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Category Archives: public affairs
The hardest word
2009 may go down as the year of the apology. PR people have long been advising those in the public spotlight be more forthcoming with apologies, so why haven’t the reputations of the contrite improved?
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Glass half full or empty?
With PR industry leaders predicting a year of growth in 2010, while public sector comms prepare for massive cuts in public spending, is the glass half full or half empty this Christmas?
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The wisdom of crowds
Politicians are queuing up at the party conferences to pledge which bits of the public sector they’ll axe in the race to cut government spending. But the cuts that are likely to win the most votes aren’t necessarily going to be the ones that will bring the greatest savings. Read more ...
A retort to the annual report
Annual reporting provides crucial accountability and transparency for publically funded organisations and businesses alike. But with most annual reports little more than exercises in vanity publishing, are they worth the (nicely laid-out and designed) paper they are printed on?
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Health reforms offer opportunity to improve comms