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.
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
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
August 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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
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
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
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
August 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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
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
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
August 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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
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
August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
Reposted by Tara McDonagh
Newsom responds to ICE agents outside his redistricting announcement.
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Newsom responds to ICE agents outside his redistricting announcement.
Reposted by Tara McDonagh
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: 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
August 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i’ve certainly had my issues with newsom but right now he’s nailing the moment
Reposted by Tara McDonagh
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
We wouldn’t need the list if we believed women.
August 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We wouldn’t need the list if we believed women.
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.
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
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
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
August 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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
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
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
August 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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
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.
Yet we've been taught to not get "defensive" when we're given feedback.
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
All feedback is not good feedback.
Yet we've been taught to not get "defensive" when we're given 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.
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.
August 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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.
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.
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Got called an OG Comms Leader/Expert last week and these are the vibes .... owning it.
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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.
July 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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.
January 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Just a reminder: All of this you’re seeing (or avoiding) on the news was preventable. Voting matters.
Reposted by Tara McDonagh
reichest man in the world
I'm just asking for ONE frontpage typo tomorrow. ONE.
I'm just asking for ONE frontpage typo tomorrow. ONE.
January 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
reichest man in the world
I'm just asking for ONE frontpage typo tomorrow. ONE.
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?
Off to sleigh the patriarchy.
Who's with me?
December 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM
The December look that's got rizz ...
Off to sleigh the patriarchy.
Who's with me?
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.
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.
November 21, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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.
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.
November 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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 …
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 …
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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 …
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 …