05 Dec 1997
| by GRAHAM WILLIAMS, director of external a
with MORI, is the evaluation equivalent of the
Holy Grail.
The ultimate goal would be to prove a ...
calculating the value
of pi - the best one can hope for is to add a few decimal places,
without ever quite reaching a definitive answer.
Shandwick s aim was to produce a state of the art system which ...
24 Jul 1998
| by JOANNE MILROY, a director of Shandwick
The world of research and evaluation may appear rather overburdened
with committees, but a new...The world of research and evaluation may appear rather overburdened
with committees, but a new ...
is a
welcome addition.
ICO and AMEC have published excellent guides to evaluation and setting
measurable objectives, but media relations represents only a fraction of
the activities undertaken by PR ...
09 Jan 1998
| by FRED SILVESTER, a former MP and managin
. And in a people business, there is often a
tendency to overdramatise the importance of each tweak.... And in a people business, there is often a
tendency to overdramatise the importance of each tweak of the agency
structure as a blinding innovation which will leave the opposition
standing.
So it would be easy to dismiss the decision of Lexis PR to set up a
creative department as just such a ...
06 Aug 1999
| by JOHN EISENHAMMER, a director of Quiller
in the business world on the more intangible
factors of profitability.
Here is a company whose shares, in addition to attracting a record level
of subscriptions, rose by 37 per cent within the first few hours ...
corporations whose most
valuable assets are proving hard to pin down on a balance sheet. Public
relations ...
09 Jan 1998
| by FRED SILVESTER, a former MP and managin
has always been a red herring. I am
told that there are perhaps 50,000 records on the database...passes has always been a red herring. I am
told that there are perhaps 50,000 records on the database ...
as a security measure to help the police identify
frequent users to the Palace. Only more recently have they been
interpreted as privilege.
Constant preoccupation with passes hinders a solution ...
13 Feb 1998
| by MIRANDA KAVANAGH, a director at Citigat
with
SmithKline Beecham? variety. The answer being for most of the City: in
a wine bar , I expect....with
SmithKline Beecham? variety. The answer being for most of the City: in
a wine bar , I expect ...
would be any shortage of newsprint over such a sensational turn of
events, so the timing probably didn ...
unable on their
own to come up with new products to produce a growth rate acceptable to
shareholders ...
24 Jul 1998
| by JOANNE MILROY, a director of Shandwick
A campaign associated with a new product launch is probably a less
arduous challenge than...A campaign associated with a new product launch is probably a less
arduous challenge than ...
PR practitioner I know has sat in a room with either a
prospect or an existing client and been asked to launch or achieve
coverage for a new product which, in essence, represents a marginal ...
09 Jan 1998
| by DEBORAH SAW, a director at Fleishman-Hi
Benefit cuts for the disabled have caused a furore among pressure
groups, but the issues...Benefit cuts for the disabled have caused a furore among pressure
groups, but the issues are complex and it will take more than dramatic
visual protest to sway the Government, says Deborah Saw, a ...
getting
shorter? A Government elected to introduce change last May is now being
criticised for doing ...
09 Jan 1998
| by FRED SILVESTER, a former MP and managin
The new PRCA consultancy management standards introduced this week
are bound to ruffle a few...The new PRCA consultancy management standards introduced this week
are bound to ruffle a few ...
will make
qualifying for and renewing PRCA membership a far more exacting
process.
The toughness ...
was intended. In fact, it
would be very good news for the PRCA if a couple of existing members
failed ...
14 Feb 1997
| by BOB WILLOTT, a partner in the accountan
If, like many people, you had blithely dismissed the new tax
self-assessment regime as a minor...If, like many people, you had blithely dismissed the new tax
self-assessment regime as a minor ...
will be wrapped up in a whole new layer of
bureaucracy.
With a few exceptions, any benefits given ...
are not returned - will involve a heap of forms on all sides. In these
cases, the client will have to send a form ...