Climate Spotlight 2022

As world leaders, CEOs, advocates and policymakers convene for the UN General Assembly, NY Climate Week and several other high-profile convenings this month, our team is tracking key climate trends, policies, events and implications for corporate leaders. We created the Climate Spotlight 2022 briefing to provide an overview of recent trends and policy actions and look ahead to global climate diplomacy through the end of this year. […]

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An Education on Leadership: A Soldier’s Journey to Honesty and Authenticity

Earlier this year, Weber Shandwick (the parent company of Powell Tate) released its Gender Forward Pioneer Index, and found that companies with Fortune’s “Most Admired” status have twice as many women in senior management positions as those who didn’t make the list. Helping clients promote female leadership and diversity isn’t just a trend, it’s an […]

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Toward China’s Market Economy Status: A Weber Shandwick Report

Powell Tate and Weber Shandwick teams in Brussels, Washington and Beijing have co-authored a report on the implications of granting Market Economy Status to China in the World Trade Organization. This is an important international trade issue which is to be decided by a December 2016 deadline. This is a high priority geopolitical and economic […]

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Encouraging Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

During the first weekend of February, Harvard Business School’s African American Student Union organized the 44th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference. Attendees discussed many ways for organizations to spur important conversations by engaging employees in diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace. Here are three identified best practices: Recruit: Set data-driven diversity goals to promote […]

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Pushing for Progress on Racial Discourse during #BlackHistoryMonth

As communicators, we know how important February’s big entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, Grammy Awards and Oscars, are for promoting big brands and personalities. But this February, these events were about more than just entertainment. Fittingly, since it is also Black History Month, these events provided an opportunity for people to engage with […]

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The Era of Always-On Transparency has Arrived

In our increasingly interconnected world, companies, government entities and nonprofits have recognized that, to succeed, they need to be more transparent about how they operate and how they impact people, communities and the environment. The Internet and connective technology have vastly changed the communications landscape, creating expectations that information will be readily available and updated […]

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Realizing Business Opportunity within the SDGs: Lessons from BSR 2015

On the ground at the BSR conference earlier this month in San Francisco, it was clear that private sector commitment to sustainability has become mainstream. Sustainable Development Goals (a.k.a. SDGs or Global Goals) adopted by world leaders at the General Assembly in September with surprising speed. In fact, the private sector was consulted and included […]

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UN Global Goals: Investing in What Matters

The recent United Nations General Assembly convened 193 member states and took an important step in approving new Global Goals for Sustainable Development, focused on critical areas: people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership. This ambitious agenda for the next 15 years recognizes that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with efforts to build economic growth and […]

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Media Decoded

We strongly believe that success in media and marketing today requires relentless curiosity and experimentation. For us, it also means a learn-by-doing mindset that puts us in the trenches and requires us to constantly re-evaluate our approach and the results we drive. That’s why our parent company, Weber Shandwick recently launched Media Decoded, a content […]

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Meeting the Transparency Challenge

How are foundations bringing transparency to their work to solve complex, global challenges? That’s the question that was the focus of a standing-room-only event that our Social Impact team hosted. Marc Gunther, editor-at-large of The Guardian Sustainable Business and author of the blog Nonprofit Chronicles moderated a discussion with clients including Jeremy Hill, Director of […]

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Facebook, “Instant Articles” and the Changing Face of Media

Yesterday, the Grey Lady finally opened her arms to Silicon Valley. In a landmark partnership, The New York Times announced it will publish content, including articles, photos and videos, directly to Facebook. Nine other media companies, including NBC News, Buzzfeed and National Geographic, are also part of the initial deal. At its heart, this union […]

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Powell Tate Appoints Peter Carson to Lead Washington, D.C. Public Affairs Practice

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2015 – Powell Tate, the Washington, D.C. division of leading global public relations firm Weber Shandwick, has named Peter Carson managing director of Public Affairs. Carson will be responsible for overseeing public affairs work in the Washington office and providing strategic counsel to Weber Shandwick clients throughout the network. “Peter’s Capitol […]

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The Role of Purpose in Advertising

Our client partners at BSR, a global nonprofit organization working with more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world, have released a report with Participant Media, Transparency, Purpose and the Empowered Consumer: A New Paradigm for Advertising. It examines a central question: can advertising linked to corporate social responsibility (CSR) deepen […]

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Too Much Information

Photo by Allen Brewer Those of us living inside the Beltway are consumed by political minutiae. By consuming a daily diet of dyspeptic discourse about policies and candidates, we believe we gain insight into which party is gaining momentum and which candidate is best positioned to claim the White House in 2016. But an interesting […]

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A Digital Strategist Reacts to a Teenager’s View on Social Media

Millennials will soon surpass Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest demographic group, so it’s no surprise that marketers are showering them with attention. With a population of approximately 75 million, Millennials represent almost 25 percent of the U.S. population. By 2017, these digital natives are projected to spend $200 billion annually, and brands are clamoring […]

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