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Announcement – Deon Binneman to Facilitate Specialist Reputation Management training courses in November

During the month of November I will be facilitating the following training courses in Johannesburg. These courses are designed to enhance your reputation management efforts. TRAINING COURSES 10 November, Hotel Apollo, Ferndale, Randburg, Johannesburg MARKETING A CONSULTING PRACTICE (MARKETING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) This challenging 1-day workshop enables participants to acquire the skills and competencies required to […]

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You better be Awake: Searching for Vulnerabilities

A major activity of reputation management is surveillance of the internal and external environment.  That’s what journalists do to report on the news. The chief reason reputation managers need to do it is to search for areas of vulnerabilities. To search for potential issues, trends, patterns or events that might harm the organization’s reputation. To […]

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The Phrases That Kill Creativity

PR and Advertising agencies are supposed to be creative greenhouses. Yet, the old "Internal editor" in all of us, raises it’s head so easy. The "internal editor" I believe is our internal voice , our conscience, our left brain that can sometimes stop us from progressing. Years ago I worked with a consultant, a retired […]

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Face to Face remains a Vital Tool

Despite the rise in virtual meetings, business executives prefer face-to-face meetings, according to the results of a recent Forbes Insights study. The study, ‘’Business Meetings: The Case for Face-to-Face,”” was based on a June survey of 760 business executives. It found that 84% prefer in-person contact to virtual because face-to-face meetings enable them to build […]

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Stakeholder Reputation Management Master Class Registrations Close Today!

Your chance to register for next week’s Stakeholder Reputation ends this afternoon – Thursday, the 15th October at close of business. This is an ideal opportunity to join friends and colleagues to learn about the important strategic subject of managing stakeholders and their impact on organisational reputation. Here is a quick test for you. Can […]

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Learn How to Think like an Activist

Many managers cringe when they hear the word activist. Because, activists as a stakeholder group can potentially damage an organisation’s reputation if relationships with them are not carefully built, understood and maintained. I have always been intrigued how in movies, psychologists trying to track a serial murderer, try and become that person. They study that […]

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Want to Learn how to Defend and Protect your Organisation’s biggest Asset & Risk?

What: Reputation Protection & Defence Master Class2 – day Master Class on how to protect and defend an organisation’s reputation. It covers from Reputation Risk, Crisis Management, Crisis Communication & Online Reputation issues. When: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (all day) Where: Hotel Apollo, Randburg, Johannesburg Bram Fischer DriveJohannesburg, Gauteng   South Africa This event is a […]

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Lies, Lies…..Impact!

How naive some people can be! Do they really think that in today’s age, lies will not have an impact? The pathetic handling of the Caster Semenya’s case by the ASA (Athletics SA) is now having a ripple effect. Leonard Chuene, the president of ASA, has admitted he lied about knowing of the IAAF’s request […]