Williams Communications Management
11 rue Baycrest Drive E5K 2V5 Grand Bay, NB, Canada

This is a test that will only involve a few Toronto-area cafés for now. Tell coffee companies that we want single-use packaging swapped out for reusables ASAP and pilot all across Canada! https://www.greenpeace.org//top-canadian-plastic-polluter/

Today's ABBREVIATION BUSTER: "DE&I" "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" or DE&I, is a phrase outlining efforts to create a more welcoming environment for people of less-privileged identities. This is working to ensure management is not all white men (or women) or implementing opportunities for young professionals of colour. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is referred to as DE&I so often that many individuals don’t know what each letter refers to, and Diversity becomes the de...fault. But they are different... Diversity includes ways people differ; the characteristics making one individual or group different from another, including such identity markers as race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and religion." Equity is fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people while eliminating barriers preventing full participation of some groups." Inclusion is creating environments in which any individual or group feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate." So FYI: a little DIY DE&I is FTW, ICYMI, IMHO, TBH. TGIF!

SSSSSaint John String Quartet: live tomorrow afternoon in an intimate uptown venue... The Saint John Arts Centre hosts Symphony New Brunswick’s ‘Virtuoso Series’. SJSQ bookends Canadian composer Clifford Crawley’s 'Quadrilles' with a pair of great D Major quartets by Mozart and Respighi. Saturday, October 24, 2020, 2pm Students: $10 / Adults: $26 / Children under 12: Free. Tickets: via the Imperial Theatre Box Office.... Buy online or Call the Imperial Box Office today until 5pm: (506) 674-4100 | (800) 323-SHOW (7469) Due to limited seating, SJAC cannot guarantee ‘at the door’ ticket availability. See more

Did you miss this award-winning TV ad over 15 years ago? Hits the branding spot on so many levels. Agency: BBDO, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Creative Director: Vincent Behaeghel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkPZ8GRImo See more

Nice to see new local content coming in November on Bell TV: https://youtu.be/QDJAmj_obqQ

"Obama-era briefings seem like beacons of transparency and cordiality compared to the dystopian scenes weve become accustomed to in the Trump era." https://www.vox.com//kayleigh-mcenany-white-house-press-br

Super fast scissorhands! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2664975947149876&id=114375408575288

Fewer fun days for Bay of Fundy... https://www.cbc.ca//pbs-documentary-gulf-of-maine-universi

Saint John Arts Centre is slaying monsters with Free Kid's Classes in the Art at Home series: https://youtu.be/2VwzYU3owjU

"Governments can set the message. It is the influencers, the creative industry and communications experts that can ensure the message is transmitted in ways that all Canadians understand and accept. Corporate Canada, with its tremendous communication capabilities, has a key role to play in ensuring all 38 million Canadians are on board by the end of this week. We need to be creative and we need to be fast." https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-in-this-fight-a/

Grand Bay-Westfield is simply the best folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Congratulations, eh? PR!

https://www.prdaily.com/10-books-every-pr-pro-should-read/

Fun to play Santa by dropping off nearly $10K with Alex Woodworth who chatted with Julia Wright and deposited the official envelope!

"One of the reasons people might be sharing fake news which they may not recognize as false is that it represents their worldview a phenomenon called confirmation bias." https://www.cbc.ca//t/climate-change-psychology-1.4920872

"Italians dressed as Indigenous people were present at Grand Ducal wedding celebrations in America. Medici court artists depicted Aztec warriors, created allegories of the Americas, and represented plants and animals from the Americas!" Get the whole scandal from Katie--a summer student at the Saint John Arts Centre for two years and the daughter of SJAC Board member Kelly Patterson.

https://www.facebook.com/112177418846796/posts/2794911860573325/

CPRS National Conference is a little closer to home this year.

Guerrilla garden uprising! https://www.curbed.com//urban-design-community-building-pl

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

Enough to make one Cry-osphere. Marine heatwaves since 1982 have doubled in frequency and have become longer-lasting, more intense and more extensive. https://report.ipcc.ch/srocc/pdf/SROCC_SPM_Approved.pdf

https://www-irishtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org//why-is-gret

https://vimeo.com/257717109 Konsistency is King.

