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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.

Companies look to leverage their expertise when making a corporate responsibility impact

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.

Or will history and the need for policy expertise clog the drain? 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.

Characters, setting, story arcs – put the power of narrative to work for you.

Do your public affairs efforts support your business goals? Make your case with metrics.

Most Americans are very concerned about discrimination in its many form, and they believe that big companies need to more to combat discrimination. Those are some of the findings of the 2016 Public Affairs Pulse survey, an annual poll that asks Americans to weigh in on topics related to business and society.

Major corporations are facing growing pressure to weigh in on social issues — and much of this pressure is coming from company employees themselves, says a new study, Taking a Stand: How Corporations Speak Out on Social Issues, from the Public Affairs Council.