Political spin was more sophisticated than business spin for some time. (Business soon caught up.) Now, in Britain at least, it is likely that a straight-forward approach might work well. Will the change be real? Will it spread?
Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin / Reviews on 2 September 2010. 2 comments.
Tony Blair’s memoirs are the most confessional in years from a world leader. The devout Catholic convert explains why politicians stray from their wives (not him so far as we know), escape to the loo for peace, and seek comfort in drink (in his case shockingly little of it). More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin / Reviews on 18 August 2010. One comment.
There’s been a hullabaloo about how Tony Blair’s gift of £4.6 million profit from his book to fund a Royal British Legion rehabilitation centre backfired. So allow me to defend Tony Blair’s acute sense of aligning his PR with the public mood. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / Energy issues / Political spin on 13 July 2010. One comment.
Imagine the outrage if gaffe-prone BP chief Tony Hayward had said yesterday that the Gulf Coast places were “as vibrant and just as beautiful as they’ve always been”. Well, that’s what First Lady Michelle Obama did say yesterday. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Energy issues / Political spin on 8 July 2010. 3 comments.
Here’s a thought. Is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Vision 2050 anything more than a PR survival plan for today’s big companies seeking a long-term and popular licence to operate?
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Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / PR issues / Political spin on 19 June 2010. 9 comments.
The last in my trilogy on the Stockholm Accords is dedicated to rebutting the authoritarian notion that PRs are “ideological governors of value networks”. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / Political spin on 29 April 2010. 3 comments.
Gordon Brown’s “Bigotgate” gaffe was fabulous. He’s caught complaining that his staff put him with the wrong sort of elector (having said he was opening himself to all comers) and then says he misunderstood what Mrs Duffy was saying. What’s to learn? More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / Political spin on 22 April 2010. 2 comments.
The British General Election barely registers on the street. It’s the mainstream media which is writing the narrative, creating overnight superstars, capturing the public’s attention, and driving opinion polls in all directions. What’s to learn? More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin / Trust and reputations on 8 April 2010. 4 comments.
In 1994 Tony Blair promised to turn the UK into a “stakeholder society” when he declared New Labour, New Britain. It was the cornerstone of his “Third Way” politics. But nobody’s talking about either term in the current UK General Election. Maybe the wheels will come off the “stakeholder” rhetoric in business too. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / Political spin on 14 February 2010. 8 comments.
Oh! My! God! Organizing for America, the successor to Obama for America, is searching for a Social Networks Manager: apply here. But before you do read this. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin / Trust and reputations on 13 December 2009. 5 comments.
