Commodity blogging
In an article about Mommy Bloggers on her Greenbanana blog, Heather Yaxley evokes the law of supply and demand, noting that “there are too many motoring writers and too few…
Authentic CEOs
I like the approach Marc Wright from Simply Communicate and Vice Chair of the IABC Europe and Middle East Region takes to discussing authenticity and corporate leadership. First he provides…
Information overload: a public relator’s risk, but also an opportunity….
In a report here from an Iabc conference last February in Lugano I suggested a thorough consultation of Martin Eppler and Jeanne Mengis ‘s research paper on informaton overload as…
Two ditsy thoughts and one good answer to the question: what now after Grunig? Online Public Relations by David Phillips and Philip Young
In these recent weeks, and in various encounters with professionals and scholars from around the world, I have stumbled more than once on to the question: ‘what now after Grunig?’……
Culture and Public Relations: a letter from Bled, Slovenia
As many of our visitors know, Bled is a small and lovely Slovenian town on the shores of a charming lake where, for 16 consecutive years, a trio of committed…
Yes we camp. Where does creativity stand in public relations practice?
Yes we camp. Creativity here dramatically overrides any rational argument or concept. I am sure you saw/heard these three simple words during media coverage of the recent G8 in earthquaked…
Bulgarian blog converses on integration difficulties of social media into public relations practice
Nelly Benova is a forceful and highly proactive figure in Bulgarian Public Relations. She represents the Bulgarian PR Association in the Global Alliance, in Cerp and also manages the CIPR…
Lessons on targetting audiences from Iran
One of the things that has struck me in the coverage of events in Iran is how well protestors there seem to have grasped a basic point of effective communications…