This week’s special guest on The PR Week podcast is none other than the CEO of Phaedon, Kris Tremaine.

Tremaine talks about the evolution of her firm — as well as what its name means in Greek — from part of ICF Next.

She also chats about the biggest PR and communications news of the week, such as changes to the Burson agency network and staff, holding company results from Next 15, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group and Shake Shack’s clever influencer decision.

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Airline crises. Labor relations. Working through the opening moments of a crisis on social media.

All of these events require specific skills to protect brands, and each was discussed on Thursday at PRWeek’s sold out Crisis Comms Conference in Washington, DC. This podcast includes insights from top communications executives at UPS, Southwest Airlines and Miller Coors as they discuss how their brands navigate tricky situations.

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Meet the guest on the latest edition of The PR Week podcast: John Box, CEO of Meltwater.

He talks about how his company has evolved from a news monitoring platform to one that keeps an eye on social media activity across many platforms for agencies, clients, the government sector — and even the Vatican.

Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including Omnicom Group’s Q1 results, John Deere’s campaign to become a cultural brand for young consumers and the best and most noteworthy 4/20 campaigns.

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