Platform Updates
Updates, enhancements, and improvements to the PIO Calendar platform and user experience.
Use this category for:
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New features or tools
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UX/UI improvements
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Backend changes users should know about
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Bug fixes or performance upgrades (high-level, non-technical)
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Submission process improvements
Rule of thumb:
If you built it, fixed it, or improved it, this is the category.
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The PIO Calendar Is Easier to Explore—and More Transparent About Its Impact
The PIO Calendar has received a significant platform update featuring a redesigned homepage, improved opportunity discovery, rotating event updates and a new public statistics dashboard.
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The PIO Calendar Shop Is Now Open!
The PIO Calendar Shop is officially open! Explore PIO-themed stickers, merchandise and resources created for public information officers and communicators, plus preorder The Strategic Communicator’s Calendar 2027.
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Introducing PIO Perspective: Your Questions. The Profession’s Perspectives.
The PIO Calendar introduces PIO Perspective, a new platform where public information officers can participate in surveys, share experiences, and learn from their peers.
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Platform Update: A Better Way to Find and Explore PIO Events
The PIO Calendar’s latest platform update introduces improved event listings, clearer pricing, stronger organization connections, better mobile support, and new tools for maintaining accurate event information.
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Platform Update: A More Reliable and Accurate PIO Calendar
The PIO Calendar has introduced improvements to event search, duplicate detection, quality reviews, event markers, schedule-change protection, and platform monitoring.
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Updated Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy
Effective August 30, 2026 We have updated The PIO Calendar’s Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy to reflect the continued growth of the platform. The updated policies provide clearer information about accounts, invitations, submissions, professional and author profiles, the Bookshelf, PIO Picks, the Jobs Network, email communications, analytics, affiliate links, and AI-assisted features. These updates…
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Platform Update: Free Training Opportunities Are Now Easier to Spot 🆓
One of the best parts of building The PIO Calendar is hearing directly from the people who use it. Recently, Tyler Dumont reached out with a simple suggestion: make free training opportunities easier to identify in our email newsletters. It was a great idea. Beginning this week, free events featured in both the Weekly Digest…
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Platform Update: New Feedback Tools Added to Improve The PIO Calendar Experience
The PIO Calendar has always been built around a simple idea: make it easier for public information officers and communicators to discover opportunities that help them learn, connect, and grow. As the platform continues expanding, we are adding new ways to better understand what users need and how we can continue improving the experience. Today,…