http://www.prmatters.co.nz fresh thinking - influential communication Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:27:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:55:09 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1352 The Press has accused EQC of being unprofessional in its portrayal of two of its reporters – one as “schizophrenic in his writing” and another as a “rogue reporter”. The background to this is the EQC’s presentation to field staff on Monday reminding them of the organisation’s responsibilities to the media and that media enquiries [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/not-dead-but-often-in-need-of-resuscitation/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/not-dead-but-often-in-need-of-resuscitation/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:40:55 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1097 When Google acquired the restaurant survey guide Zagat last week one media columnist boldly declared that the “press release”, the traditional format for announcing such initiatives, was now “officially dead”. You see the Zagat owners used the style of one of their restaurant surveys to communicate with stakeholders, and Google, unsurprisingly, tweeted the news. In [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/not-dead-but-often-in-need-of-resuscitation/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/social-media-and-rule-of-the-mob/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/social-media-and-rule-of-the-mob/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:12:25 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=965 Writing his opinion piece in the Dominion Post today under the descriptor “curmudgeon”, columnist Karl du Fresne says it is hard to recall a time when the tone of public discourse was more vicious and abusive.  He cites the attacks on former EMA boss Alasdair Thompson and ACT leader Don Brash, saying little attempt was [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/social-media-and-rule-of-the-mob/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-the-line-is-crossed-let%e2%80%99s-not-forget-our-own-role/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-the-line-is-crossed-let%e2%80%99s-not-forget-our-own-role/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:04:40 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=933 While UK politicians and other media unite in their attacks on the Murdoch media empire over the hacking scandal, a high court judge in New Zealand put “the media” on notice over their treatment of Petricevic and, in fact, any other accused outside court. On the face of it there is no relationship between these [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-the-line-is-crossed-let%e2%80%99s-not-forget-our-own-role/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/let%e2%80%99s-not-allow-the-grinch-to-steal-our-rugby-world-cup-rwc/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/let%e2%80%99s-not-allow-the-grinch-to-steal-our-rugby-world-cup-rwc/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 05:02:31 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=880 You’ve got to agree – we can occasionally be a bunch of whingers and whiners.  When something amazing happens there are always those who will find fault and plenty more who will then jump on that particular band wagon.  I have a feeling the RWC will go that way too. But does it need to [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/let%e2%80%99s-not-allow-the-grinch-to-steal-our-rugby-world-cup-rwc/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/every-day-heroes-respond-instinctively-to-the-christchurch-quake-2/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/every-day-heroes-respond-instinctively-to-the-christchurch-quake-2/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:48:23 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=775 Like most people I spent last evening watching back to back earthquake coverage. Our heart goes out to the people in the city. Last night my instinctive reaction was to buy one of the early flights today and go down and help. But it’s clear that just now there’s no need for knee jerk heroics [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/every-day-heroes-respond-instinctively-to-the-christchurch-quake-2/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/obituary-%e2%80%93-british-humour-and-satire-has-died/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/obituary-%e2%80%93-british-humour-and-satire-has-died/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:57:17 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=713 Is global communication sounding the death knell for national humour and satire? British humour has certainly taken a buffeting in recent weeks with the Top Gear team and Stephen Fry being castigated internationally for their ‘zany’ comments, the type of which is beloved by many in the English speaking world. Fry’s offence was for pondering [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/obituary-%e2%80%93-british-humour-and-satire-has-died/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/cyclone-yasi-%e2%80%93-the-new-reality-tv-show/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/cyclone-yasi-%e2%80%93-the-new-reality-tv-show/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:52:16 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=707 They used to speak of the isolation of far North Queensland. No more I expect.  Over the past 24 to 36 hours our connectivity has once again been proven, with literally hundreds of people sharing personal accounts of their pre, intra and post-cyclone experiences. Even with widespread power outages, we have countless voice, picture and [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/cyclone-yasi-%e2%80%93-the-new-reality-tv-show/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-stubborn-pride-and-political-correctness-stunting-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-growth/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-stubborn-pride-and-political-correctness-stunting-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-growth/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:32:24 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=700 One of the first rules of communication is to ensure you don’t insult or criticise your audience.  When it comes to things related to Gods Own we are brilliant at making sure this rarely, if ever, happens. Remember John Cleese and his comments about how forgettable Palmerston North was?  It made national headlines and most [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-stubborn-pride-and-political-correctness-stunting-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-growth/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/we-express-our-deepest-sympathy-to-the-families-and-friends-of-the-29-men-lost-in-the-tragic-pike-mine-disaster/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/we-express-our-deepest-sympathy-to-the-families-and-friends-of-the-29-men-lost-in-the-tragic-pike-mine-disaster/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:52:45 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=694 Along with all other elements of this tragedy, such as the cause of the explosion and the stalled rescue effort, communications will become a focus for examination and commentary. As fellow communications professionals we salute the efforts of those involved and acknowledge the many challenges, most of which would be unknown to the outside observer, [...]

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