This is a must read for anyone in PR. Are you still working in a company where they try and measure publicity success by how many media releases you produced? Last week this practice came under fire and damaged the reputation of PR practitioners around the Globe, after Chris Anderson, the executive editor of Wired […]

Yeah! Maybe I did get your attention? Fellow Bloggers, sometimes I am sure you get to a place where you have so much to write about but nothing wants to come out. It is like Word constipation! I want to write about consumers being ripped off, people writing nasty e-mails because they received a notification […]

I am currently reading the pdf version of Katie Delahaye Paine’s new book "Measuring Public Relationships" . This book is a practical guide to hands-on public relations measurement. As public relations professionals realize, PR measurement is a multi-disciplinary combination of communications, research and statistical methods, social psychology, and office politics. Katie Paine’s new book adds […]

STAKEHOLDER REPUTATION (7th & 8th November 2007) This 2 -day course shows business leaders and managers how to establish and maintain positive, mutually beneficial stakeholder relations. Based on a synthesis of ideas from community relations, marketing, strategic communication, reputation and stakeholder management, organizational change, sustainability and CSI thinking, it offers an integrated framework, as well as […]

Recently the 5th Edelman Asia Pacific Stakeholder Research: Trust at the Crossroads in Australia’ revealed a drop of 50 per cent in levels of trust for business in Australia. This was Edelman’s fifth annual Asia, the third year with qualitative data from Australia, conducted in partnership with Harris Interactive Inc., one of the world’s leading […]

Recently the LR Group received the overall award for Best Employer in South Africa – see http://www.bestcompany.co.za/default.asp?pageID=509&menuID=09 In an interview with the Rapport newspaper, the CEO Ricky Robinson singled out the importance of making employees part of the strategy and values of an organization. He also emphasized the importance of buy-in and strategic alignment. Upon […]

Loyalty means letting others know that what we belong to is an important part of us. It means standing up for that which we value and the people we work with to achieve those values. But sometimes it is not that easy. Companies alienate us through their culture and the way they treat us. Often […]

As a consultant I have always known that my only stock in trade is my reputation (and intellectual capital). I have also known that time is my most precious commodity and that (after being in private practice for more than eleven years) that managing and marketing a consulting practice is a very time intensive exercise. […]

GREETINGS! I would like to extend a personal invitation to attend our next upcoming "Reputation Management” Courses in Johannesburg, South Africa. The need for trained reputation managers around the world is ever-increasing.  —————- DATES: Stakeholder Reputation – Taught by Deon Binneman Date:  Monday, May 14 to Tuesday, May 15, 2007 The Stakeholder Reputation seminar shows business […]

Dear Colleague, The sixty-ninth edition of Powerlines, my e-mail newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure. It contains articles entitled “Lessonsfrom the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2007 Report, Nothing Wrong with Authenticity, Industry Awards And Its Impact On Corporate Reputation,Compliance Risk And Its Impact On Reputation, HeVs She – A Case Of Skewed […]