Trust in pharmaceutical companies has increased since the pandemic, but as the least trusted subsector of healthcare, the industry still has a steep road to climb. However, by integrating messaging and content reaffirming key attributes of trustworthiness – including ability, benevolence, and integrity – pharmaceutical brands can continue building positive trust as the pandemic’s darkest […]
You may have noticed more brands stepping into the public arena to discuss their values, their efforts in improving the world or improving the work lives of their employees. This isn’t just your imagination. As far back as 2021, even the Harvard Business Review noted that burgeoning research into corporate social responsibility (CSR) had identified […]
The pharmaceutical business is a complicated, highly regulated business vertical with plenty of complex communications challenges for PR professionals. These challenges – and the opportunities they present – is Fierce Pharma’s annual Pharma PR & Communications Summit West’s raison d’etre. Since its founding in 2021 it’s the only west-coast event focused on communications strategies for […]
A Fullintel mixed-method research paper on trustworthiness and its impact on public and media perception has won the Arthur W. Page Center Benchmarking Award at the International Public Relations Research Conference (IPRRC). The paper, entitled “A Matter of Trust: Understanding the Impact of Trust-Driving Attributes in Three Major American Companies in Media and Public Perceptions,” […]
Question: If research is performed alone and in a vacuum, does anyone care? Answer: Probably not (other than the researcher). That’s why the 26th annual International Public Relations Research Conference (IPRRC) is set to run this March 2 to 4 in Orlando: To showcase and connect bleeding-edge communications research with boots-on-the-ground PR practice. This year’s […]
Research and development. R&D. Skunk works. Whatever you call it, when I think about great products and the teams that build them I’m reminded of Batman’s fictional laboratories, with Morgan Freeman down in the Batcave cooking up novel gadgets and exploring weaponized hallucinogens. While not as mysterious as the DC Universe, research is also the […]
When I think about crises, I often think about the metaphor of the “straw that broke the camel’s back”. The straw can come from anywhere in your industry, not just your brand, and the camel’s back is an X factor of a critical mass of people, appropriately animated and capable of causing brand challenges. Even […]
Industry conferences are nearly every PR professional’s dream. Get in front of your piers, present your work, or get out your notepad and listen to amazing research. What could be better? Which is one reason why we wanted to get a head start on 2023’s lineup of great PR and communications conferences. From PRSA Icon […]
