AI Prompt Engineering: The New Must-Have Skill for Comms Pros ai internal comms prompt engineering prompts Jun 29, 2025

Thereโ€™s a phrase I find myself repeating often these days: AI is only as good as the prompts you give it. But what exactly does that mean for communications professionals?

I recently had the pleasure of contributing insights to a new Ragan article on the growing importance of prompt engineering for...

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Why the Disneyโ€“Midjourney Lawsuit Signals Big Challenges Ahead for Metaโ€™s AI Ad Platform advertising ai ai ethics copyright meta Jun 18, 2025

Metaโ€™s upcoming AI-powered ad creation platform promises to change how brands build and run ads. But the recent lawsuit from Disney and Universal Studios against Midjourney, a popular AI image generator, raises serious legal and ethical questions for Meta and anyone developing generative AI tools in...

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Dario Amodeiโ€™s Bold AI Forecast โ€” Time to Panic or Pause for Nuance? ai aiforpr jobs Jun 14, 2025

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has made headlines with a striking prediction: AI could empower a single person to run a billionโ€‘dollar company by 2026โ€”and potentially replace up to 50% of entry-level whiteโ€‘collar jobs (inc.com). For investors and enterprise CEOs, that message hits like a signal flare: โ€œ...

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Should AI replace entry level agency staff? ai aiforpr responsibleai May 14, 2025

Should AI replace entry-level staff?

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Some agency leaders say AI eliminates the need to hire junior team members.

But that logic is flawed.

Imagine the Lakers deciding theyโ€™ll stop drafting rookies.

Theyโ€™ll only recruit veterans.

Sure, it's easier short term.
But who becomes the ...

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Five key insights from my keynote: Crisis in the Age of AI ai ai agents aiforpr crisis management Apr 10, 2025

Just left the stage at the Crisis Comms Bootcamp in Chicago. Here's a quick snapshot of the ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ from my keynote, "Crisis Communications in the Age of AI":

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In a world where a deepfake can ignite a global controversy overnigh...

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AI is No Longer Optional: Insights from Shopify's CEO Apr 07, 2025

If you're still wondering whether AI is truly essential for your business, Tobi Lรผtke, CEO of Shopify, has a clear message for you: AI integration is now a baseline expectation, not merely an optional enhancement.

In a recent tweet, Lรผtke highlighted the transformational potential of artificial i...

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How I Use a HeyGen Interactive Avatar for Lead Generation ai avatar lead generation Mar 21, 2025

With my new AI avatar, I may never take another Zoom call again!

Well, not quite. But the technology is getting closer!

I've been experimenting with HeyGen's interactive avatar technologyโ€”and chatting with "myself" on Zoom is both impressive and hilariously surreal.

Check out this quick highlight clip,...

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New Video: Using AI to Build a Smarter Media List ai ai agents aiforpr media list openai operator Mar 11, 2025

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I just uploaded a new explainer video, walking you through how to use AI โ€” specifically, OpenAIโ€™s Operator โ€” to build a smarter, more targeted media list. If youโ€™ve ever spent hours compiling journalist contacts and refining your outreach strategy, this oneโ€™s for you.

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Whatโ€™s different about A...

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AI Agents Are Here โ€” Is Your PR Team Ready? ai aiforpr aiworkshops communications pr sxsw Mar 09, 2025
The AI Agent Revolution Is Here โ€” But Most PR Teams Arenโ€™t Ready

AI agents were aย hot topic at SXSWย this year, and for good reason. These advanced AI-powered assistants are moving beyond simple automation and becoming essential tools forย media research, content generation, and PR strategy.

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PR in the Age of AI: Media Literacy, Misinformation, and the New Gatekeepers ai aihorizons aiinpr Feb 25, 2025

Note: The video above is a 2-minute demo of an experiment I ran with Operator, one of OpenAI's AI agents, where I had it create a media list involving all journalists who wrote about alternative investments over the last 60 days.ย 

AI isnโ€™t just another PR tool โ€” itโ€™sย reshaping the entire media ecosys...

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I tested OpenAI's Sora, and here are my thoughts ai openai sora video Jan 10, 2025

Say hello to OpenAI's Sora.ย 

Yesterday I upgraded to Sora Pro, which allows me to upload images of people.ย 

I trained it on a photo of me and gave it this simple prompt:

"Use my likeness to create a cinematic scene of me as a time-traveling secret agent, standing confidently on a rooftop overlooking ...

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