Raise the Tide™ isn’t here to “empower” women. We’re here to get the noise out of your way ... so you can lead, as you already are. RaiseTheTide.com #WomenInComms #CorporateCommunications #CorpComms #InternalComms #PR #RaiseTheTide
Tara McDonagh
@taramcdonagh.bsky.social
Communications Business Advisor Activist * Advisor to Fortune 500 Comms & PR Teams * Founder Raise the Tide * 🎙️Pod Host: Communications Business Advisor * Democracy Enthusiast * Proud Feminist * Champion Yapper * Humor advocate … That’s what she said.
Ownership friction between Marketing & Comms is real. Brand. Social. Thought leadership. Storytelling. Overlap is inevitable—so stop competing & start collaborating. Ego is the enemy. The business should win. How do you handle it? #CorpComms #PR #InternalComms
I sat in a room where everyone spoke fluent acronym … except me. EBITDA, OKRs ... huh? So, I googled and studied. I asked better questions. Over time, execs ASKED FOR my thoughts in the room. Then, I BECAME an exec. To every comms pro who's felt out of place ... keep building. #CommsLeadership
Reminder: Every request a Comms. Leader gets is “a priority” to someone. BUT Comms Leaders look at COMPANY priorities ... not just one person or one team’s. Saying no protects budget, time, and audience attention. We’re not here for popularity. We’re here to make an impact. #corpcomms
Newsom responds to ICE agents outside his redistricting announcement.
i’ve certainly had my issues with newsom but right now he’s nailing the moment
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
Opinion | A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her.
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Communications Business Advisors. Never Communications Waitresses. Because if I was a man, I'd be the man. Let's elevate the field and the women in it, shall we? www.raisethetide.com #RaisetheTide #PR #publicrelations #corporateCommunications #InternalCommunications #InternalComms
No one teaches you how to be a VP of Comms But once you're there, you're expected to have all the answers … And now you're alone. So where do you go? You go to a fellow Communications expert to get another view. Because you can't see the label when you're in the jar. #CommunicationsLeadership
All feedback is not good feedback. Yet we've been taught to not get "defensive" when we're given feedback.
How do you advocate in an oversimplified field like Communications when you're a woman? If you push too hard, you're labeled as aggressive. Here's how: You join your crew through Raise the Tide. You don't need to change to lead. Shape an environment that allows you to lead instead.
Got called an OG Comms Leader/Expert last week and these are the vibes .... owning it.
We wouldn’t need the Epstein files if we believed the women.
Just a reminder: All of this you’re seeing (or avoiding) on the news was preventable. Voting matters.
reichest man in the world I'm just asking for ONE frontpage typo tomorrow. ONE.
The December look that's got rizz ... Off to sleigh the patriarchy. Who's with me?
Comms people think they need more staff, budget, new tech, etc. What they REALLY need is agency over their own decisions. To be treated as the advisors they are. To have people trust that you’re the expert . . . and that YOU believe it in every fiber of your being.
Communications professionals are business advisors, not communications waitresses there to take your order.
Hi Communications & PR crew! 👋 I’m here and as usual, I’m sure I’ll have a whole lot to say. If you don’t like it, blame @pheadrick.bsky.social and the FOMO he created over on LinkedIn. Let’s see what we can do over here to elevate our field and the people in it; eh? Off we go …