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.


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Building and Leading the AI-Enabled Enterprise Comms Team – with Megan DiSciullo

For years, we’ve been talking about upgrading the communications function – or at least modernizing it, bringing comms into parity with their Marketing colleagues. Embracing technology is the most visible part of this journey. But what good is…

AI, Bots, and Disinformation, Oh My – with Rafi Mendelsohn

When your brand, company, country, or even you are the target of social media attacks, what if you can’t even identify the source of the problem? What if the attackers aren’t real people? What if the entire attack is a complete lie, disinformation…

AI Recipes, Critical Thinking, and the Imperfect Human – with Kami Huyse

Is AI the greatest gift ever for lazy people? I’ve often said that if you want to find a better way to do something, ask a lazy person. Laziness, as it turns out, is a virtue. Lazy people want to find the most efficient way to get through a task. No…

Why You Need to Practice Forensic Listening in a Crisis – with Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey

How do FBI hostage negotiation tactics link to public relations and corporate crisis management? And how can understanding both help you prove your value to your stakeholders and audiences?  Demonstrating value is a familiar hurdle for…

The Power of Discriminative AI for Precision in Communications – with Danny Gaynor

Generative AI may be the first form of artificial intelligence that we can all interact with directly, with no skill needed apart from the ability to write or speak a set of instructions. And while it’s arguably the hottest topic right now, other AI…

Toward an AI-Enabled Communications Profession – with Anne Green

Like it or not, Generative AI is becoming part of the communications toolkit. But unlike any technology that has preceded it, AI is able to perform tasks and produce results that have always been the domain of PR professionals – especially at the…

How Data and AI Can Help You Choose the Right Conferences – with Melanie Samba

Want to stop wasting time and money on conferences that don’t impact your business growth? Imagine being able to select conferences that not only boost your brand’s influence but also drive strategic partnerships and sales. Fortunately, there’s a…

Understanding the Neuroscience Behind Effective Communications – with Dr. Laura McHale

How do language and psychology impact leadership behavior and financial performance in organizations? Are we overlooking the influence of corporate language? In this episode of The Trending Communicator, host Dan Nestle sits down with psychologist,…

Why Every Communicator Needs to Think Faster and Talk Smarter – with Matt Abrahams

….and we’re back! Welcome to the first episode of The Trending Communicator. Dan Nestle reignites the airwaves with an electrifying new episode that will teach you how to think faster and talk smarter with communication expert, Stanford professor,…