Suddenly, it’s Trust Barometer time again…
As regular as the first snowdrops, the Edelman Trust Barometer pokes over the top of the New Year towards Spring. This week, the executive summary was unveiled and, having waded…
European studies on communication: two reflections
The European Communication Monitor study has put it clearly: for public relations professionals in Europe, Internal Communication and change management is the fastest growing area in terms of importance. It…
Reputation lost, reputation won: Lessons from Aristotle and Barack Obama. Ronel Rensburg on Rhetoric and Public Relations. A South African Perspective.
by Ronel Rensburg While watching the acceptance speech (“This is your victory”) by Barack Obama upon winning the presidential race in Chicago, I experienced a long-forgotten feeling of excitement towards…
Retaining Professionals Who Thrive on Challenge
This post appeared original on the Institute for Public Relations blog, written by Pamela Blum and Vanessa Tremaro. In any service based industry, client retention and employee retention are inextricably…
Live at the Inauguration with 3000 “Friends” per Minute
I had a new experience yesterday that helped me understand the “social” in social media a little better. I use Facebook to maintain with far-distant friends and to get back…
How cognitive dissonance is impacting this growing universal habit of blaming the media for the worsening of the crisis.
Some 77% of american public opinion (if such an animal ever existed) is reported to consider media reports largely responsible for the worsening of the global economic crisis. What is…
Starving for Context and Translation: Lessons from the 2008 Food Crisis
The first half of 2008 was a blur for me. When the global food crisis hit, the fertilizer industry went from obscurity to centre stage in the blink of an…
New Thinking to Drive the Science of Public Relations
With the announcement of the Institute for Public Relations Research Fellows to guide this organization’s overall research program, Bulldog’s Daily Dog gave me the opportunity to write an op-ed.
The Business of Business is… Responsible Business: where public relations becomes relevant, in the form of stakeholder relationship management
1. The perspective of this new-year note on ‘the business of business is responsible business’ is that the current economic crisis is only one of the consequences of a historic…