OPINION: Briefings ruined by silent minders
28 Feb 2008 | by Anthony Hilton
For the first time in ages, I met a FTSE 100 chairman for lunch last week without a PR executive sitting in.
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Over the next few years PR professionals will have to move to a new level of understanding of the way we talk and listen to the people with whom we are trying to communicate.
For the first time in ages, I met a FTSE 100 chairman for lunch last week without a PR executive sitting in.
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