Given the current state of work, developing an all-day virtual planning session presents new challenges beyond the day-to-day meetings that fill our calendars. Kristi Tyll offers some key pointers for planning your next virtual meeting.
Stratacomm is proud to produce national advertising campaigns about road safety, targeting drivers with important, life-saving messages. Despite COVID upending broadcast production plans, we just wrapped our fourth remote video shoot since March.
This Thanksgiving, we asked the Stratacomm Partners to share what they’re most thankful for during this challenging year. Be it little silver linings or moments of realization of the things that truly matter in our lives, it’s time to reflect on how we stayed #StratacommStrong and carry that same energy and optimism into the new year.
We’ll remember the momentary actions, like fighting for a grocery delivery timeslot or panic-ordering an indoor exercise bike, and also the long-term effects, like normalizing remote work and perhaps overall views on public health. But what has stood out to me over the last seven months is how we’re changing and adapting the way we consume media to fit our new routines and lifestyles.
2020 continues to be a helluva year. Despite real challenges all around us, Stratacomm’s focus continues to be protecting the well-being of our people and ensuring our clients remain well served.
In just a few months, more than 40 million Americans were forced out of work, while millions more entered an uncertain job market. Whether you’re unemployed, a recent graduate and wondering whether you should continue to send out resumes, or you’re lucky enough to still be employed, connecting with your network and keeping relationships fresh is always important. And that can be a daunting task during times of social distancing where the rules of when, how and if we can meet face-to-face are fluid.
Promoting a product or brand requires a massive amount of resources, and launching a communications campaign is only within the reach of large companies and global non-profits, right? WRONG!
Reminders of systemic racism chime daily for those directly affected. For others, seemingly isolated incidents thrust the conversation on race back into the national consciousness.
As the COVID-19 restrictions continue, normalcy remains months (or more) away. Mainstream media continues to cover the pandemic and its effects on world health and economy, but verticals like automotive and tech are mostly back to their typical content streams.
Last year, before the pandemic started, I penned “Grief: The Silent Obstacle.” The blog reviewed five recommendations on ways to engage with empathy and compassion when a colleague returns to work from bereavement. COVID-19 is causing a different kind of grief, and I’m witnessing many of the same lessons applying to this situation.
