Dr. Laura Schlessinger tells the following story: "Guy comes to the guru in the road and says, "Guru, which way is success?" Guru points off silently, because gurus don’t talk when they’re wearing white robes. Guy goes off in that direction and then you hear SPLAT. Guy comes back, a little bloody, a little worn, […]
Following the African National Congress’s win in South Africa’s general elections of 22 April, Jacob Zuma is to be sworn in as the country’s fourth president of the post-apartheid era. The inauguration ceremony will take place on the 9 May 2009 at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Dealing with large scale international events as well […]
The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to its second-highest level Wednesday, indicating the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico is nearing widespread human infection. Dr. Margaret Chan, the U.N. agency’s director-general, said the decision to raise the alert to level five on its six-point scale means all countries "should immediately now […]
Experienced market researchers, accident investigators and law enforcement officials will tell you that how you ask questions can influence the results you get. This is what my son shared with me the other night, when I asked him what he had learned that day at university (He is studying Creative Brand Communications). His reply reminded […]
There was a security guard who continued to be deployed for 3 years in the same establishment.. One night he got drunk. This was the first time it ever happened.. The duty manager recorded it in the log book;’The security guard was drunk tonight’. The guard read it and he knew this comment would affect […]
I just read a very good article about online communities. This article by Nancy Strauss – Should You Launch a Brand Community? contains excellent pointers. For instance, What Is an Online Community? Often, the designated community sections of corporate and e-commerce Web sites do not actually function as online communities. Instead, they are pages where […]
Want to learn more about Stakeholder Reputation Management? Then start to use your eyes and a scissors! What do I mean? The Afrikaans newspaper, the Beeld today ran an an article called ‘Zuma bekoor Afrikaners’. On the right side of Mr Zuma’s face there is a block that contains a list of all the stakeholders […]
The Beeld newspaper’s headline today reported that ANC president, Jacob Zuma met yesterday with a number of Afrikaans stakeholder groups to discuss a a variety of issues(‘Zuma bekoor Afrikaners’) Apparently many of the groups said that the meeting was very positive and was a new start for an Afrikaner/ANC relationship. This is fine, but there […]