Clients get creative
The FT has an interesting piece about clients poaching agency staff to fill in-house positions. It claims that "current levels of client poaching pose a major challenge for the industry." This makes little sense. Agency…
January 2005
Dooced
Nice piece from Jo Twist at the BBC Online about the legal ramifications of reporting corporate issues on personal blogs. Crossing the line can result in being ‘dooced’ or losing your job for something you…
Animals managed to escape Tsunami
It seems animals may have a sixth sense which alerts them to natural disasters. Great story from Reuters.
Books for Wordsmiths
Being in communications and interested in the written word, I usually get a good crop of language books for Christmas. Last year it was the truly excellent “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynne Truss, which…
Tsunami – too many to imagine
The conversations I’ve had with people over the last week about the Asian Tsunami disaster have all been notably short. We have trouble imagining its true scale, the number of victims, the extent of the…
Donation
You can make a donation to the Asian Tsunami relief fund here.
Behind the interviewee’s mask
We’re on a big recruitment drive at the moment, so I’m interviewing lots of candidates. In general, PR consultants are good at being interviewed – they’re articulate, organized, current and polished. They are natural presenters…