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PR should help leaders lead, not listen

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Opinion research / Trust and reputations on 28 February 2010. 6 comments.

Here’s a manifesto in favour of decent top-down adult leadership rather than the febrile fashions of the crowd.   More »

Obama’s left: turning on the SM crowd

Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / Political spin on 14 February 2010. 7 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 »

Blowing the whistle on Wikileaks

Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / Media issues / Trust and reputations on 1 February 2010. 4 comments.

Warning: this post is counter-revolutionary. A recent BBC’s Culture Show celebrated how Wikileaks exposes anything which comes its way with no chance of legal comeback. Supposedly this will usher in a revolution in openness. Here’s the case against transparency in defence of trust. More »

How organisations can survive the Tweet-sphere

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Crisis management / Media issues on 26 January 2010. 2 comments.

Manchester United and Manchester City have advised their players against using social media accounts. It would seem the players have accepted the advice. The WSJ has taken a similar stance on SM. There are serious issues here to explore. More »

Obama doesn’t Tweet. Does it matter?

Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin on 26 November 2009. 4 comments.

Barack Obama has 2.6 million followers on Twitter and follows around 750, 000, but he recently admitted that he’s never Tweeted in his life. Are you surprised? I’m not. But some people might need to reconsider their hype. More »

BM’s COO Roman Geiser interviewed

Posted by Paul Seaman under PR issues on 12 November 2009. One comment.

When local boy Roman Geiser, Burson-Marsteller’s Swiss CEO, was catapulted into the stratosphere as Chief Operating Officer for EMEA, I just had to make the twenty-minute train ride to Zurich to interview him. More »

Ready for the real PR revolution?

Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / PR issues on 4 November 2009. One comment.

I’m captivated by the provocative headlines on Paul Holmes’s PR blog. The other day he posted a piece entitled For good PR people, digital changes nothing. That made me clap. It also sparked the urge to build on his comments. More »

Why hate Ryanair’s PR?

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Trust and reputations on 15 October 2009. 4 comments.

Disclosure: I’ve never flown Ryanair. So I might be speaking out the bottom of my non-reclining seat. However, I love most of Ryanair’s PR. Here’re ten reasons why (and the cavil). More »

Future trends in PR? Look East!

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / PR issues on 14 October 2009. One comment.

I’ve got that post-holiday feeling (seven days by Lake Lugano, thanks). You’ll know it. Suddenly I think I understand lots of stuff … So here’s what I think is going wrong in a good deal of PR thought. More »

Defend Intellectual Property against Mr. Toad

Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / PR issues on 13 September 2009. 8 comments.

There’s no doubt, I’m becoming a New Labour fan – sort of, selectively. And just as it is about to be replaced, and all. Take Peter Mandelson’s proposal to protect copyright by introducing laws that could cut the connections of millions of free-loading piratical internet users. That’s the stuff! More »

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