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/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/food-for-the-nation/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/food-for-the-nation/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:00:09 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1329 During the next four weeks New Zealanders’ combined spending on food, beverages and other grocery items is likely to once again break records.  Even though purse strings are tighter, people will over-compensate for fear of being caught short. Budget pressures aside, we forget how fortunate we are to have access to such an impressive choice [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/food-for-the-nation/feed/ 0 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/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/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:50:13 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1237 It is hard not to feel that that the 2011 General Election has descended into farce.  We’re now ten days out from the Election, and for nigh on three days our politicians aided and abetted by the national media have given us a diet of irrelevancy about a tape of a private conversation. The PM [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:22:54 +0000 Mark Oldershaw http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1136 With Parliament set to rise in a couple of weeks ahead of November’s general election we are about to head into the valedictory speech season. The last ‘hurrah’ for those MPs that have decided not to stand for re-election.  This time around there will be 14 of them starting on 27th September with Green MP [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/success-never-comes-easy/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/success-never-comes-easy/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 03:39:45 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=892 Many have a rather jaundiced view of industry awards, seeing them as no more than self congratulatory back slapping. My personal view is rather different. Having been in the PR industry for most of my working life, I know just how fiercely competitive and hard it is to win PR awards in New Zealand. At [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/success-never-comes-easy/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/earning-a-place-for-pr-at-the-board-table/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/earning-a-place-for-pr-at-the-board-table/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:11:07 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=680 A fundamental tenant of public relations advice is the need to be in ‘the circle’ when key decisions are being discussed and made. It is easier to convince others to your viewpoint before the decision is made rather than get people to reverse a decision already made. Professor Anne Gregory, who lectures on public relations [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/earning-a-place-for-pr-at-the-board-table/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/are-pr-professionals-worth-the-money/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/are-pr-professionals-worth-the-money/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:05:12 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=502 Naturally as the GM of a major PR consultancy my response is yes. The range of PR services available in New Zealand are as wide and varied as the needs of the individuals and organisations who procure these services. Anyone who spends money on PR rightly expects a meaningful communication outcome. I was therefore intrigued [...]

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