This episode of the PRovoke Media podcast features Greg Amrofell, CMO at  the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and Andrew Shih, EVP of corporate and public affairs at MBooth Health. The conversation looks at vaccine communications, the erosion of trust — especially for entities like the CDC and FDA — and how a Biden administration will further evolve the communications landscape.

Allison + Partners consumer brands leader Lisa Rosenberg joins Aarti Shah on the PRovoke podcast to reflect on how the challenges of 2020 shaped innovation this year. We also talk about the creative campaigns that broke through a tumultuous social and political backdrop. Rosenberg was featured on the 2020 Innovator 25 in Americas.   

Berk Communications founder and CEO Ron Berkowitz joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how professional athletes and players this year have leveraged their personal brands to take a step forward as leadership and role models and push for change. The discussion covers how sport has reflected bigger issues in the world, from Black Lives Matter to cancel culture, and the impact of having no sports to gather around in the year of Covid.

Ruder Finn CEO Kathy Bloomgarden joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how communications is continuing to evolve with each new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hip Hop Public Health executive director Lori Rose Benson and Finn Partners senior partner Helen Shelton join Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to talk about how using popular music to deliver health and safety information to an underserved youth audience has resonated during the Covid pandemic.

H+K Strategies global head of content and publishing Vikki Chowney discusses the digital advances that the PR industry has made in 2020, and whether these are likely to persist in 2021 and beyond. In an expansive conversation, Chowney covers such areas as the benefits of virtual collaboration, the relative merits of different social media platforms, and the importance of authentic, co-created content. 

Former Weber Shandwick London CEO Rachel Friend joins Maja Pawinska Sims on the PRovoke podcast to talk about her twin new roles and priorities as CEO of award-winning consumer agency W Communications and as the incoming chair of the Public Relations and Communications Association.

This episode features Kelly McGinnis, SVP & Chief Communications Officer at Levi Strauss and Maureen Lippe, Founder & Chairman of Lippe Taylor. The conversation, moderated by PRovoke's executive editor Aarti Shah, covers the importance of trusting your instincts, the crucial workplace transitions that are necessary as professionals grow into leadership roles, why vulnerability builds effective and empathetic leadership, and the longview on purpose and the pandemic — and more.

Zeno Group Asia-Pacific president Paul Mottram joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss last week's Digital Innovation roundtable, which was conducted by PRovoke in conjunction with Zeno and APACD. The discussion brought together nine of Asia-Pacific’s leading marketing and communications executives to examine how digital innovation has changed (or not) as a result of this years Covid-19 pandemic.