The TrustMakers

Edelman’s Smita Reddy sits down with Kyle Lock, Vice President of Marketing at Butterball, to discuss how the company has become a staple of American culture by providing millions of turkeys, as well as cooking advice, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Kyle shares how the Turkey Talk-Line has shaped the brand’s larger purpose and how it continues to evolve. “We’ve tapped very …

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Justin Blake, Executive Director of the Edelman Trust Institute, is joined by Tensie Whelan, Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, for a conversation on how businesses can become more trusted to address climate change. “We need to shift people’s thinking and have them understand that sustainability can actually be a contributor to …

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Join Edelman’s Smita Reddy as she sits down with Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, CMO of DoorDash, for the Season Two premiere live at Advertising Week New York. Smita and Kofi discuss DoorDash’s framework for engaging in social issues, their approach to empowering local economies through Neighborhood of Good, and how they differ from other tech companies. “Values …

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Follow behind the scenes as Edelman’s Smita Reddy talks with Klondike’s Tracy Shepard-Rashkin about the ice cream discontinuation that shook the internet, and how the brand decided to respond. “Brands like Klondike have to discontinue products all the time. Flavors come and flavors go usually without much muss and fuss. We knew Choco Taco would be …

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Hillary Hoffower, Success Editor at Fortune, joins Edelman’s Jackie Cooper to talk about the defining differences between Gen Z and Millennials, why there’s more to Gen Z than Tik Tok, and how younger generations are shaking up the workplace. “At the end of the day, Gen Z wants a personalized career experience. They want to …

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The Edelman Trust Institute’s Justin Blake sits down for a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Stephanie Creary, Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School and Visiting Faculty Fellow at Harvard’s Institute for Business in Global Society, on the latest 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust in the Workplace. Justin and Stephanie discuss corporate action …

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Justin Blake, Executive Director of the Edelman Trust Institute, is joined by Franz Paasche, Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at PayPal. Justin talks to Franz about PayPal’s approach to stakeholder engagement, its history of taking a stand on societal issues, and how the company acts upon values. “When we prioritize stakeholders, we …

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Smita Reddy, Edelman’s US Brand Chair, sits down with Anisha Raghavan, CMO of No7 Beauty Company at Walgreens Boots Alliance, for a wide-ranging interview to talk about the changing role of the CMO, No7’s legacy of supporting female empowerment, the broad influence of Gen Z, and representation in corporate leadership. “It used to be that …

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Andrea Hagelgans, Managing Director of U.S. Social Issues Engagement, is joined by Erika Soto Lamb, Vice President of Social Impact Strategy at MTV Entertainment Group and former founding CCO of Everytown for Gun Safety. Andrea talks to Erika about how she became involved in corporate social impact, why businesses should get involved in social issues, …

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Jackie Cooper, Edelman’s Chief Brand Officer, is joined by Phil Thomas, Chairman of Cannes Lions, at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. Jackie and Phil talk about highlights from this year’s festival, some of the best campaigns of the year, and the findings from the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: …

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