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The Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material…
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Image of Ottawa’s Parliament Hill (West Block) undergoingrenovation courtesy of Michael PardoThe Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from…
Posted on July 31, 2015 10:53 am by Shel Holtz | The Workplace Experience | Content | Visual Communication | Wearables | Advertising | Brands | Business | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Podcasting | PR | Research | Video
Flickr photo courtesy of USS John C. StennisThe Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from which I…
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Wrapped Peanuts characters photo courtesy of Sarah JoyThe Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from which I…
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Flickr photo courtesy of DaveThe Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from which I select Wrap stories…
Posted on July 17, 2015 7:36 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | Internal | PR | Social Media

Warning: Long post follows
The roster of companies taking positions and undertaking initiatives that go well beyond the comfortable mediocrity of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is impressive.
Influencing public policy is nothing new for businesses—it has been the work of lobbyists since they first began plying their craft during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. (Grant, in fact, invented the word when he saw…
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