Dissent PR – from suffragettes to slut walks
Responding to the use of PR to challenge inequalities in society, Bournemouth University, has run a series of seminars looking at ‘dissent PR’ and ‘protest PR’. My own contribution was to take a look at the role of women as activists and agitators over the past century. Here I share some musings from [...]
Super-sized sound bites regarding the Arab Awakening
What makes for a great sound bite from a thought leader or information researcher, gatherer or curator is the ability to distill or crystallize a bigger concept or original observation into a compelling, usually short (and easily remembered) weaving of words.
Although it’s true that great sound bites can be (and often are) researched and crafted [...]