion

    June 22, 2020

    When: June 25, 2020, 5:30 p.m. PST Where: Webinar Register here As heightened awareness of institutional and systemic racism has transformed Black Lives Matter from a hashtag to a civil rights movement, PRSA San Francisco Bay Area will host a virtual panel focused on how communicators should address race relations and diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the industry. FleishmanHillard’s Francesca Weems, account supervisor and San Francisco office DE&I lead, will join other Bay Area-based PR professionals to discuss what communicators can do to enact visible, long-term change. Upon registration, attendees will receive webinar details via email. Visit PRSA San Francisco Bay...

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Perspectives: Medical, Legal and Ethical Perils in the Workplace

    June 18, 2020

    When: June 29, 2020, 12 p.m. CST Where: Webinar Register here FleishmanHillard will host a webinar discussion about the legal, ethical and medical issues associated with various risk management approaches in returning to work and access to services during COVID-19. FleishmanHillard’s Anne de Schweinitz, global managing director, Healthcare, and Mark Senak, senior vice president and partner, will be joined by Dr. Kristian Andersen, infectious disease expert at Scripps Research Institute, and attorney Chai Feldblum, former commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Director of Workplace Culture Consulting at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Together, they will address the value of...

  • FleishmanHillard Appoints Emily K. Graham Agency’s First Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

    June 17, 2020

    Agency Launches True Mosaic – New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Offering for Clients ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2020 – FleishmanHillard today announced the appointment of Emily K. Graham (she/her) to chief diversity and inclusion officer, the first in the agency’s history. In this role, she will be responsible for accelerating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) as a critical business priority across FleishmanHillard’s global network, while continuing to provide top-tier client counsel through her leadership of True Mosaic, a newly developed DE&I offering for clients. This new offering will complement FH Perspectives, the agency’s internal engine for DE&I. Graham will report to John Saunders (he/him), president and...

  • An Uncomfortable Truth

    June 15, 2020

    John Saunders, FleishmanHillard president and CEO, shared the note below with global employees. “I could share a list of every micro-aggression, every slur shouted from a passing car, every time I felt harassed, exoticized, tokenised, too dark, every time I had security guards follow me around a shop, every time I was randomly selected by police on the street to show my ID and asked if I had drugs on me.” – the words of Sean Gallen a young Black Irish designer and writer now based in Berlin writing in the “Irish Times” this week about his experience growing up in...

  • FleishmanHillard Celebrates 2020 PRovoke North America SABRE Awards Wins

    May 29, 2020

    ST. LOUIS, May 29, 2020 — FleishmanHillard earned recognition for impactful agency and client work at the PRovoke Media SABRE Awards North America 2020. The global award-winning public relations agency won in the PR Agency Employee Program category for FH Perspectives, the firm-wide diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) program. The agency also won in the Industry Sector, Technology: Hardware category for work on behalf of client, Cisco. The SABRE Awards program recognizes campaigns that achieve notable brand credibility, relationship building and engagement success. FH Perspectives — FleishmanHillard’s all-in DE&I push designed to attract and nurture diverse leaders, cultivate a culture of inclusion, create purposeful...

  • Returning to the U.S. Workplace in the COVID-19 Landscape

    May 28, 2020

    Effectively managing the return of employees to the workplace is not a new topic for any of us, as we’ve all been planning for it since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, but it is entirely unprecedented. There never has been a situation – not a health event, terrorist attack or natural disaster – that has resulted in such widespread and significant disruption or change to our businesses. It is important to remember that many employees are not returning to work, because work for them never stopped. Instead, we’re talking about returning to the workplace. There is no playbook for...

  • The Digitised Workforce: How Are Agencies Preparing for the Future of Work?

    May 28, 2020

    When: June 9, 2020, 3:00 p.m. BST/10 a.m. EST Where: Webinar Register here The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated the future of work and the need for flexible working, increased diversity, inclusion and collaboration, and the digital transformation of the communications industry. Many communicators find themselves looking for resources to prepare for this ambiguous ‘new normal.’ Join The Drum and Deltek’s webinar to learn tactics, strategies and opportunities for communications agencies and their employees to brace for and thrive in the future of work. FleishmanHillard Fishburn‘s Christopher Onderstall will join Chris Sutcliffe of The Drum Network, Sera Holland of The Fawnbrake Collective and...

  • FleishmanHillard Wins Six Telly Awards – Including Gold for Meet the Monsters

    May 27, 2020

    FleishmanHillard earned six Telly Awards in 2020 for their video work across several clients. This included one Gold Telly for Meet the Monsters, a scary-sweet take on Krispy Kreme’s 2019 Halloween campaign and a Silver Telly for Great Clips and its partnership with the NHL. The impressive haul also included four Bronze Telly’s for AT&T, Rawlings and other Krispy Kreme campaigns. The Telly Awards, which “honor excellence in video and television across all screens,” celebrated their 41st annual awards program in May of this year, with the theme “Telly Award Winners Tell Great Stories.” Each year, they receive over 12,000 entries from across 50...

  • The Post-Lockdown Reality of Doing Business

    May 20, 2020

    When: May 21, 2020, 11:30 a.m. UTC+08 Where: Webinar Contact Brian West here to register Brian West The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted businesses globally. Even as governments begin to ease lockdown restrictions and restart economies, the crisis will have a lasting effect. For organizations, their business, customers and employees will attempt to navigate this uncertain “new normal” while adjusting to new health and safety regulations. Brian West, managing director of FleishmanHillard’s Crisis Communications practice, will explain how companies can prepare for business and organizational communications in the COVID-19 recovery phase...

  • Marketing During and After COVID-19

    May 20, 2020

    When: June 3, 2020, 11 a.m. CST Where: Webinar Register here Join FleishmanHillard in Chicago’s Whaewon Choi-Wiles and Mike Sacks for a Publicity Club of Chicago webinar discussion on brand marketing best practices during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Choi-Wiles and Sacks will discuss saturated topics to avoid, trending topics to pursue and the opportunities for brands to make a purposeful impact. Attendees will gain insight into what tactics and approaches will leave a lasting imprint on consumers and culture...