From the Arab Spring to Wall Street to the Eurozone, 2011 has had its share of crises and political turbulence. Our EU
public affairs team offers insights for 2012, including why democracy is “still the least bad system around.”
Energy, Power & Utilities
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‘It’s a Funny Old World’: Looking Ahead to 2012
Posted on December 21st, 2011 | More Crisis Communications · Digital & Social Media · Energy, Power & Utilities · Financial Services & Insurance · Public Affairs
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Hard Hat Time for Senior Managers: Repairing Brand Damage
While it takes years for a brand to build trust and minutes to lose it, what about the rebuilding process? In a Wall Street Journal article, communications specialist Caroline Weber weighs in on lessons learned from how Nike, BP, Toyota and others worked to detoxify the brand.
Read: When Sorry Is Not Enough
Posted on October 19th, 2011 | More Automotive & Transportation · B2C · Branding · Crisis Communications · CSR · Digital & Social Media · Energy, Power & Utilities · Food & Beverage · Reputation Management · Sustainability
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Reputation at Stake for Public Affairs
The team from Public Affairs 2.0
sits down to discuss the colliding worlds of public affairs and reputation management. Topics include why reputation is an insurance policy, how a company can deal with an industrywide bad rep, and why the “five to 10-year lag in Brussels” could result in new crises.Posted on October 12th, 2011 | More Digital & Social Media · Energy, Power & Utilities · Financial Services & Insurance · Public Affairs · Reputation Management
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Fukushima’s ‘Countless Lessons’ for Communicators
In PublicAffairsAsia, communications specialist Shin Tanaka discusses lessons from the Fukushima crises. Topics include the good and bad of social media, turning the name Fukushima into a “symbolic statement,” and five steps those handling a crisis should take in a communications world “full of misinterpretations and mistakes.”
Posted on July 18th, 2011 | More Crisis Communications · Digital & Social Media · Energy, Power & Utilities · Public Affairs · Reputation Management
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Why Poland’s Presidency Matters to EU
Will the priorities of the Polish presidency help establish “Poland as the new EU leader”? The communications specialists in Poland
weigh in on the issues, including the long-term budget, environmental protection, cross-country cooperation and increased telecommunications opportunities. Posted on June 28th, 2011 | More Digital & Social Media · Energy, Power & Utilities · Financial Services & Insurance · Public Affairs · Sustainability
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Fallout From Europe’s Current Dry Spell
Lately, talking about the weather appears to be more than casual conversation. The team from Public Affairs 2.0
looks at the financial and political impact of a rain and food shortfall that would be “bad news for Europe.”Posted on May 26th, 2011 | More Energy, Power & Utilities · Financial Communications · Food & Beverage · Public Affairs · Sustainability
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Energy, Water and Smart Business: An Interview With Paul Dickinson
The public affairs specialists from VOX Global
sit down with Paul Dickinson, executive chairman of the Carbon Disclosure Project, to discuss how industries can become “fit for the 21st century.” Topics include U.S. jobs and the “critical new phenomena” in energy.Listen: An Interview With Paul Dickinson
Posted on February 17th, 2011 | More Energy, Power & Utilities · Sustainability · VOX
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Midterm Madness: A View of What’s Next
The Republican resurgence, the referendum on Democrats and the Tea Party movement all made headlines during the 2010 midterms. In a special report, the public affairs specialists at VOX Global examine the impact of the elections and explain why there’s a good chance “gridlock will rule the day.”
Download: Election Central
Posted on November 5th, 2010 | More Education · Energy, Power & Utilities · Financial Services & Insurance · Public Affairs · VOX
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A Stewart Brand New World
At this year’s Fortune Brainstorm Green, iconic environmentalist Stewart Brand stole the show by claiming he is “now for nuclear energy.” The team from Sustainability
talks about Brand’s surprising “about-face” and his latest position on geoengineering. Posted on April 15th, 2010 | More Energy, Power & Utilities · Sustainability
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Complicated Companies Need Simple Messaging
Much of today’s global economy is driven by businesses with highly specialized expertise that means little to those on the outside. As a result, many companies are faced with communicating complex concepts. In an article in The Globe and Mail, Mia Wedgbury, president of High Road Communications, a Fleishman-Hillard company, talks about what really resonates with consumers and advises small business owners to “simplify their message.”
Posted on April 8th, 2010 | More B2C · Energy, Power & Utilities · High Road · Small Business Owners · Web Development
