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Ewan MacColl The Manchester Rambler

By + on April 24, 2012 in public relations

Such an evocative song and even more amazing when you consider Ewan MacColl was just 17 when he wrote it for the mass trespass of Kinder Scout on April 24, 1932 – 80 years ago today. My four year old daughter loves singing it.

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FIR Interview: Stuart Bruce and Phil Gomes on PR and Wikipedia

By + on January 14, 2012 in CIPR, Ethics, public relations

Global PR podcast FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz used Google+ Hangout to record a special FIR Interview show with Phil Gomes (Senior VP, Edelman Digital) and myself discussing current initiatives to improve how public relations professionals can work with Wikipedia. Related articles CIPR to work with Wikipedia on how PR professionals should interact [...]

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Wikipedia and PR have got to work it out

By + on January 4, 2012 in CIPR, Ethics, public relations, social media

Still in the midst of his highly successful campaign against News International UK MP Tom Watson has embarked on a second campaign – this time to sort out the relationship between the PR business and Wikipedia. On a Wikipedia talk page Tom says: ‘The general point that I think is more important for the site. [...]

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Looking forward to 2012

By + on January 3, 2012 in corporate communications, Public Affairs, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

In my personal reflections on 2011 blog post I promised/threatened to write a post about my professional plans and hopes for 2012. If 2011 was the year that I decided to pursue a portfolio career, then 2012 will have to be the year that brings it all together. Client / PR agency online PR and [...]

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A reflection on 2011

By + on December 30, 2011 in Business, corporate communications, Politics, Public Affairs, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

This year has been one of the most tumultuous ever for me. It has had its highs and its lows. It has seen me make momentous decisions that have changed my life for the better. The year started with several discussions with companies that were interested in acquiring or investing in Wolfstar. For a variety [...]

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Bell Pottinger, Uzbekistan and digital public affairs

By + on December 6, 2011 in public relations

Just pulled together a quick Storify of how I followed and participated in the discussion and reporting around today’s Bell Pottinger Uzbekistan story. View the story “Bell Pottinger, Uzbekistan and digital public affairs” on Storify]

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Public relations defined for the 21st century

By + on November 23, 2011 in CIPR, public relations, Reputation Management

      The Public Relations Society of America has sparked some interesting discussion by launching a ‘crowd sourcing’ initiative to create a new definition for public relations. Neville Hobson is encouraging people to take part and has helpfully shared some of the various PR definitions that exist – PRSA, CIPR and even Wikipedia. Danny [...]

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Top 50 business blogs 2011 by Strategist News

By + on November 11, 2011 in Business, public relations, Self Promotion

PR people and bloggers love lists and A PR Guy’s Musings is listed on a good few public relations and business blog rankings. But, I’m actually quite pleased to be on this new ‘Best Business Blogs 2011 list from Strategist News. Pleased because it has helped me to discover some interesting new business and corporate [...]

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State of Social Report 2011 by Econsultancy

By + on November 10, 2011 in corporate communications, Marketing, public relations, Reputation Management, social media, Social Networks

Today Econsultancy published its new State of Social Report 2011. It make interesting reading. Thanks to Econsultancy I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview and was able to provide some comments on its findings. I’ve published my comments at the end of this report, but if you’re responsible for any aspect of social [...]

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Corporate affairs is gaining in influence and should never report to marketing

By + on November 2, 2011 in corporate communications, Marketing, public relations, Reputation Management, social media

Just catching up on last week’s PRWeek and Danny Rogers, editor-in-chief of Brand Republic’s marketing titles, wrote a great op-ed on the growing importance of corporate affairs directors. A top corporate headhunter told me this week that corporate affairs directors had, without doubt, gained in influence compared with marketing directors over the past few years. [...]

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