Disintermediation can be a nightmare for many of us! Should we join the blogosphere purifyers?
Is it professional blasphemy to draw a comparison between some of the worries over the excessive autonomy of the blogosphere, recently voiced by the Presidents of Iran and China but clearly argued and prepared by their public relations advisors, and the growing frustration that many of us who work for, or inside some of the [...]
A call for help! Enhancing Britain’s Reputation: the perception of country identity in social media. What would YOU say?
In a few weeks in London (February 26-27) I will be participating at a conference, organized by TMS, the Management School London, dedicated to Enhancing Britain’s Reputation Summit A4 brochure.pdf Specifically I am expected to present for 20’ on the topic: the perception of country identity in social media …
Listen to this: wish all journalists were so correct in their handling of our profession!!
The canadian professional community is commenting on the first of six hours of canadian broadcasting corporation radio coverage of the relationship between public relations, spin and journalism. Here is the link to the first program. Listen and comment if you wish. I found it very well done, balanced and interesting:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/spincycles/index.html
Interview with Colin Farrington, director general of CIPR and incoming Chair of the Global Alliance: at the risk of seeming complacent…
At the risk of seeming complacent…says in the following interview to this blog, Colin Farrington, chair elect of the Global Alliance and since seven years director general of UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations…
Is the research rather than education based trend in american universities good or bad for the profession? An interesting debate with implications for all scholars, educators and professionals in the world
Jack O’Dwyer’s web site has brewed, in these last few days, a very interesting discussion sparked by a caustic and titillating op-ed authored by Bill Huey under the title ‘Sorry State for PR Education’ Huey jan 18.doc …
About this ‘country reputation’ fad after last week’s summit in Washington and the coming one in London..maybe the World Bank has got it right?
Last week in Washington DC, 150 Senior Public Relations Professionals -from as many powerful private US corporations- gathered by the PR Coalition (an organization which comprises many American professional associations representing overall some 50 thousand members), met with the leaders of the State Department to discuss how enhancing joint programs between public and private sector [...]
Our colleagues from the Presidential Office of the Government of Iran warn that blogosphere should not only avoid criticisms but also abstain from being overzealous! So what else is new?
Public, private and social institutions, supported and assisted by our colleagues around the world, are having an increasingly hard time in coping with the fact that even if and when they succeed in controlling mainstream media (a daring task in many countries), there is little they can do to control social media. The most they [...]