‘Enough is Enough’ – an economic model for Net-Work and Net-Worth?
With its roots in 1546, the wisdom underlying the John Heywood proverb ‘enough is enough‘ has been recognised by many. But when is enough truly enough? The churning over the…
Fresh ideas for internal communication in the current economic scenario
I’ve been wanting to write a post about the importance of internal stakeholder management or internal communication in the current scenario of economic recession for a while. Now, after having…
What are best practices in public relations research, really?
There’s a discussion getting underway on the Institute for Public Relations website and among members of our Commission on PR Measurement & Evaluation. I’d invite your contributions as well. Dr.…
Should you avoid ’sinking the boat’ or ‘missing the boat’? The New Yorker on advertising spent. Does it also apply to public relations?
Some of you, I am sure, have read The Wisdom of Crowds, a 2004 book by James Surowiecki, financial editor of The New Yorker. It is a very inspiring book…
Is separating social and mainstream media in education a good idea? Let’s discuss..
Social media are increasingly considered by the public relations community (scholars, educators, professionals) as a ‘separate thing’, different from mainstream. Is this really so? And, even if it is… do…
Why Public Relations should celebrate the G20 meeting
As PR professionals we should celebrate the G20 meeting this week in London as an opportunity to demonstrate what public relations is all about. Essentially, this “informal forum” seeks to…
The Crisis. What else? Jean Pierre Beaudoin: social networks rather than storing oil and sugar.
Is public opinion, like the mythic Penelope, undoing in the night of the crisis what it reluctantly had accepted to weave in the light of growth? Has public opinion thus…