A couple of recent blog posts by people who I admire and respect have made me think about my own career. First Paul Sutton wrote ‘Painting yourself into a corner’ about pivoting his business and following the advice “Carve yourself… Continue Reading
“I believe that measurement is the most important communication discipline.” Alex Aiken, head of the UK Government Communication Service If you only take one thing from AMEC’s 10th global summit it should be Alex Aiken’s bold assertion. In PR and… Continue Reading
Public relations strategy, planning, measurement, evaluation and crisis communications emerge as key skills and knowledge areas in the 2018 State of the Profession survey from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). This year’s report is important because for the… Continue Reading
The Taxpayers’ Alliance has published a report claiming that money invested in public health improvement is bad value for money. It claims that “many public health improvement programmes are not measured by whether they are cost effective, or even if… Continue Reading
“Relying on reach to identify influencers is like releasing a flock of seagulls hoping some will get lucky and s**t on the crowd below.” Call me a cynic (I am a grumpy old cynic), but it doesn’t bode well when… Continue Reading
The combined values of corporate reputations in the FTSE350 is worth nearly £1 trillion to the UK economy. The 2017 UK Reputation Dividend Report claims that 39% of all shareholder value is derived from corporate reputation making the combined reputational… Continue Reading
I’ve been telling the PR industry for some time now that things can’t go along as they are…. business as usual while mainstream media goes to hell in a hand basket. This week it hasn’t been business as usual because… Continue Reading
The State of the Profession 2017 survey by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) reveals that the PR profession still has a very long way to go before the skills and competencies of its practitioners meet the needs of modern… Continue Reading
I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis… Continue Reading
The latest Global Intangible Finance Tracker (GIFT) report reveals many directors, analysts, investors and other stakeholders don’t adequately understand how brand, reputation and other intangibles impact the value of their business. The GIFT report – produced by Brand Finance, CIMA… Continue Reading