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Monthly Archives July 2005

Natural leadership

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. Bishop Desmond Tutu (via)

Posted 29 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § Quote of the day » Comments Off °

Watch, listen, read

Video archive, presentations & transcripts of “Mastering New Media”, a panel discussion hosted by Edelman on June 30 in Amsterdam, featuring David Weinberger, Richard Edelman, and Fiona McDonnell (Forrester Research). A treasure :) of presentations from WOMMA‘s Measuring Word of Mouth conference (July 13, Chicago).

Posted 27 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § PR » Comments (1) °

Planned miscommunication

“Although 95% of companies collect feedback, only 50% brief staff on its contents, a mere 30% use it, and a paltry 5% bother to tell the customer what action they took. Prime causes of this sorry state are poor cross functional collaboration and lack of information culture. But the main culprit is the disparate sources [...]

Posted 22 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § No Comment » Comments Off °

To Blog or Not to Blog? That is tha question

There are a lot of guides for business blogging out there, but what’s different about this one, just published by Jeneane Sessum, is that it presents an insider’s view: it’s written from personal experience. The advice is addressing real-life questions, and it will help your company to enter the blogosphere without becoming a laughing stock [...]

Posted 21 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § Business blogging § PR » Comments Off °

A story with a happy ending (was “A PR pro needs your help NOW”)

Happy ending! Shari has received a liver through UNOS, and her transplant operation has been a success! Wonderful news! Take care, Shari. Updates: Update on Shari’s condition (July 27) Help distribute flyers for Shari From the Help Shari Kurzrok blog: We want to remind everyone that Shari needs a complete liver. As such, families who [...]

Posted 20 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § General § PSA § Personal » Comments (2) °

Jeremy Pepper’s interview with Adam Brown, eKetchum

What’s new in this interview: Ketchum will launch a blog for its KPM practice Jeremy Pepper got an iPod mini for suggesting Ketchum to add a disclaimer to their website, KetchumIdeas.com. What’s not new: a lot of unanswered questions, and some “copy-paste” responses. More comments a little bit later.

Posted 19 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § Business blogging § General § Ketchum § PR § PR blogging » Comments (5) °

For immediate release: The 50th Neville & Shel Report!

Neville Hobson & Shel Holtz, the PR podcasting duo I’m probably the last one to congratulate Neville and Shel for the 50th edition of their podcast (but I hope they will forgive me :) Here’s to 500 more! For Immediate Release is my weekly dose of PR/Comm podcasting; I’m a faithful listener, to the degree [...]

Posted 16 July 2005 † Constantin Basturea § PR § PR blogging § Personal » Comments (2) °