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Posts:October 2020, Coronavirus
2020 Might Have a Silver Lining for Employees with Disabilities
by Michele Lanza| October 30, 2020
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the U.S., and so, as a part of Ketchum’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leadership team, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how we at Ketchum can do a better job of creating a culture of inclusivity for people with disabilities. As a person with a […]
2020: The Year We Stopped Taking Our Food Supply System for Granted
by Kim Essex| October 15, 2020
I’ve been lucky. Raised in suburban Chicago in a two-bedroom ranch with a one-car garage, we didn’t live large. But my dad was a butcher at the A&P, and my mom was a great cook, so we ate well. My husband talks about eating salmon patties in the ‘70s. We were eating prime steak. Fast-forward […]
Why Not to Spin Science: Five Tips for Communicators
by Bill Zucker| October 5, 2020
As a former journalist and now communications consultant, I dislike association with the term “spin” because it assumes that public relations is about deceit or propaganda. Like it or not, spin is a part of the partisan political world, especially during a hotly contested race for the White House. But when it comes to matters […]
During COVID, Awards Illustrate the True Rewards of Community
by Sarah Devaney| October 2, 2020
These have been strange times for everyone—and especially for regional leaders of geography-based offices. The hallway banter and kitchen catchups (or Ketch-ups as we call them) at our NYC headquarters mirror the bustling Manhattan vibe of Sixth Avenue and 52nd Street a few floors below us. Or they used to. It’s a challenge to keep […]