As millennials take over the marketplace and consumers grow more cynical about corporate values, incorporating social responsibility and purpose into business models and mission statements is essential to success. Businesses are coming up with increasingly creative ways to improve communities and affect social change. At the 10th annual Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, which took place … Read more
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has been named Pan-EMEA Consultancy of the Year at the Holmes Report SABRE Awards in Amsterdam. “We are delighted with the results. To win this award twice in three years, in a category with so many other strong nominees, is testament to all the hard work and excellent client service delivery from our teams … Read more
Marvin Singleton, executive vice president and general manager of the Hill+Knowlton Strategies Dallas office, has once again been recognized as one of the most influential business executives in the Dallas-Ft. Worth business community by being named to the prestigious Dallas 500 list for 2017 by the editors of D CEO Magazine. With more than 25 years of … Read more
San Francisco-based Tech PR Agency Names 20-Year Veteran as CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth, Launches Rebrand SAN FRANCISCO – Tech PR agency Blanc & Otus today announced Tony Hynes as its new chief executive officer. Tony brings more than 20 years experience delivering integrated communications programs for a wide range of technology companies … Read more
Yes, it certainly does seem to me! I have been reading a lot about industries across the world incorporating Artificial Intelligence and automation in their operations. From manufacturing, driving cars, delivery services, warehousing, accounting, to the media and entertainment industry (Haven’t you heard of automated/algorithmic/robot journalism?), the words Artificial Intelligence and automation represent something unknown, … Read more
Look at the 2017 Cannes Lion winners thus far and a pattern emerges – a familiar configuration of emotional drama. This should come as no surprise. Emotion is in our DNA; it’s a universal language that’s especially appropriate on a global stage like the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. But dig deeper and you realize … Read more
Cannes, 20 June 2017 – Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) launches the Shanghai Addition at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The Shanghai Addition is a new way to connect Chinese brands with audiences, cultures and markets around the world, helping them grow creatively and quickly into key geographies. The team currently works with Huawei, Honor, and … Read more
This article originally appeared in The Drum. If you are lucky enough to have a delegate badge for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, you have hundreds of official seminars and talks (not to mention the fringe festival) fighting for your attention, in addition to the all-important award shows. The Cannes Lions team keeps making … Read more
This article originally appeared on Commpro In Wonder Woman, the new summer blockbuster from DC Comics, Diana Prince uses her “Lasso of Truth” to ensnare the bad guys and make them come clean. Her lasso is the ultimate weapon – nonviolent yet all-powerful. The world could use that lasso right now. “Truth” will be a recurring … Read more
I had the loveliest chat with SoftBank’s Pepper today and I think he may have been the only robot or person in Barcelona not to say the magic phrase ‘5G’. Had Team H+K allowed ourselves to behave like our inner college student then the 5G drinking game would have seen us obliterated by 9.30am. 5G is all … Read more
