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Check out May Impact! Featuring corporate spinoff challenges, how NOT to waste time and…a fax machine

Rage against the bots! Recent Council speaker David Meerman Scott thinks we can all be a little more human in the way we communicate.

AdvaMed’s Greg Crist talks about the importance of authenticity to make your message resonate.

How strongly does your value system inform your opinions? Author Steven Sloman examines what it means to be a truly independent thinker.

Stanford’s “Strategy Beyond Markets” program offers competitive insights with a global perspective.

The Council’s Doug Pinkham analyzes the outside game of politics, the evolution of crisis response and recovery and insights for handling both political opportunity and risk.

In the second half of our series, we examine political unpredictability, noise, and corporate pressure to engage on social issues.

Hot off the digital press! Public affairs trends and disruptors, Stanford’s “Strategy Beyond Markets” executive program and examining the “Knowledge Illusion.”

The Council’s Doug Pinkham and Hannah Wesolowski discuss managing stakeholders’ expectations of candidates’ stances on “social” issues.

The national editor of The Cook Political Report discusses a “chaos” presidency, the mid-term elections and more.

The Council recently lost two good friends. Remembering Chris McGowen and Ed Grefe and the impact they made on the profession.

There’s competitive advantage to being civil. So why not just be nice? Author Christine Porath examines the psychology of incivility.

In an unpredictable and unstable world, be on the lookout for these three political disruptors … now and in the future.

Experiencing challenges with your public affairs team? Any of these three mistakes may be the cause. The Council’s Sheree Anne Kelly breaks it all down.

Public affairs professionals struggle to work in a “post-truth” era where trust in business, the government and the media continues to decline. Read more.

With political risk on the rise, it’s more important than ever to have your organization’s senior leadership front and center on policy issues. Get the best strategies in this free Foundation report, Taking It to the Top: Engaging Corporate Leadership in Public Policy.

Congrats to the Center for Audit Quality, the Air Line Pilots Association, and Novo Nordisk – the 2017 Innovation Award winners! Read more.

Advocacy is evolving, inspiring tremendous innovation in the process. But, just jumping on the next trend isn’t always the best strategy to advance your priorities. This year’s winners show that by blending well-established tactics with creativity and new ideas, programs of all sizes can find success.

Government official visits, especially at the highest level, represent a unique opportunity for public affairs. How can your function leverage such a visit to create the most value for both the visiting official and your company?

Why should your government relations team involve the C-suite in public policy, and how can that be done effectively?