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Edelman Capital Staffers Index 2011

By + on December 10, 2011 in corporate communications, Government, Politics, Public Affairs, social media

Edelman and StrategyOne, its global public affairs team, has just released the 2011 Capital Staffers Index which ‘analyses top trends in global public affairs and communications.’ It’s the third such annual report and is based on interviews with more than 500 senior staffers (legislative directors and above – not sure what job title this translates [...]

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Lobbying is helping a boy to get a puppy

By + on November 4, 2011 in Public Affairs, Video

Billy wants a puppy so he has to lobby his parents. Hill & Knowlton in Canada the USA has put this promotional video together to help demonstrate the positive side of public affairs and lobbying – how experts can help you communicate with government.

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Did Bingle bungle blog on Pickles?

By + on November 1, 2011 in CIPR, Marketing, Public Affairs, public relations, social media

Online public affairs and using social media and the internet for analysing and influencing public policy isn’t as well advanced in the UK as it is in the USA where Washington lobbyists use it far more than public affairs professionals do in Westminster, Whitehall and Brussels. Last month I ran a training webinar for the [...]

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Who is winning the UK political social media battle?

By + on October 31, 2011 in Infographic, Politics, Public Affairs, social media

Meltwater and The Holmes Report have created an infographic of the UK’s political social media scene. The report focuses on the volume and sentiment of online buzz for David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, from May to September of this year, searching through more than 200 million sources to provide insight into the popularity [...]

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Social media in UK politics infographic

By + on October 28, 2011 in Infographic, Politics, social media

Yatterbox, the University of York spin-out start-up that archives UK and US social media output, has released this infographic of social media in UK politics.

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Liam Fox and Adam Werritty put lobbying back on the agenda

By + on October 17, 2011 in CIPR, Ethics, Government, Politics, Public Affairs, social media

The Liam Fox and Adam Werritty saga has absolutely nothing to do with legitimate public affairs practice, but unfortunately it has served to put lobbying firmly back in the media and political spotlight. Today’s Guardian has an interesting article that analyses the coalition government’s meetings with external representatives in the first 10 months of coming [...]

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Public Affairs: Soap Box | PRWeek

By + on October 7, 2011 in CIPR, Public Affairs, public relations, Self Promotion, social media, Social Networks

This week’s PRWeek Public Affairs: Soap Box is a short op-ed by me on the importance of social media to public affairs professionals. This is the original piece, before I edited it down to fit PRWeek’s word count. As party conference season ends we’ve seen how all of the political parties have enthusiastically adopted social [...]

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Public affairs and social media on CIPR TV and training webinar

By + on October 3, 2011 in CIPR, Public Affairs, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

Public affairs and social media is very much on the agenda for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) at the moment with both a CIPR TV special and a training webinar on public affairs and social media.   Firstly, this Thursday (October 6) at 17:00 there is a special public affairs double bill on [...]

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