Rosé Schmosé: The PR Industry at Cannes
My social feed is already jammed with pictures and links to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and I am more than a little envious of those there and cursing a travel and budget schedule that...
View ArticleLucky is a State of Mind
Guest post by Iain Twine, CEO of Edelman Southeast Asia and Australasia. I am an Australian male born in the 70s. A proud dad of two boys, Rupert and Harvey. And happily married to a fabulous lady...
View ArticleLies, damn lies and feelings
Political campaigns have a habit of hot-housing communication techniques that are then adopted by the wider communications industry. Pick your election and there is sure to have been a new...
View ArticleThe EPL. At last the football begins.
It’s the eve of a new English Premier League football season so indulge me whilst I indulge myself. It’s not easy being a fan these days. It used to be so much simpler. Support your team at the ground,...
View ArticlePR in the Post-Truth Era
Last week I mused about how the communications industry might look if it adopted modern-day political campaign techniques. It was more in jest than in earnest, but on reflection the communications...
View ArticleA balanced and fair gender match in business is good business
Guest post by Bob Grove, CEO of Edelman North Asia. A version of this article originally appeared in Communications Director Magazine. In many ways I am a ‘typical bloke’. While I am conscious of my...
View Article#InPepWeTrust
Forgive my combining of two obsessions. My football team, Manchester City, has hired the coach most people would say is currently the greatest in the world: Pep Guardiola. He is well known for playing...
View ArticleHow many planners does it take to change a light bulb?
When I was a planner in an ad agency I was told my job was three things: To provide the creatives with an insight that they could build an idea on (the intellectual bit). To make sure that the view of...
View ArticleWhen you can’t get a dance at your own party.
In the last month I must have looked at over 400 case studies as jury member at the Asia Pacific Effies and as PR jury chairman and integrated jury member at the Dubai Lynx. The news for the PR...
View ArticlePR’s PR problem
Paul Holmes of the Holmes Report just took aim at PR firms for; “jettisoning the term “public relations.” He believes; “practitioners are turning their backs on the one thing that differentiates PR...
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