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/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:23:52 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1363 When the messages become so blurred, disparate and even meaningless, surely it’s time to retire the brand. Such is the case with the “Occupy” movement in this country. There was a time and place for “Occupy” in our civic precincts, but it has now totally lost its legitimacy. The individuals involved in the tatty remnants [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:25:03 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1346 St Matthew-in-the-City sees the Christmas season as an opportunity to spark thought and conversation in the community.  They’ve put up their Christmas billboard portraying Mary, Jesus’ mother, looking at a home pregnancy test kit revealing that she is pregnant. In much less dramatic ways, on one level many of us use the Christmas season to [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:38:18 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1014 Excuse me if I’ve said this before, but it’s sad when price is the only message of certain communication initiatives, and value is left unconsidered. I for one welcomed the “glossy flyer” that came through the mail box from Auckland Council, inclusive of a “letter from Len”.  While this may have contained nothing new for [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/indifference-wins-out-over-responsibility/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/indifference-wins-out-over-responsibility/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:43:50 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=638 In the last week two issues underline how indifferent we are as a nation to our civic responsibilities. Only 38 percent of us agree to serve on juries when the dreaded summons appears, while voter turnout nationally in local body elections is likely to be no higher than in the mid 40s. Even for general [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/indifference-wins-out-over-responsibility/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-more-than-two-or-three-is-a-crowd%e2%80%a6or-a-circus/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-more-than-two-or-three-is-a-crowd%e2%80%a6or-a-circus/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:06:55 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=146 Industrial disputes always present communications challenges, regardless of what side you are on. This is an age-old tenet of industrial relations. Each party to the dispute seeks to win hearts and minds to their position, or at very least provide a context for their actions.  In the current bus strike, the union wants people to [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-more-than-two-or-three-is-a-crowd%e2%80%a6or-a-circus/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/absolutely-terminally-wellington/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/absolutely-terminally-wellington/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:19:11 +0000 Network Team http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=137 I have a blended family, a blended cat family. For a whole raft of legacy reasons I’ve ended up playing den-mother to four cats, which is odd really because I’m not that much of a fan. Lovely ‘Larry’ the strident striped Bengal, ‘Golly’ the black as soot moggy, ‘Pepper’ our outdoor cat and ‘Wellington’, a scrawny [...]

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