CommPRO.biz Editorial StaffThe 2017 Corporate Communication Practices Survey, conducted by The Conference Board and SNCR, and endorsed by the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), CommPRO.biz, and PR News, has been extended. Please remember to take part and help build an important database of benchmarking information for the corporate communications industry. The survey is open to corporate communications officers and professionals at U.S. public companies.Take the survey by July 14th, and you will be entered into a raffle for a complimentary pass to a conference of your choice. Survey findings will be detailed in Corporate Communication Practices: 2017 Edition, scheduled to be released in the fall. A PDF of this final report will also be emailed to you at no cost.Your participation in the survey is vital. It helps us build an extensive, timely dataset on the organization and leadership of corporate communications departments, the integration of corporate communications with the marketing function, the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing business environment, the expanding scope of professional responsibilities, and means of performance measurement. The survey also investigates key practices in internal communication and the use of social media by executives and employees. The final report will be a valuable benchmarking tool, with data categorized by market index, company size (measured by revenue and asset value), and industry groups.Your participation is confidential. The survey will ask you to indicate whether you would like your company to be listed in the final report as a participant. However, you can choose to participate anonymously. In either case, be assured that the report will only discuss aggregate findings and that your company’s name will not be associated with any of the findings. In addition, none of the information you provide in the survey will be shared with third parties.The survey contains 59 questions and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you wish to save the responses you have provided and return at a later time, select “Next” at the bottom of your current page and, once the next page loads, close your browser. When you are ready to resume the survey, click again on the link above from the same computer and you will be directed to where you left off.Please complete the survey online at: The 2017 Corporate Communications Survey