Policy and PR. Not the same thing.

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 13:12 | Category : PR, Policy
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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 UK).
Policy and Public Relations are not the same thing and I find it annoying when they are being misconstrued as being identical.
I can see how it can be confusing. Since [...]

The forgotten group of policy development

Thursday, 17 December 2009, 14:13 | Category : Influence, Policy
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Odd One Out
Uploaded by momoryuji on 18 Jan 09, 8.06AM GMT.
This is the first lesson I remember from my experiences with policy development that really made a lasting impact.
When you sit down to develop policy on an issue, good policy makers start a process of engagement with stakeholders. Thankfully this is not something that [...]