Posts Tagged ‘Pro Tips’
Tips to Navigate Organizational Change
We asked our team of experts here at Tunheim for their top tips for utilizing communications as organizations navigate change. Here’s what they said: 4. Commit To Transparency Emmett Coleman, Strategic Partner Having gone through several major ownership & cultural changes in both government and business, I would share that it is critical to address…
Read MoreNetworking Tips for Young Professionals
For many students, college graduation is right around the corner, and with graduation comes the stressful yet exciting phase of finding a career. For many in the marketing, communications, PR, and advertising industries that can be a tough transition from college to the professional world. However, there are many networking events such as the 2022…
Read More8 Digital PR Tips
We asked our team of experts here at Tunheim for their top digital public relations tips. Here’s what they said: Sarah Hinde, Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy “Know your audience so you can precisely target your audience! Whether it be based on beliefs and interests, demographics, or geographies. Digital advertising funds can go a…
Read MoreProceed with Caution: What Start-Ups and Early-Stage Companies Need to Know about Generating Media Attention
In my job I talk to CEOs and founders of healthcare and tech companies every day about their communications, media and public relations strategies. When you have a young company, getting a journalist to write something about your business is oftentimes seen as a major milestone. It’s an important source of third-party validation, serving as…
Read MoreManaging the Stress of Transition
There’s a lot in transition right now: fall to winter, hybrid restrictions to remote everything (again), a Trump administration to a Biden administration, 2020 into 2021. Just to name a few. And transitions can be very stressful, as we process things that are ending (especially things we will miss) and anticipate the unknowns ahead. But…
Read MoreElevating Your Personal Communications
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a virtual panel for employees of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx organization on the topic of elevating personal communications, with a particular focus on women and young professionals. As somebody who has gone through the trials and errors of navigating my way in the professional world and…
Read MoreWords Really Do Matter – Tips for Corporate Communications in an Unprecedented Time
Corporate communications—including both internal and external communications to key stakeholders—has never been more important, or more challenging, than it is today. With employees and customers working remotely with little or no face-to-face time, the words we use, when we use them and how they are interpreted take on a much greater importance. The ability to…
Read MoreThirty Years of Lessons
This month marks the 30th anniversary of our company. Lots of lessons along the journey: some fun experiences, many of them difficult, a few really heartbreaking. As the challenges of the pandemic are teaching us, we can and will continue to adapt. At this moment in our country’s painful history of racial injustice, it is clear that…
Read MoreThe Do’s and Don’ts of Crisis Communications
With the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world, it has become evident to many organizations that they were caught woefully unprepared to deal with the level of upheaval that the current pandemic left them in – not just from a business standpoint, but from a communications standpoint too. And though the COVID-19 pandemic is of a…
Read MoreCrisis Communications Tips Featured in Biz Journal from Noelle Hawton
Noelle Hawton, senior consultant at Tunheim, recently published, “The necessary ingredients for a crisis communications plan” in the “How To: Growth Strategies” series for The Business Journals. Read how organizations can prepare before bad news strikes with well-honed crisis communications tools that can help prevent long-term harm to an organization’s reputation. Is your organization prepared…
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