Bully Pulpit International

🎙️Big news from the bully pulpit 🎙️ The biggest policy questions of the next decade are on the ballot next year, but not just in the US. The EU and UK also have pivotal elections that will shape the industries of the future — from AI and the green transition to democracy itself. Companies and organizations need an innovative and bold solution that can really be a best-in-class partner on both sides of the Atlantic. We’re thrilled to welcome BOLDT to the BPI family! ⚡️ BOLDT brings more than 50 professionals across 6 offices in 5 countries. Together, we’ll leverage our expertise to advance the connection between Washington, Brussels, and European capitals while delivering outcomes on the most pressing issues across policy and business strategy. This acquisition is the latest step in BPI’s evolution. While we will always have digital and data in our DNA, we have been more than an interactive agency for many years. We will always be committed to helping clients seize their own bully pulpits to make change possible. Today, we do that by becoming Bully Pulpit International. 🌎 Learn more about our first international partnership, via Axios: https://lnkd.in/gABai4DR

Double whammy! 🎉 We are thrilled that both BPI and BOLDT have been named finalists for PRovoke Media’s Global Agencies of the Year! With BPI in the Public Affairs Category and BOLDT in the Corporate category, this recognition is a true testament to how well our teams complement each other and all of the dedication that has gone into our transformation into an integrated, international team. Thank you to Paul Holmes, Arun Sudhaman, and the entire PRovoke Media team. We are so grateful to drive change in partnership with many of the world’s top organizations and leaders, alongside tremendous colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic. 🎙⚡ https://lnkd.in/eapEMxjQ

Proud to have leaders like Allyssa Andrews on the BPI team, advancing the way that the next generation of industry pros learn the ropes in undergrad classrooms! 💡

🎉 We’re thrilled to celebrate our friends at Levi Strauss & Co., who were named to Fortune's #ChangeTheWorld list for their Community College Commitment — a nonpartisan business community effort to close the community college voting gap. BPI is proud to work with LS&Co. on this important initiative!

“Our politics might make it seem like we are in a 50/50 country. We aren’t,” says BPI’s Andrew Bleeker via Forbes. 🧭 As companies navigate the daunting task of determining how and where to communicate around current events and hot button issues, Andrew offers this important insight: “On virtually every issue that seems fraught, […] nearly 80% of Americans largely agree. The role of the communicator is to galvanize these audiences in a way that advances your brand.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehBwXARi

Major gatherings, whether an internal summit or industry conference, provide your organizations the chance to inspire believers, energize supporters, and convert skeptics. As always, there are valuable lessons for the business world to glean from politics — in this case, conventions. BPI’s Jeffrey Nussbaum and Sam Whipple break down the keys to transform your next large-scale event from convening to convincing: ✨ Spirit and spectacle are meaningful. 🗣️ Unexpected and unlikely allies are powerful messengers. 🔎 Getting granular makes it memorable. 🤝 Meet your people where they are. 🔁 A kickoff, not a one-off. More via Special Events Media: https://lnkd.in/emRvhTAj

The ✨immaculate vibes✨ and energy at the DNC extended throughout Chicago — and traveled more than 650 miles to the streets of Philadelphia ahead of tonight's debate! On behalf of United for Democracy, our team’s art papered the streets of both cities, inviting voters to get engaged, literally, in echoing the President’s calls for court reform. 🗳️🏛️

🇺🇸 As everyone descends on Chicago for this week’s highly anticipated, historic Democratic Convention, all eyes are on the flashy programming and headlining speeches — but what happens behind the podium? 🎙️ BPI Partner Jeffrey Nussbaum, Kenneth Baer, and Erik Smith have together worked on every convention this century. For POLITICO Magazine, they share the inside scoop on what goes into putting on the biggest show in politics: https://lnkd.in/eVr2VbCM

🥇 The Paris Games have captivated the world for the last two weeks — standing up to the pressure to act as a reset for the Olympic brand, following more than a decade of pandemic Games, doping scandals, infrastructural issues, and political tensions and instability. BPI advisor and Olympics marketing expert Terrence Burns has shared his on-the-ground observations with us, and we have three key takeaways: 🇫🇷 How the Games have reflected a vision of a new, modern France 💡 How sponsor presence has evolved to meet the future of marketing 🏆 How the Olympics — and sports — are uniquely able to bridge the political divide More from the bully pulpit: https://lnkd.in/e5GBEMce. As we head into the closing ceremony weekend, enormous thank you to Terrence for sharing his insights on the Games, huge kudos to our friends at NBC Sports for producing an amazing program, and congratulations to all of the athletes! 👏

Plenty of communications lessons to learn from this week’s NABJ conference, including how executives can successfully navigate tough, and potentially antagonistic, on-the-record situations: 💡 “Be transparent, be human, and directly address the uncomfortable topics head-on while taking the opportunity to add context that might otherwise be missing if not for you being there to provide it personally,” says BPI’s Bradley Akubuiro via PRNEWS. “At times, it can win you the benefit of the doubt from some of the folks who hadn’t completely made up their minds about you.” Read on for more insights from Bradley: https://lnkd.in/exzPZGZd