The Trending Communicator

Hosted ByDan Nestle

In today's hyper-accelerated communications world, keeping up means juggling reputation, brand building, crisis management, storytelling, and more while adapting to new technologies like generative AI. The Trending Communicator, hosted by Dan Nestle, is your guide through this chaotic landscape. This podcast dives into the challenges of PR, communications, and marketing today, with experts sharing real stories and strategies for overcoming those challenges and more. It's the perfect resource for professionals looking to innovate, take risks, and stay ahead. Join us to make sense of today’s communications chaos, one insightful conversation at a time.


All Episodes

Unlocking the Communications Career Cage – with Emily York

How many times have you heard that career paths in PR and Communications are full of options and opportunities? Maybe that’s true when you’re just getting started, but for many of us, as we progress in our careers, we start to notice fences and…

Corporate Culture Disruption in the AI Era – with Pinaki Kathiari

Take a look at any job description today–either in your organization or posted to a job board–and you might notice that it’s not entirely accurate, especially for communications and marketing roles. It’s almost as if they’re created to fit into a…

EQ, AI, and the Influential Communicator – with Deirdre Breakenridge

So many of us–especially communicators–struggle to make the case when it counts.  Sure, you may have all the facts at your fingertips, and there’s no doubt you feel strongly about your point of view. But when you get to the boardroom, the…

Why Business-Savvy Communicators Can Lead in the Age of AI – with David Albritton

What do corporate communications leaders know about the businesses they serve? Chances are they know quite a lot. They know the stories, the narratives, and the CEO’s various points of view; they know the strategies, the values, and the culture; they…

Weird Unicorns, AI, and the TBD Career: The Future of Work – with David Armano

Is it wrong to be future-focused in your career? At what price should you pursue innovation or push boundaries in your organization? Are you aware that there could be a growing urgency gap between you and your employer that may eventually be too wide…

How AI is Changing the Content Dynamic (And What We Should Do About It) – with Rob Davis

Let’s face it, dealing with the future isn’t something we can kick down the road. And at the intersection of people, technology, and brand, change is coming faster than ever before. We could blame Generative AI. Or we can embrace it and use it as an…

Spectacular Communications Requires Audacious Communicators – with Mark Schaefer

All of us know we’re in an age of disruption. If you want to thrive and grow as a communicator or marketer, it’s not AI you have to worry about. What should keep you up at night is the prospect of succumbing to the Dull. AI can do dull better than you…

How Communications Drives Organizational Health – with Ethan McCarty

Is the Communications function, as many in our profession claim, an organization’s nerve center? Where messages and stories are the electric impulses that cause synapses to fire, muscles to move, and hearts to beat? Or is this understating the case?…

How to Fight Digital Threats and Build a Culture of Trust – with Lisa Kaplan

Let’s face it: it’s getting worse out there. Trust in institutions, brands, and even people seems to be spiraling ever downward.  What can we, as communicators, do to break this cycle, protect our brands, and build a culture of trust?  In…