Frank communications means we will always be straight with you; always be imaginative and always seek the right solution for your organisation.
Barry Varcoe is a man to take seriously. He knows his stuff; he’s done the research and has an outstanding track record in facilities management. So, when he suggests that FM is at a crisis point the industry (that’s the FM supply chain, from clients to subbies and product providers) plus the professionals need to take notice. (more…)
When is PR, writing and general consultancy like sharing your life with a cat? Answer, most of the time actually.
If you’re a consultant working in the service sector then you might get where I’m coming from with this. Because, let’s face it, clients can be like cats. Hold that thought for a while. (more…)
Likeminds, the social media event in Exeter tomorrow (26 February) is going to be an exciting event for anyone wanting to learn about how social media can help their business. For me it going to be a watch and learn exercise, because as Chris Hall says in his blog from a few weeks ago, I am still in my social media teenage years. (more…)
One of the many reasons that Tiger Woods has fumbled the public handling of his indiscretions, and betrayal of his family, is his poor relationship with the media. Max Clifford pointed out in the Guardian on Saturday that a good PR person would have changed this for him over a period of time.
That might be the case, but any PR person can only do so much when faced with an intransigent or unenlightened client. (more…)
Did you see the story about Merseyside Police being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)? It is a brilliant and funny example of how there is a communications angle to everything we do.
Whilst trumpeting the “eye in the sky” arrest of a teenager who had fled from a presumed stolen Renault Clio, senior officers succeeded in alerting the CAA, which regulates UK airspace, to the fact that they had been using a remote-controlled flying robot equipped with thermal imaging cameras – without the correct authorisation.
So, what would have been a great story and PR coup backfired after it emerged the force itself could face prosecution because officers flew the surveillance aircraft without permission – a criminal offence. (more…)