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/new-ipads-for-mps/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/new-ipads-for-mps/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:16:53 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1306 On arriving for their first day at Parliament yesterday, MPs were given a goodie bag with pen and notebook, iPad 2 and iPhone or Blackberry. The iPads were preloaded with key information new members could refer to during their induction programme. No doubt there will be some of the usual criticisms leveled at our public [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/new-ipads-for-mps/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/maintaining-the-art-of-real-communication/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/maintaining-the-art-of-real-communication/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:55:22 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=927 There have been recent protests in Dunedin and Grey Lynn about the closure of local NZ Post Shops. As locals mobilise with their placards, NZ Post points to the new era that will see electronic kiosks replace or supplement face-to-face services. Now, if you’ve ever queued outside the door of a busy Post Shop waiting [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/maintaining-the-art-of-real-communication/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/does-this-year%e2%80%99s-hottest-%e2%80%98toy%e2%80%99-require-parental-guidelines/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/does-this-year%e2%80%99s-hottest-%e2%80%98toy%e2%80%99-require-parental-guidelines/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:05:48 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=652 With the iPhone being hailed as one of the best baby-sitters ever and a firm favourite with many young kids,  is there a need for the developers and marketers of such products to be issuing advice on appropriate use for younger audiences?  In the case of online time, child development experts tell us that too [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/does-this-year%e2%80%99s-hottest-%e2%80%98toy%e2%80%99-require-parental-guidelines/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/can-social-media-turn-the-tide-for-the-obama-administration/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/can-social-media-turn-the-tide-for-the-obama-administration/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:16:15 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=439 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’s part of the Obama Adminstration’ s move to [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/can-social-media-turn-the-tide-for-the-obama-administration/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/rewriting-the-crisis-management-template/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/rewriting-the-crisis-management-template/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:43:20 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=382 Corporations not convinced of the role that social media can play in crisis or issues management communication need only study its role during the recent Iceland volcanic eruption to change their position totally. As you read this, the template for managing a crisis is being rewritten. In the recent airline crisis, experienced as a result [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/rewriting-the-crisis-management-template/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-email-world-where-waspish-comment-voyeurism-and-freeloading-flourishes/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-email-world-where-waspish-comment-voyeurism-and-freeloading-flourishes/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:48:36 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=347 “Whore” – the email response to a politely declined request for sponsorship is now part of email history.  Had I received such an email, I’m inclined to think I would have passed it on to a few colleagues. However, when  I received a copy for the third, or was it the fourth time, last week [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-email-world-where-waspish-comment-voyeurism-and-freeloading-flourishes/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/curious-questions-for-a-new-decade/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/curious-questions-for-a-new-decade/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:06:51 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=229 1. Where did the man on the street go? Web 2.0 where? We wondered if the exuberance around the democratising power of the all-access-internet we saw mid-decade hasn’t become a bit deflated in the past year or so. Could the man on the online street have been shouted out by the noisier and better resourced? [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/curious-questions-for-a-new-decade/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/fair-game-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-thought-in-the-real-world-can-now-be-posted-online/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/fair-game-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-thought-in-the-real-world-can-now-be-posted-online/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:42 +0000 Network Team http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=186 Google’s Sidewiki, an application that appears as a browser sidebar where you can read and write entries along the side of a webpage, could become the ultimate platform for those who like to share their views and opinions. Brands and business had better sit up and take notice of this development. Sidewiki is a new [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/fair-game-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-thought-in-the-real-world-can-now-be-posted-online/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/will-new-zealander%e2%80%99s-need-to-rethink-their-stance-on-ge-foods-and-nuclear-power-so-we-can-keep-up-with-the-rest-of-the-world/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/will-new-zealander%e2%80%99s-need-to-rethink-their-stance-on-ge-foods-and-nuclear-power-so-we-can-keep-up-with-the-rest-of-the-world/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:36:25 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=176 First off, I need to state that I am a complete fence sitter when it comes to GMOs and Nuclear power. The way I see it is that in an ideal world, we would enjoy the potential benefits while we fully manage the risks. But reality is always less simple. It has occurred to me [...]

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