Ask the Experts: PR Tips for Your Next Funding Round
I recently moderated a panel for this year’s Fort Collins Startup Week discussing how founders can get organized and generate smart public relations around their funding announcements.
Ways to Boost your Crisis Comms Plan
A lot has happened in the world since March 2020, and it’s been a busy twelve months for our crisis communications experts at MAPR. From our vantage point, crisis communications have taken on a more expansive meaning than it did a year ago. Gone are the days when a singular incident inside a company warranted…
Trump’s Tweets, Section 230 and PR Challenges
Section 230, a formerly obscure part of the Communications Decency Act raises some important considerations for communications pros working in social media…
Proven PR Tips for Your Funding Round
If you’re on the verge of completing a funding round, congratulations! We know from our friends at the Foundry Group, Rockies Venture Club and elsewhere that funding rounds can be big news. So why not bring some extra bounce…
Why GOTV is the New CSR: Six Voter Turnout Ideas to Enhance Your Brand
With the 2020 elections already underway in many states, we’re tracking a very interesting trend here at MAPR: there’s been a growing number of media stories on the ways that companies are encouraging voter turnout. Reporters are eager to cover new story angles on this year’s election cycle, and right now, there’s a nation-wide emphasis…
Presenting Virtually? Read this first!
It’s pretty clear that 2020 is going to be the year of virtual meetings, virtual conferences — well, virtual everything. Virtual life is no longer a temporary solution to a moment in history. It’s time for us to accept the reality that remote work is here to stay and embrace it. That means we need…
Communications in the time of COVID-19
To say terms like “unprecedented times” are overused would be, well, an understatement. But how should we describe something like this? On the one hand, we yearn for things to be back to normal. On the other hand…
Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond, Communicating with Key Audiences is More Important Than Ever
With COVID-19 continuing its rapid spread around the globe, the months ahead are expected to be quite volatile and unpredictable. The ability to effectively communicate with the people that matter will take on increased importance. Whether that means crisis communications or just changed communications, it’s important to understand what the media expects from your company.
Business in the New Normal: How to Master Your Virtual Credibility
Compliant companies and organizations are striving to work within the new norms of how to conduct business now that entire teams of employees used to collaborating over a conference or pingpong table are now WFH (working from home).
Want to generate press at RSA? Do these 3 things.
Each year, the RSA Conference convenes thousands of cybersecurity experts, vendors, clients and professionals in San Francisco looking to share best practices, sell products and connect. RSAC is the country’s largest and most reputable cybersecurity conference, and for good reason.