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/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:50:42 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1317 As President of the Public Relations Institute of NZ (PRINZ), I was privileged late last week to present Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch with the Institute’s Communicator of the Year award in Christchurch.  It is an annual award bestowed by the College of Fellows, so the selection of Mayor Parker is not simply one of [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/hide-our-awards-light-under-a-bushel-not-bloody-likely/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/hide-our-awards-light-under-a-bushel-not-bloody-likely/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 20:59:35 +0000 Network Team http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=104 Winning is nice. There’s no getting round that fact that to come out on top feels damn good, even if as New Zealanders we’re not very good at saying so. What’s better still is winning for the work that you enjoy doing everyday and it’s a double bonus when somebody notices. That somebody who noticed [...]

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]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/no-lipstick-please/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/survival-of-the-fittest-%e2%80%93-who-will-win-out-in-the-end/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/survival-of-the-fittest-%e2%80%93-who-will-win-out-in-the-end/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:45:50 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=48 It seems to me that the current economic climate is possibly being met more with pragmatism than doom and gloom.  I attended a Public Relations Institute of New Zealand College of Fellows Symposium on Friday and the theme for the day was “Survival of the Fittest.”   A panel discussion on the topic of how [...]

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