Former American Express CEO and chairman Kenneth Chenault had it exactly right when he observed, “Company boards and management have to say, ‘Diversity and inclusion is a core priority, and it’s not a flavor of the month. It’s not something we’re just going to try for a year or two. We’re going to keep at
Q: How are insights essential to helping clients reach their goals in today’s world? A: Companies need to have strategic plans in place for the ever-changing stakeholder, political and regulatory dynamics taking place in their priority focus areas. With that, we’re seeing the need of a greater understanding of public policy, media impact and online
Last Sunday was the big game. And being a huge football fan, I was hoping to be interviewed by ESPN to provide play-by-play post-game analysis. Instead, I was invited to a Super Bowl ad discussion by the American Advertising Federation. My fellow panelists and I discussed the good, the bad and the ugly (see: Temu),
Excerpted from O’Dwyer’s What’s the secret to managing a reputational crisis? Having great instincts, communication skills and the ability to see around corners can help. Increasingly, however, it’s also knowing how to harness the power of data and insights. For CEOs, CMOs, CCOs and General Counsels who are on the spot when something goes very
Washington, DC — Subject Matter+Kivvit announced today it has rebranded as Avoq and elevated 14 longtime practitioners to partner in the new company. The new name and reorganization follow the May 2023 merger of Subject Matter and Kivvit, which combined the two companies into a single integrated firm that helps companies, organizations and industries elevate
Washington, DC – Monday, May 1, 2023 – Subject Matter and Kivvit announced today that they have joined forces to create a new national agency that combines strategic communications, data analytics and insights, government relations, digital strategy, creative content, and advertising services into a single integrated consultancy. The firm, with more than 200 people, will
In early 2021, a global chip shortage loomed amid a global pandemic and a precarious economy. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) needed to highlight the importance of these engines of innovation, while drawing attention to the shortage as a pressing example of the critical need to boost chip production in the United States. As the
How should today’s companies adapt their communications strategies as ESG becomes a larger part of the mainstream conversation? Kivvit used our award-winning data expertise to analyze the evolution of ESG, as well as data-driven insights of corporate communications strategies that are working – and not working – in the changing ESG landscape. Every ESG communication
Kivvit in partnership with Pivvot, a location intelligence company, released “Environmental Justice for the Win: The Next Clean-Energy Project Hotspots in the U.S.” This data-driven report shows clear opportunities for successful clean-energy development in areas where political, equity, and energy-demand rationales overlap. Months in the making, the in-depth report overlays energy grid locations with deep
Excerpt from PR News Online Late on October 7, as Russian president Vladimir Putin was celebrating his 70th birthday, the Kerch Bridge, connecting Russia and Crimea, exploded. Crimea is part of Ukraine, but in 2014 Russia invaded and annexed it, prompting international protests. Russia completed the bridge in 2018, a crowning achievement for Putin. For many Ukrainians, the bridge