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Advice for young communicators -- especially young women. → Read More
A sneak peek at the full data. → Read More
Here are the announcements that stood out — including the dystopian ones. → Read More
Findings of the 2022 HarrisX/Ragan CEO-Communicators Perceptions Survey reveal that CEOs are more willing to speak on societal issues when they matter to employees. → Read More
Findings of the 2022 HarrisX/Ragan CEO-Communicators Perceptions Survey reveal that CEOs support a four-day workweek more than comms leaders. → Read More
Findings of the 2022 HarrisX/Ragan CEO-Communicators Perceptions Survey reveal where CEOS think the communications function contributes most. → Read More
Ragan caught up with Amanda Ponzar of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities ahead of her session at our Social Media Conference Sept. 21-23 at Walt Disney World. → Read More
The phenomenon offers an important lesson about employee engagement. → Read More
It’s one of the hardest things to communicate. Here’s how to do it in a compassionate way. → Read More
Winners were celebrated at a special awards luncheon in New York City on July 14. → Read More
Winners were celebrated at a special awards luncheon in New York City on July 14. → Read More
The AP Stylebook 2022 includes a new chapter on inclusive storytelling that starts with acknowledging your unconscious bias. → Read More
If we ever hope to beat back busyness once and for all, we must acknowledge what’s actually behind it. There’s seldom enough time to get all the work done that we plan to check off our lists. And, while the popularity of remote and hybrid work has acknowledged the importance of internal communications, it’s also […] → Read More
Read on for tips about how to think about the balance between executive comms and thought leadership. When the world changed two years ago, the business needs did, too. Internal communicators, long considered the most undervalued comms practitioners, suddenly saw their work validated by business leaders in unprecedented ways. Transparency became crucial for businesses trying […] → Read More
The future of comms will be about rebuilding trust, strengthening culture with new ways of working and innovative tools, according to a comprehensive Ragan Salary & Workplace Culture Survey report. When the world changed in March 2020, strategic communications became a necessity across business functions. Now, as communicators polish their crystal balls to prophesize what […] → Read More
CNN anchor John Avlon spoke to Ragan CEO Diane Schwartz about how Abraham Lincoln used storytelling and humor to persuade divided audiences. There have been about 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln and his legacy. Among them, CNN political analyst and anchor John Avlon’s new book, “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace,” may be the first focus […] → Read More
Read on for SEO trends from Semrush’s “State of Search 2022” study. The best practices of search engine optimization are always changing, requiring marketers to change their strategy with each new update that Google makes to its algorithms. Many of these updates can seem esoteric and untranslatable to a lay person. Thankfully, the “State of […] → Read More
We asked communicators what obstacles are impeding their leadership communications strategies. Here’s what they said. Most communicators surveyed in Ragan’s 2022 Communications Benchmark Report said that getting access to executives, working with charismatic execs, and getting them to use social media were their top obstacles to effective exec comms. Access to executives remains the biggest […] → Read More
A new report offers tips on how to communicate with people who hold different perspectives. Among the myriad of challenges that internal communicators currently face, the inability to talk with employees about divisive political and social issues is one of the toughest. As the past two years have brought heated, politicized responses to the global […] → Read More
This is among the findings in a comprehensive Ragan Salary & Workplace Culture Survey report. How does your compensation stack up against others in your industry? Women make up most of the communications industry. Why are they getting paid less? Ragan’s Salary & Workplace Culture Survey: 2022 Edition reveals pay disparities by gender and geography, with salaries […] → Read More