Microsoft has announced an extension of its software donations programme that is designed to give not-for-profit organisations access to its software including Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Sharepoint 2010. It has added three new categories of nonprofit organisation including amateur sports and recreational organizations, which I’m guessing means all the small community [...]
Archive | July, 2011
Internet marketing strategy–free white paper from Econsultancy
Econsultancy is running an interesting little experiment in content marketing and CEO Ashley Friedlein has emailed its 30,000 members worldwide asking us to publish a story and link to its free Internet Marketing Strategy white paper, using the link anchor text Internet Marketing Strategy. I haven’t had chance to read it yet, but many of [...]

The real social network experts are elephants
We’re recently back from an unforgettable three weeks in Sri Lanka where we were lucky enough to see wild Asian elephants close-up in their natural habitat. That’s why I was fascinated to see (via the Daily Mail!) some new research that shows that elephants have larger social networks of ‘friends’ than scientists previously thought. Previous [...]
PRCA and Meltwater v. NLA latest court judgment
The Public Relations Consultants Association and Meltwater, on behalf of the public relations industry, have been involved in a long-running dispute with the NLA (Newspaper Licensing Authority) and today the UK Court of Appeal issued the latest ruling in the long-running saga. It’s fair to say it is a mixed verdict. The court has ruled [...]
Android infographic: the story of Android
Very rarely do I respond to an email pitch for coverage, but I’ll make an exception for Xcube Labs which has sent me a link to this interesting infographic charting the history and growth of Android: Infographic by Android Developers at [x]cubelabs
Some Comms Awards – last chance to enter
This year I’ve again got the honour of being one of the judges in the second annual Some Comms Awards. There are 19 different categories to enter, including a new one – the Mark Hanson Award, in honour of our colleague Mark Hanson to recognise the brightest and most promising social media communicator under 30 [...]
Hackgate: The Movie
News International – the movie trailer. #notw
Rupert Murdoch sorry advert – apologises for NOTW and News International
Interesting mix between using we and I: Rupert Murdoch ‘sorry’ ad
CIPRTV | Standards in journalism
The latest CIPRTV looked at the questions of are business pressures on the media eroding standards in journalism and what are the implications for the public relations industry? Guests were Brian Cathcart, Professor of journalism at Kingston University and Claire Wardle PhD, Co-founder, Ultra Social.
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Public relations isn’t part of marketing
February 4, 2013
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PR ethics – European Association of Communication Directors’ debate
January 14, 2013
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PR, Wikipedia and BP–a sorry tale
March 28, 2013
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EE customer service eventually comes up trumps
January 10, 2013
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How PR can use Flipboard to create magazines
May 14, 2013
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Tom Foremski Thought Leaders event at the CIPR
May 14, 2013
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How PR can use Flipboard to create magazines
May 14, 2013
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Celebrate Europe Day today
May 9, 2013
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CIPR president election for 2014
May 8, 2013
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UNICEF reminds people Facebook Likes don’t save lives
May 2, 2013
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Stuart Bruce
Award-winning international communications trainer and consultant specialising in online PR, digital corporate communications,digital public affairs and social media. Frequent international media commentator and conference speaker.