Business

Three must-have necessities for today’s working mom:

Do you want to genuinely get to know your coworkers? Consider taking a personality test with them. Here’s a list of ways your office can benefit from a personality test:

Most will pick a typeface simply based on how it looks. But where typography is concerned, function often trumps form.

How many times have you clicked or read an email just to get that unread number to zero? You just wasted a microdecision on opening an email, reading it, and not doing anything with it.

You can’t start a company-wide wellness initiative without first assessing the needs of your employees. Here are three steps to get started:

Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort is changing its property management company name to Robinson Park effective July 1. The change will give the company a better opportunity to control its brand and strategy within its markets. Robinson Park will continue to hold true to its mission of partnering with clients to provide superior service and results.

Support for education takes many forms across the state of Oklahoma. One Oklahoma business is showing its support with specialized collectors’ cups.

InternOKC is a three-week program that gives interns working in Oklahoma City the chance to meet and network with one another.

It’s easy to make conference calls from almost anywhere. But while they’re convenient, conference calls aren’t the best option for building a relationship.

How each piece of a company’s visual identity works together to communicate the brand’s essence is important. Good graphic designers don’t begin concepting in isolation.

We are ecstatic to announce Jones PR and the Association of Oklahoma General Contractors (AOGC) were awarded the Silver Anvil for Best Public Affairs Campaign at the Public Relations Society of America awards in New York City.

Children First (C1) helps first-time mothers make the best decisions for the future of their children. C1 is utilizing the Lemonade for Life model to stop the cycle of poverty and child abuse by preventing future exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Clients learn techniques that instill hope and responsibility for change, which is key for self-sufficiency.

Now more than ever, digital marketing is changing the way we communicate. Social media helps brands connect with target audiences with the click of a button.

Perhaps the single best technique for understanding the views and feelings of others regarding messaging is to use focus groups, which are, in essence, group exercises dedicated to teaching empathy. Focus groups, at least those that are conducted by skilled professionals, are effective in helping people acquire empathy because the conversation often snowballs to allow participants to see the perspectives of others.

Project: Time Off discovered half of Americans don’t use their vacation time.

Corporations and government entities are embracing more diverse supply chains to enhance and live their values. The nations’ largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S., Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), conducts a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and a site inspection.

Market research is actually about the business of empathy. If PR messages are designed to create or shape attitudes, opinions and behaviors, it is vital to understand how the intended audience currently thinks, feels or acts.

Your entire career could change with one introduction at a networking event.

Through the power of PROI Worldwide, Oklahoma companies can access the best and most-respected professionals in over 100 cities in 50 counties across five continents. Edmond-based Armstrong International Cultural Foundation needed a public relations firm in Jerusalem for the world premiere of “Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered.”

It’s difficult to empathize with recipients of your messages if you don’t know much about them. Gaining insights that help you see the world through their eyes is the only way to put them at the center of the receiver experience. Empathy is an interpersonal skill – something to be learned.

Ah, the elusive work-life balance. Now that technology has made us accessible 24/7, business leaders are often asking themselves, “Can we really have it all?”

Running a business comes naturally to me, but managing a staff is still a challenge. It’s review time in our office and after 22 years, there is no magic formula to lead and motivate. Here are five tips to help those of you like me.

Downtown OKC Partnership will honor three leaders for outstanding contributions that make our downtown one of the best in the country. The Dean A. McGee Awards at The Skirvin Hilton will recognize Meg Salyer, president of Accel Financial Staffing, with the Dean A. McGee Award; Brent Bryant, economic development program manager for Oklahoma City, with the Stanley Draper Award; and Ron Bradshaw, partner at Colony Partners, with the Neal Horton Award.

Studies show that the proposed University North Park development in Norman will generate $25 million in new annual taxes and create at least 2,000 jobs.

PR can be summarized as telling your story to a target audience. Most people are satisfied with how they tell their story; however, an element many forget is empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. If you don’t consider the viewpoints of others, communicating with a group may not be effective.

Whether you’re a runner or not, training is a must. I apply this to our careers – we’re encouraged to “train” outside of the office to continue to grow in our jobs.

In today’s competitive workforce, it’s important to create an appealing work environment for prospective and current employees. Before making the decision of whether or not to apply for, accept or leave a job, individuals consider job perks like benefits, hours, wages and culture. This is especially important to young professionals and millennials.

Sharon Hill worked at IBM when a company-sponsored meeting on etiquette gave her a business idea. Hill started hosting seminars internally at IBM and outside the company.

Forming audit committees is becoming more common in the nonprofit sector, offering an unbiased outlet to monitor an organization’s finances. Here are three things to consider when building an audit committee:

Oklahoma hosted 14 diplomats from 10 countries who visited the state seeking economic development opportunities in Oklahoma. Dignitaries attending the two-day Consul Summit came from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico, South Korea and Switzerland.

For the past eight years, the Fred Jones Family Foundation has presented its Mary Eddy Jones Signature Gift award to nonprofits focused on improving the arts, culture and beautification of central Oklahoma. The foundation announced April 11 that the 2017 recipient was the Oklahoma Hall of Fame & Gaylord-Pickens Museum, which will use the gift to create the Mary Eddy Jones Sculpture Garden. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Mary Eddy Jones’ induction into the Hall of Fame.

The authoritative management style is fading. These days, many jobs involve knowledge work, where an employee’s main contribution is subject matter expertise. Consequently, a manager’s role is evolving into more of a “team leader” or “motivational coach.”