Hey,
āØ Dreams come true: hot take queen Katie Boysen called my Smart in Public episode the spiciest yet. I was literally sweating listening back to the recording.
Hereās what else made it into the group chat:
š¼ Job market heats up: Leahās latest comms jobs list has 110+ fresh openings. Add in a handful of OTR members landing new gigs, and Iām (cautiously) optimistic about comms hiring.
š Media Summit NYC: In-house and in New York? Go + report back on all the goodness Emily Sundberg (Feed Me) drops. I hit the SF edition in June: 10/10 recommend (plus the food was very good).
š Good Lessons from Bad AI: J.Crew is your case study. My take to PRNews: every brand needs an external AI policy that makes clear what you do (and donāt) allow. Bring your stakeholders along for the ride.
āļø Employee Comms Corner: Lauren Young shared some strong internal comms prompts, and Ben Verleysen dropped steps for tying EC to revenue. Yay!
š Just mean: Why did LinkedIn have to do me so dirty with this freeze frame?
Chat soon,
Gab Ferree
Founder & Your Comms BFF, Off the Record
PS: Last weekās most-clicked? My AI in Comms training with Axios HQ (next week!). Still a few spots left ā join here. š¤
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