Also: Google pulls Infowars app for misinformation, Taco Bell to give free food during ‘Taco Tuesday,’  crisis communications are PR agency’s top sought-after skill, and more.

TODAY’S HEADLINES – 03.30.2020  
 
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DAILY SCOOP

Airbnb suspends marketing campaigns, Google cancels April Fools’ Day jokes, and WHO launches app with COVID-19 info

Also: Google pulls Infowars app for misinformation, Taco Bell to give free food during ‘Taco Tuesday,’  crisis communications are PR agency’s top sought-after skill, and more.


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COVID-19

How social media strategies should adapt to COVID-19

The crisis has changed how many communicators interact with their communities, especially online. Here’s how your social media channels can be a part of the solution.


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THE WORKPLACE

Reader challenge: Show us your home office

Communicators, what does your work-from-home set up look like? We want to see!



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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

How video bolsters your internal communications

With more employees working from home due to COVID-19 concerns, video is becoming increasingly valuable for internal communications.


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COVID-19

Why businesses should focus on community during (and after) COVID-19

Business goes on but many in your audience are struggling through hardship. Here’s how communicators can strike the right tone.


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PR DAILY AWARDS

Share your life-changing nonprofit PR work

Enter PR Daily’s Nonprofit PR Awards to showcase the comms work that has made the world a better place. The entry deadline is April 24.


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DAILY SCOOP

Brands donate to frontline workers, Yelp pauses GoFundMe effort after backlash, and Ralph Lauren to make 250k masks

Also: The #WaffleHouseIndex, social distancing incorporated into logos for Audi, McDonald’s Coca-Cola and others, what organizations are hit hardest with COVID-19, and more.



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COVID-19

An inside look at AARP’s rapid response team

The head of grassroots advocacy shares how the association structures and runs this team, and how it’s responding to COVID-19.


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COVID-19

How to adapt your crisis response for COVID-19 and beyond

Though this crisis might feel different, traditional crisis communications best practices, like the TACOS method, are how communicators can best serve their communities.


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PR DAILY AWARDS

Don’t miss tonight’s late entry deadline

Submit your work to PR Daily’s Corporate Social Responsibility Awards by this Friday, March 27.


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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS

Ragan launches The Crisis Leadership Board

This peer-to-peer membership group is designed for those charged with responding to a critical event that impacts their employees, customers and brand reputation.



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DAILY SCOOP

Pornhub donates 50k masks and offers free subscriptions, digital platforms and tech partner to share COVID-19 information, and Tony Awards postponed

Also: How CFOs are reacting to the pandemic, Vodafone Italy focuses on connectivity, NBC shelves outbreak episode, Universal Studios extends closures, and more.


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COVID-19

Are we over-communicating COVID-19?

Some messages are essential for your audience and some updates are not helping to ease fears or build community. Here’s how to know the difference.


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LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS

How sincerity is better than a generic response during a global crisis

In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s better to address business challenges head on than to try to gloss over any shortcomings. Consider these takeaways.


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