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European Communication Monitor 2012

By + on July 5, 2012 in corporate communications, public relations, social media

The European Communication Monitor 2012 has just been published. It is the largest transnational survey on strategic communication worldwide and almost 2,200 professionals from 42 countries participated. I haven’t had time to study it in-depth yet (the full report weighs in at 121 pages), as it is important to understand that this isn’t some light-weight [...]

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Working from home and gorging on cheese from the fridge

By + on July 5, 2012 in Business

After a year working from home again, and occasionally enjoying cheese and biscuits for lunch, I thought I’d share some thoughts about the experience.  Both myself and Karen my wife work mainly from home. I’m a PR trainer and consultant, specialising in digital corporate communications, online PR and digital public affairs while Karen is a [...]

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Commschat on CIPR Wikipedia guidance

By + on July 4, 2012 in CIPR, corporate communications, Ethics, public relations

I missed last night’s #commschat with Philip Sheldrake on the Wikipedia guidance that was published by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) last week. I think the CIPR guidance is a great first step and is currently the best way for public relations professionals to engage with Wikipedia on behalf of clients and employers. [...]

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Twitter Transparency Report reveals US government is top demander of private information

By + on July 3, 2012 in Crisis Communications, Government, Public Sector

The Twitter Transparency Report published today reveals that the US government has made more demands that Twitter hands over private information about users than every other government combined. The US government has made 679 ‘User Information Requests’ of which Twitter has provided some or all of the information demanded in an astonishing 75% of cases. [...]

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Social media newsrooms at CIPR Social Summer

By + on July 2, 2012 in CIPR, corporate communications, Media, public relations

Social media newsrooms and modernised media relations was the topic of my workshop last night at the latest Chartered Institute of Public Relations Social Summer. When the alternative was enjoying some rare summer sun I was delighted that so many PR and corporate communications people turned out. More than 50 signed up,which I think is [...]

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