Recently, in our small college town, a non-profit social agency (which I think is dedicated to providing food to the needy) held a fundraiser. No one much paid much attention until a local paper covered the event and put a huge photo on the front page of young women stuffing money down the briefs of [...]
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Does anything go in PR?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged authentic communication, credibility, Integrity, public relations on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Real real and fake real — some differences between PR and advertising
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although this blog is called “making connections,” this time I’m working on a disconnect. What prompts this is a short video by Martin Lindstrom from Advertising Age (http://adage.com/brightcove/lineup.php?lineup=1182767334) in which Lindstrom talks about the “Authenticity Trend” in advertising. Lindstrom highlights the current popularity of ads faking the real — in this case [...]
On Leadership and Public Relations
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged authentic communication, leadership, public relations on February 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some might object to putting those terms together – Leadership and PR. Not me. If done right, PR can serve a leadership role in organizations. Not only in terms of communication, but also in terms of action.
Some of my students learned that this week. In their capstone PR course, working with actual clients, students faced the [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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