Barcelona 1 – Evaluation 0?
This month saw another cross-border event, with the agreement and publication of the "Barcelona Declaration of Research Principles" at the 2nd European Summit on Measurement. Five global bodies and 200…
OOPS! Gordon Brown's recent debacle leads public relators to think this one out, with some care….
If a subject to be trusted is ‘one who does what he says….walk the talk and, when useful, talk the walk…' then we must discipline ourselves to think, speak privately…
Why Every Communicator Should Agonize about France’s “Game of Death”
The power of the media and the ethics of communication are recurring themes for PR professionals and other communcators. Can an authoritative media voice push anyone to cross ethical lines…
Social Media go Mainstream? Euprera spring symposium in Gent (Belgium)
The most stimulating came from Betteke Van Rule: never has public relations been more public! she said from the floor. Which led me to think that, yes!, public relations is…
Obama losing control of his narrative? Then why is Berlusconi successfully holding his?
It seems that, during his first year in office, President Obama is progressively losing control of his narrative. It also seems that Italy’s Berlusconi is, instead, holding on to his…
Talibans implementing an apparently effective public relations campaign in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times.
This morning's edition of the New York Times carries on it's front page an enligthening article by Alissa Rubin on the Taliban's public relations campaign in Afhganistan, casting a well…
The Communication Initiative and Haiti: how we, public relators, can hope to add real value
My good friend Warren Feek, from the Communication Initiative, has sent the following message...very relevant in general, but even more specifically for our professional community. Please read and, where possible,…
2010: Battle begins for "real-time" relationships
Read the paper? Nah - that's old news. Watched the broadcast? No need, we were there when it happened. Tracked Twitter trends to spot what's unfolding? Didn't bother, we saw…
Tackling social migration tensions with the architectural and the generic principles and specific applications concepts of public relations
You might have read these last few days of the serious social crisis developed in the southern Italian city of Rosarno in the region of Calabria, where an exasperated local…
A year end invitation to discuss the global public relations attack against Google
I have no personal gripe with Google If anything, as an intense yet only partial user of its many and increasing services, I am a satisfied consumer of Google. This…