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Thoughts about public relations

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Generally special

9 July 2020430 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: public relations

You should hire us generalists. We’re great.

Don’t quote me…

11 June 2020
Filed in Filed inAsides
Themes: public relations, random stuff

I’m so good, I can turn two sentences into an 18 page PowerPoint presentation.

— Gary Taylor (@GaryTaylor67) June 11, 2020

Mid-crisis review

16 April 20201,127 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: crisis comms, public relations

There’s never a bad time to review your messaging and go back to basics.

Through the Looking Glass

14 January 2020874 words1 Comment
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: public relations

Once in a while you get to experience stakeholder communications as a recipient rather than a messenger.

Don’t blame the PR

19 November 2019399 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: crisis comms, public relations

When is a ‘PR crisis’ not a crisis? When ‘PR’ hasn’t been involved.

Carol v Tim

28 August 2019380 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: philosophical, public relations

We lost two very different practitioners this month.

Take back your web?

15 June 2019470 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: philosophical, public relations, technology

Perhaps it’s time to go back to first principles.

If, by spin,…

28 April 2019703 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: public relations

Ah, spin. Good in cricket, billiards and snooker, bad in communications?

Image: cover graphic from the State of the Profession survey (c) CIPR

The whole picture

4 April 2019724 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: CIPR, grumpiness, public relations

The dangers of drawing conclusions from incomplete data, as shown by the CIPR’s State of the Profession survey.

A PR-Marketing Venn Diagram

12 March 2019458 words
Filed in Filed inCommunications
Themes: public relations

One of those random thoughts I have when at a loose end… how far do our two disciplines overlap?

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