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Telecommuting: Comms pros offer pros and cons

By Lindsey Miller

From distractions to rental savings to your own personality, there’s plenty to consider.

How a video contest boosted new condos, gave a blogger a home

By Ari B. Adler

‘I Love Detroit’ competition draws global interest in the city’s comeback efforts.

6 objectives for BP’s incoming CEO

By Mike Mulvihill

The new boss faces two messes: Deepwater Horizon’s and Tony Hayward’s.

Catching the ‘ear’ of colleagues using salient quotations

By William Ruben

Engage your readers by eliciting and recognizing strong and humanizing utterances.

How communicators can help save legal dollars
Should you sue someone who mocks your company or CEO on the Web? Attorney Bruce Johnson offers insight on the murky subject of online communications law.

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How PR pros can get a higher salary

By Lisa Hutchins

9 tips to prove your worth and put more cash in your pocket.

Try this 6-step approach to editing speeches

By Cynthia J. Starks

Even if you’re doing your revisions solo, targeting specific areas makes the task more manageable.

8 ways that editors can grab power (and keep it)

By Larry Ragan

This 1961 column from Larry Ragan remains as true today as it did all of those decades ago.

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Don't miss out on THE training event FOR writers designed BY writers. The 2010 Corporate Writers and Editors Conference at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago.

On 'The View,' Obama courts approval in an uncommon setting

By Vanessa Horwell

Communicator-in-chief puts forth key goals and successes to an essential demographic.

Response to a crisis: How fast is too fast? Depends on the facts

By Tripp Frohlichstein

Even in a rapid-fire news cycle, answering correctly is more crucial than answering swiftly.

Are affiliate links unethical without disclosure?

By Lisa Barone

Shouldn’t your ongoing credibility (or lack thereof) carry the most weight with your Twitter followers?

Will Hayward’s ousting improve BP’s dismal PR?

By Tripp Frohlichstein

The former chief steps down following a multitude of public gaffes.