Reality TV? Bothered?
Well, yes actually… a little. As although I successfully stopped myself being sucked into watching Channel 4’s most recent Big Brother offering, I feel compelled to comment on the furore which has swamped our newspapers following the racist remarks exchanged by this year’s celebrity Z-listers...
NGOs and Trust
NGOs survive on public trust said Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International one of the panelists at this year’s Edelman Trust Borometer Launch in London. Public trust in NGOs is high because the issues they work on resonate with the public said Khan. Following on from this year’s emphasis...
A nation of cynics?
Social responsibility and employee engagement were the two key elements highlighted in Stuart Smith’s speech discussion of this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer UK results reflecting on the UK statistics. A few statistics and information: - Business is the most trusted source by opinion leaders. -...
Trust in me
Trust is crucial for NGOs, religious institutions, politics and business; on Monday at The Imagination Gallery, London, Stuart Smith Edelman London CEO, welcomed a record turnout of representatives from these sectors to the launch of Edelman’s 8th annual Trust Barometer. Business is more trusted than...
Edelman celebrates Burns Night
Friday drinks and nibbles is common practice here at Edelman – after all, we deserve a little bit of guilty pleasures after daily fresh fruits and toast breakfast every morning, oh and plenty of hard work! It’s also the place for us grads to catch up, have a pre-drink before heading to the famous...
In-house vs Agency PR
Recently I had an amazing opportunity to work in-house at one of the global leaders in wireless and broadband communication. As you can imagine, working on a global account in an agency, liaising with different countries is already a challenging task, so working in-house means there is a lot of work...
Press vs politicians, who is more in touch with the public?
I recently attended an interesting debate in the House of Commons with the motion ‘the press are more in touch with the public than politicians’. Ian Reeves and Celia Duncan (Press Gazette and CosmoGirl respectively) debated against George Galloway and Peter Bottomley for the motion. Given the increasing...
iPhone believe it!
The BBC News Website today carries the story of the unveiling of the ‘magical’ new iPhone. Apple’s latest unveiling has been in the pipeline for sometime now and tidbits of information have been leaking from the orifices of the web over the past few months. Reghardware.com ran a story...
What’s good for the gander is not necessarily good for the goose…
There are many irritating witticisms in life usually inflicted upon us by our forebears. Thinking about them briefly, i recall how many times i was told as a child to “do as i say, don’t do as i do” and yet in complete contradiction and with as great a frequency, “what’s...
Self praise is no recommendation…self promotion on the other hand…
Just a brief note to remind anyone interested in working for this award winning agency that the deadline for Edelman’s Grad Scheme is fast approaching – 31st January 2007. If you’ve not thought about it yet and have somehow, inexplicably stumbled across this glorious blog, take a look...
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