Public Relations


Olympic Games Interactive History: Beijing Olympic Games 2008

Olympic Games Interactive History: Beijing Olympic Games 2008

The New York Times has an interactive map of Olympic Medal History, which is really very nifty, however…

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Ad Agencies writing your Blog Slogan? Who would you trust?

Last week the Independent had a survey of a number of advertising agencies, and mentioned their slogans.

I thought it would be interesting to see what bloggers - who all come up with our own slogans (except the Wardman Wire, which doesn’t have one - yet). Iif anyone has a good suggestion for a blog slogan for the WW, drop it into the comments.

I’ve included the name of each agency, the slogan, and the paragraph of “blurb” they use to introduce their advertising services. The poll is at the bottom - who would you trust?

First the slogans and blurb to compare, then the poll.

Training PR practitioners in risk assessment

By Heather Yaxley
As the general secretary of the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association (MIPAA), I develop training and workshops for our 450 members.  One area that we have identified as key, especially in relation to organising launch events with journalists, is risk assessment.
This was evident from the recent report by the HSE into the Top Gear crash in 2006 […]

PR perspective on Health & Safety

By: Heather Yaxley 
Maybe you think that if only those PR people would do their job properly, there wouldn’t be all the media outrage about “health & safety” gone mad - and the public would have more respect for risk management.
Well, as a professional public relations consultant, I thought it would be interesting to borrow Matt’s […]