Surf City: here you be https://www.facebook.com/177967695594138/posts/2535862599804624/

Take a rambling ride in Romania! Good ad for Ford Mustang, Castrol, BP, Dracula, and Romanian tourism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mIqlB3QOSk

Saint Johns fiscal challenges: "Saint Johns negotiating partners have never had sufficient pressure on them to truly engage in a reform process that would put the municipality on sounder financial footing. Unless Saint John has the full backing of the province, we will simply have done the same thing again while expecting a different result." T-J

Stoke fear in Sis while Mom and Dad get polarized! Fake news fun for the whole family... https://www.cbc.ca//disinformation-study-online-game-vacci

"And if the province doesn't contribute, the port will invest the remaining $17million." Good on ya Belledune! the port http://www.iheartradio.ca//feds-invest-17-million-in-port-

Super & kind! #BeccaToldMeTo

Cannabis NB Sales Results: Shelley states it simply: Very few new businesses turn a profit in year one, said Shelley Rinehart, a professor of marketing and MBA director in the faculty of business at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John. But the expectations were very high given the uniqueness of legalizing a formerly illegal substance. That is not to say the model couldnt be tweaked.... Meanwhile, a business professor in Ontario says the NB must decide if it wants the operation to be as efficient as possible or stay true to the social policy goals laid out by the previous government.

If more Canadians are driving zero-emission vehicles, it will not only reduce pollution, it will reduce transportation costs for middle-class Canadians and for businesses, says Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi. Starting today, residents who buy or lease a new zero-emission vehicle over the next three years are eligible for $5,000 from the government to lower the initial costs. Vehicles with a retail price of less than $45,000 with six or fewer seats are eligible ...as well as cars with seven or more seats for a maximum retail price of $55,000. These discounts can be applied to new purchases of battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Short-range plug-in hybrid vehicles are eligible for incentives of $2,500. Buy one of each

Happy Easter from Drone Bunny & the Video Eggheads. Indoors today. So foggy I missed my exit! #BayofFundy #photoshoot

Surf's Up! Powerfully poetic video...well done. #saintawesome https://vimeo.com/328717957?ref=em-share

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156958971243913&id=514593912

Crisis management lessons from the #Humboldt Bronco tragedy... Crisis Communications PD Luncheon | Staying Strong | April 8, 2019 | Delta Fredericton Hotel *** If you haven't already registered, there is still time. Coming from out of town? Maybe you can share a ride with a colleague. See you there!***... Public relations and communications management practitioners are invited to a professional development luncheon on April 8, 2019 at the Delta Fredericton to learn more about crisis communications. Join Grant Bastedo, APR from Takt Communications to hear about the lessons learned while managing communications around the Humboldt Broncos tragedy a year ago. Some of the take-aways from the presentation include: Communications Triage The Crisis Within the Crisis Keeping the World on Your Side This cross-country event is being organized by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS). See the basic information below or follow the registration link for more details. See you there! Staying Strong: Crisis management lessons learned in the midst of the Humboldt Bronco tragedy. April 8, 2019 11:30 am registration | 12 noon lunch and presentation Delta Fredericton Hotel | Governors Room $35 CPRS members* $45 Non-members $20 Students *Register 3 or more from the same organization and get the member rate. Click here to register. Questions: Wayne Knorr, APR, 506-460-2181, [email protected]

Still time to save $$$ on passes to #EvolvingExpectations thanks to our extended Early Bird deadline. Book by Monday, April 1, 11:59 p.m ET to save $225 on tick...ets to see this year's stellar lineup! Student/Retired/Educator rates also available. Visit http://cprs.ca/evolvingexpectations to lock in your best rate today. #CPRSproud

Oscar for best documentary? https://www.cbc.ca//director-who-lived-undercover-with-jih

There was no shortage of entertaining commercials that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 3, but it was one with Harrison Ford, an adorable canine, and an exploding hot tub that stole the show. https://youtu.be/8y-1h_C8ad8

Time to open an office in Hong Kong: http://en.bigpixel.cn/t/5834170785f26b37002af474

They say Saint John is just a backward industrial town. Ba ha, ha ha, ha ha... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2213695608687993&id=177967695594138

New Brunswick and New York are the only North American destinations listed! https://www2.gnb.ca//en/news/news_release.2019.01.0028.html