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Top 10 excuses companies still use for not investing in social media

By Andrew Worob

Unforunately, many of these sound all too familiar for many corporate communicators.

7 crucial questions for formulating your social media PR plan

By Elena Verlee

Start smart, considering everything from your objectives to your available resources.

Red Cross widening crisis response via social media venues

By Matt Wilson

Online messaging augments and supplements traditional emergency communications.

Texts and tweets help an M.D. connect with her patients

By Jessica Levco

How one physician maintains a professional bond through social media.

Webcast surgery draws national attention
Jill Fazakerly, marketing director for Methodist University Hospital of Memphis, explains how a brain surgery webcast garnered a New York Times article, new patients and more.

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Ragan Communications and Great Place to Work® Institute present:
The Role of Communications in Creating Best Places to Work
Price: $1195
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An Internal Communications, PR and HR Communications Summit
October 7-8, 2010 • SAS World Headquarters • Cary, N.C.

Workshops
A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP WITH JUSTIN ALLEN
Do you Flip? How to produce better videos with your Flip camera
Price: $345
Monday, October 18, 2010 • 1-5 p.m.

Workshops
A FULL-DAY TOTAL IMMERSION WORKSHOP
Social Media and Strategic Internal Communications
Price: $745
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 • Gleacher Center • Chicago

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Training on Demand
How to make employees fall in love with your publication
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With Mark Ragan, Steve Crescenzo and Jim Ylisela

Video on Demand
Video on Demand
Social Media: Friend or Foe?
Price: $149
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FREE WEBCAST RECORDING
Mayo Clinic's social media success story
Price: $0
The $4-a-week online newsroom and other MacGyver tips for communicators
With Lee Aase, manager of syndications and social media for Mayo Clinic

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Toolkits: Downloadable problem-solvers
Reinvent your career: Evaluate your publication yourself
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Toolkits
Toolkits: Downloadable problem-solvers
How to produce an irresistible annual report
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Toolkits
Toolkits: Downloadable problem-solvers
Double the impact of your publications: Let print and online do what each does best
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Books
A comprehensive manual
The social media revolution : A 2007 survey of trends and best practices for organizational communicators
Price: $349

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Books
The speechwriter's manual
Price: $299
Member Price: $239
A guide to the discipline and techniques of professional speechwriting
By Jerry Tarver

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A Special Ragan Research Report
2007 State of the profession : What you make, what you spend and how to thrive in an unpredictable future
Price: $399
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