The serious business of public relations
It is interesting that the word ‘consultant’ derives from the Latin, consultare, meaning to debate or discuss. That implies its function is to assist in two-way communications – yet, the…
Tiny bites of differentiation, feeding the business body and soul
Cross-posted from Ellen (Elli) St. George Godfrey’s Ability, Success Growth blog, this is the “framing” post for this week’s #kaizenblog chat (where I’m joining regular host, Elli, as the guest…
War Child Canada's creative fight for attention
Madeline Lunney interviews James Topham, War Child Canada’s director of communications and marketing Backgrounder Inspired by altruism, faith, family or end-of-year taking stock (and income tax receipts), the majority of…
PR lessons from 2010 – the year of the mega crisis
Undoubtedly 2010 has been the year of the mega crisis, which as the Guardian’s City editor, Richard Wachman recently commented provide ‘a textbook example of how not to do things…
PRoust Questionnaire: Peter V. Stanton
The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as their professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar…
Facing up to the PR talent challenge
One of the interesting outcomes of my position on the boundary of PR academia and practice is that I’m often asked for recommendations about finding PR talent. This frequently applies…
Sliding doors: Italian PR
By Toni Muzi Falconi Way back in 1983, the young Italian sociologist, Emanuele Invernizzi (current president of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (Euprera), carried out on behalf…
Engineering Search: The story of the algorithm that changed the world
New radio documentary from Ira Basen airs on December 5th This coming Sunday (December 5th), a new, one-hour documentary is set to air on CBC Radio One’s The Sunday Edition.…
Writings On The Wall
A twitterwall is a tool, nothing else. Don’t blame the twitterwall for all the stupid things that might appear on it. Used prudently, twitterwalls can add a lot of value…
Public relations remains focused on media relations
From a PR perspective, there’s a problem with all the discussion regarding the merits or otherwise of paywalls to access online content, the impact of social media or the role…