I quite like Sir Michael Lyons (the government’s go to guy for tedious but worthy reports). He spent some years investigating the financing of local government and concluded… Well few know what he concluded because his analysis, though detailed, was dull.…
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
We all need a better local BBC
Posted in old media
The BBC does it again
Call to vote for your favourite dancer on Strictly Come Dancing: the money goes to Children in Need right? Wrong. And yet many people have said it does, recently and with confidence. As BBC On-line currently says “Correction 20 November…
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Posted in crisis comms, old media
Talking better than coercion: shock
The UK Organ Donation Taskforce has concluded that an opt out or presumed consent system for organ donation will not be effective. Instead the task force recommended better publicity about the issue and training for staff to talk to relatives. The…
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Posted in government
Haringey
Should I even write this? I’ve been fretting about this post for a day or so now. This is a blog about PR Strategy and Crisis Comms looking at what’s in the news and commenting on or analysing the strategy.…
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Posted in crisis comms, government
Pause before pressing SEND
A long but fascinating (at least to the geekily inclined) post from Robert J Moore proving what can be unearthed about companies on-line even if they think it is hidden quickly followed by a shorter and pithier post by Charles Arthur about…
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Posted in crisis comms
Is this the most influential brand in the country?
Arr, there’s the badger This is a screengrab from a recent Autumn Watch episode. In case you’ve missed this: it is a curious series rapidly achieving the status of institution in which vast amounts of BBC resources are deployed so…
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Posted in nfp
The wisdom of twitter
A consultancy called Setfive has put together a fun little experiment. They are analysing twitter tweets live for mentions of the US Presidential race and mapping these to predict how different states are voting. Dissappointingly they haven’t factored in the…
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Posted in Social Media
Another day, another communications crisis
The sky is falling in So we all know about Russell Brand, Jonathon Ross and the BBC. (If you’ve been on a meditative retreat for the past week catch up here.) Personally I don’t much like Russell Brand but then…
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