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		<title>Straddling the high wire … and surviving</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/straddling-the-high-wire-%e2%80%a6-and-surviving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Act Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian PM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British High Commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emissions trading scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than two years ago as we led into the November 2008 election, the preservation of our fight against the evils of climate change, in the form of the emissions trading scheme, was sacrosanct.
Only ACT railed against it, National promised to be pragmatic while Labour told us the ‘end is nigh’ if we dared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All associated with the BP oil spill are acting incomprehensibly</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/all-associated-with-the-bp-oil-spill-are-acting-incomprehensibly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/all-associated-with-the-bp-oil-spill-are-acting-incomprehensibly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR disaster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a communication perspective, it’s impossible to make sense of what is taking place with the BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.
The BBC describes the issue as a ‘PR disaster’ for BP while international financial analysts talk about it undermining the competitive advantage of the world’s 5th largest company ‘into the foreseeable future’.
It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Social Media Turn the Tide for the Obama Administration?</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/can-social-media-turn-the-tide-for-the-obama-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/can-social-media-turn-the-tide-for-the-obama-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Dodd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Information Officer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ariana Huffington, Editor in Chief and Co-Founder of the self-named Huffington Post, wrote an interesting piece last week on how the US government is looking to develop social media channels to enable the public to be more closely involved in the decision-making processes of government. 
Possibly it&#8217;s part of the Obama Adminstration&#8217; s move to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do the words poo, boobs and underage drinking all have similar effect on young people?</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/why-do-the-words-poo-boobs-and-underage-drinking-all-have-similar-effect-on-young-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/why-do-the-words-poo-boobs-and-underage-drinking-all-have-similar-effect-on-young-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Dodd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing behaviours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underaged drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Communicating effectively with young people is considered a special skill, even a gift. They can be the harshest critics and their responses unpredictable.
It was therefore a brave set of comedians who took to the stage in Auckland at the weekend at the Stand Up for Kids show as part of the international comedy festival programme.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polish authorities recover quickly from disaster to reaffirm control</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/polish-authorities-recover-quickly-from-disaster-to-reaffirm-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/polish-authorities-recover-quickly-from-disaster-to-reaffirm-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coca Cola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[issues management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plane crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polish President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Polish administration has to be admired for getting its crisis management plan into action quickly following the tragic crash of the aeroplane carrying that country’s top political, civil and military leaders.
It has reaffirmed steady hands remain on the tiller of State.
The Acting President has appointed acting heads of institutions such as the National Bank, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a wonderful bizarre world we live in!</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-a-wonderful-bizarre-world-we-live-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-a-wonderful-bizarre-world-we-live-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Tamaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Destiny Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran O'Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sterilisation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are occasions when you can only but shake your head in disbelief at the antics played out in our media.
Take for example the reaction by the majority of the media to the suggestion by ACT MP David Garrett that there might be some value in considering paying ‘bad parents’ $5000 if they agreed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government showing deft communication touch</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/government-showing-deft-communication-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[issues management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax changes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s handling of the tax changes to be announced in the May budget show a masterly understanding of managing long term communications.
Delegate the task of putting forward ideas to a third party (a commission) and then immediately reject the most controversial (phew, it’s not going to be as bad as it could be!); talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Conferences, key communication events or commercial craftiness?</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/annual-conferences-key-communication-events-or-commercial-craftiness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/annual-conferences-key-communication-events-or-commercial-craftiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Brownlee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynote speaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otago Daily Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Press]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Annual industry conferences are key communications events for most sectors. The opportunity to hear directly from people who have particular insight or influence in your sector is a particular draw-card for delegates and sector commentators alike.  With this in mind, a small story in The Press last Friday bears some reflection.
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Play or Out Of Bounds</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/fair-play-or-out-of-bounds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/fair-play-or-out-of-bounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leader of the opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian Women's Weekly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ability of the media to ‘spark’ a controversy, and that of social media to ‘fuel it’ has rarely been better illustrated than the histrionics raging in Australian over the comments made by the new Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, when asked the question:  what advice would you give your daughters about sex before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Rodney Hide the consummate PR man or just someone looking for attention?</title>
		<link>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-rodney-hide-the-consummate-pr-man-or-just-someone-looking-for-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-rodney-hide-the-consummate-pr-man-or-just-someone-looking-for-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Dodd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media landscape]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Act Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rodney Hide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Peters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a child does something they know is a bit naughty and are likely to get found out, we call this attention seeking behaviour.  So could it be that the Hon Rodney Hide was seeking more than a suntan when he took his partner on the now contentious trip overseas?
Was the ministerial trip yet another [...]]]></description>
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