No stakeholders? Forget good policy.

put your hand up if you are having a good time Uploaded by micn2sugars on 18 Jun 07, 3.16PM BST.

As anyone working in policy will tell you it is . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks

Nicholas Christakis talks about social networks (in the good old traditional sense) and how in his medical research he found that these influcence people.

Highly recommended – viewing. If nothing else he talks about social networks off line which we tend to forget with all the on-line activity nowadays that are still extremely . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Crisps and UK elections. No connection? Think again

This lunch time at a central London location these crisps were given out.

A promotion – I assume – for REAL crisps. Their people approached you and offered you the crisps, you had to choose according to what you intended to vote. Not that you had to, you could take all three if you . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

UK Elections today

A bit of a surreal UK election from my point of view.

Facebook reminds me to vote…

Facebook cares (?)

and then THE SUN finds hope (but no shame)

The SUN finds HOPE (and surrealism)

Let’s see. . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

May 5th, Athens

I’ve started writing something and deleted it numerous times.

It is a horrible, horrible day.

Athens Uploaded by Verani Federico on 2 May 10, 11.15PM BST

Athens Uploaded . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Lufthansa epic win in communications, beer, life, the universe and everything

Beer O'Clock Uploaded by Ben Harris-Roxas on 24 Feb 06, 4.44PM BST

Stan Schroeder reports over on Mashable that the poor bloke who lost that iPhone has been offered a free trip by Lufthansa. (Original story on CBS news)

In . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Tourism in Greece: the fallacy of putting marketing first

Outdoor advertising campaign from the Greek National Tourism Organisation

I’ve been reading quite a lot lately regarding this year’s advertising campaign for tourism in Greece, organised – as it happens every year – by the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO). The campaign has been . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Is the volcano a transport policy & lobbying opportunity?

~ Paris ~ Gare du Nord le matin ~ Uploaded by Janey Kay on 27 Oct 09, 9.55PM BST.

Apart from everything else the eruption beneath Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull glacier and the ash cloud . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Policy and PR. Not the same thing.

62/365 Spot the Difference Uploaded by AlicePalice on 7 Sep 08, 7.29PM GMT.

I’ve seen it in a lot of companies and I have sadly also seen it in a lot of government departments (albeit not in the . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Social Media and government. A note on communications.

Jump on the social media bandwagon Uploaded by Matt Hamm on 15 Oct 08, 10.07PM GMT.

We had this discussion the other day with Stavros Kontaksis (blog in Greek) -  @stakon on Twitter – the fact that . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

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