Quick answer should be “no”! A common question in job interviews often is ‘what would your friends say about you’? Modesty doesn’t come easy, but we try to answer it with as much of a poker face as we can. It seems that some organisations are stretching the ‘reading between the lines’ to a new…
In Learnings: At the PRINZ Conference held recently in Rotorua there was a lot of talk on the use of social media in public relations. Even though the context of these presentations was varied (ranging from creative industries like Weta Digital to local government like Northland Council), all speakers were of the opinion that social media facilitates dialogue. This got me wondering on the…
In Learnings: Among the presentations that appealed to me at the PRINZ Conference held recently in Rotorua was the one by Jason Dawson (GM, Community Relations, Northland Regional Council). Jason who is himself quite active on social media talked about using this platform to provide a ‘human’ voice to the organisation’s corporate messages. The best part was that…
UPDATE 17 June: In a ‘not so surprising’ turn of events, Weiner announced his resignation today. The embarrassment quotient of this video is reminiscent of the episode in Iraq when a shoe was thrown at George W. Bush. It’s high time that public figures understood that their lives (and all of ours as well) are an open book on…
When I was younger my mother who grew-up on Shakespeare and Keats would never let me use too much slang at home. She would frown and say, “that’s not even a real word”. Then again, that was the pre social media era (wow less than 30 but I sound so ancient, don’t I?!). In the past…
I like going to Rotorua. Once you get over the smell of sulphur, you start enjoying the character of the city. Nestled in heritage, it reminds you of Kiwiana that goes beyond summer barbys and souvenir shops in Auckland (though I love Auckland, three cheers for the shore!!!). This time around, my trip was for organising/attending the 2011…
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