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Comms Bestie Group Chat [September 5, 2025]

Sep 05, 2025
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Katie called it spicy 🌶, Leah says hiring’s back, and Lauren's got AI prompts

       
 
 
 

Hey,

✨ Dreams come true: hot take queen Katie Boysen called my Smart in Public episode the spiciest yet. I was literally sweating listening back to the recording.

Here’s what else made it into the group chat:

💼 Job market heats up: Leah’s latest comms jobs list has 110+ fresh openings. Add in a handful of OTR members landing new gigs, and I’m (cautiously) optimistic about comms hiring.

📍 Media Summit NYC: In-house and in New York? Go + report back on all the goodness Emily Sundberg (Feed Me) drops. I hit the SF edition in June: 10/10 recommend (plus the food was very good).

👗 Good Lessons from Bad AI: J.Crew is your case study. My take to PRNews: every brand needs an external AI policy that makes clear what you do (and don’t) allow. Bring your stakeholders along for the ride.

✍️ Employee Comms Corner: Lauren Young shared some strong internal comms prompts, and Ben Verleysen dropped steps for tying EC to revenue. Yay!

😂 Just mean: Why did LinkedIn have to do me so dirty with this freeze frame?

Chat soon,
Gab Ferree
Founder & Your Comms BFF, Off the Record

PS: Last week’s most-clicked? My AI in Comms training with Axios HQ (next week!). Still a few spots left → join here. 🤖 

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