Two great stories from the Cape Town Festival

By far the most interesting presentation of the Fourth World Public Relations Festival arrived when Ms. Mindi P. Kasiga, Senior Communication Officer from the Office of the President of Tanzania, brilliantly took us through a fascinating five year process of total rehaul of that Government’s communication in its transition from an information to a dialogue based model of public relations practice.

Is it too soon for the media to begin assigning blame? PR practitioners invited to weigh in with a vote

In its Daily ‘Dog section of the website, Bulldog Reporter (which bills itself as “The Leading Source of PR Views, News and Tools”) usually has a running “Pulse of PR” spot poll. Often time the results are interesting and relatively useful from a “trends” perspective. Given the glut of information (from many mediums) and opinion over the past week, the most recent one seems particularly timely. Do you think it’s too soon for the media...

Measuring Social Media: a post from Frank Ovaitt, President of the Institute for Public Relations

“A new blog is created about once every two seconds. New videos are posted to YouTube even more frequently. Virtually everyone with a computer (98%) goes on line to search for information before making a purchase. Video search is taking over text search as the most popular form of searching. Politicians, marketers, and individuals are embracing new forms of social networking…at unprecedented levels.”