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One of our founding values is "Community" under which we give back 1% of our profits to worthy causes, with a focus toward efforts that foster a strong, free press. Our year-end post by Jude Gorman recaps our 2024 contributions.

Observer Names Collected Strategies to Top Specialty PR Firms in Finance List

The Observer notes that Collected Strategies, unlike existing incumbents focused on document management, prioritized providing counsel, recognizing the growing importance of communication in recent years.

The Deal Highlights Collected Strategies in Review of Top Communications Advisers

The Deal recaps Collected's recent shareholder activism defense work on behalf of companies.

Business Insider Highlights CS Commentary on Tactics in Elliott-Southwest Proxy Fight

"You can't call every retail shareholder, and sending direct mail to every holder multiple times is expensive," says Collected Strategies partner Scott Bisang.

Axios Features CS Commentary on Why Communication Matter in Proxy Fights

Investors are skewing younger and they consume information differently, which means the proxy comms playbook needs to change with the times, says Collected Strategies founding partner Dan Moore.

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News Archive

PRWeek Talks with CS Partner Ed Hammond on the Transition from Journalism to PR

Hammond says that, "The unspoken truth of the PR industry is that it has very few practitioners who actually know what journalists do all day."

Collected Strategies Provides Insight on Retail Investor Tactics in Disney-Trian Proxy Contest

The New York Times features commentary from Scott Bisang.

O'Dwyer's: Collected Strategies Works Red Lobster's Bankruptcy

Collected Strategies advised Red Lobster as it filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection.

Collected Founding Member Tali Epstein Receives PR Rising Star Recognition

The Observer recognizes Tali Epstein, who was "part of the high-powered team that left fin-comms giant Joele Frank to launch Collected Strategies in July."

Axios Names Collected Strategies as 'Challenger Firm'

Axios highlights Collected's 2023 launch, naming it one of the "challenger firms" offering high-level, strategic communications advice.

The Deal Ranks Collected Strategies 5th in Q1 2024 PR M&A League Table

The Deal ranked Collected Strategies fifth among PR firms for deals announced in Q1 2024.

Business Insider Names Collected Strategies Partner Scott Bisang as PR Expert CEOs Scramble to Hire in a Crisis

Insider named Collected Strategies Partner Scott Bisang as one of the 18 PR execs to call in a crisis, citing his work counseling Twitter through the Elon Musk transaction and Jack Dorsey transition, Vice Media with its recent restructuring and First NBC Bank on its 2017 FDIC seizure.

Ed Hammond joins The PRWeek Podcast to Discuss Launch of Collected Strategies

The former Bloomberg reporter was part of the group this month that launched Collected Strategies, a strategic communications firm that helps clients navigate mergers and acquisitions, corporate crises, restructurings, bankruptcies and other issues.

Several Execs From Joele Frank Launch New Firm With Deals Reporter

Ed Hammond, formerly of Bloomberg, joins new outfit focused on strategic communications

Several Executives of P.R. Firm Joele Frank to Start Own Firm

The business of advising companies on corporate crises is growing, and so is the number of firms specializing in it.

Introducing Collected Strategies, a Strategic Communications Firm for Today's Dynamic Markets

Six founding partners have advised clients and broken news on the highest profile M&A, shareholder activism and crisis matters of the last 20 years block.