Comments on: Do we need face to face in PR? http://greenbanana.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/do-we-need-face-to-face-in-pr/ Connecting ideas, thoughts and comment because if you're green, you're growing Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Heather Yaxley http://greenbanana.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/do-we-need-face-to-face-in-pr/#comment-6138 Heather Yaxley Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:49:13 +0000 http://greenbanana.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/do-we-need-face-to-face-in-pr/#comment-6138 Richard - you are quite right, many people do see time out of the office as a jolly. It seems harder and harder for PR practitioners to justify time out with media, for training or other opportunities that undoubtedly make them better at their job. I really don't think we can be successful practitioners sat behind our desks typing away at emails and sending out releases. Richard - you are quite right, many people do see time out of the office as a jolly. It seems harder and harder for PR practitioners to justify time out with media, for training or other opportunities that undoubtedly make them better at their job.

I really don’t think we can be successful practitioners sat behind our desks typing away at emails and sending out releases.

]]> By: Richard A http://greenbanana.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/do-we-need-face-to-face-in-pr/#comment-6113 Richard A Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:11:00 +0000 http://greenbanana.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/do-we-need-face-to-face-in-pr/#comment-6113 Couldn't agree with you more, Heather, and particularly topical for me, as I've just come back from a housing development launch. The ability to put faces to names, voices and e-mail addresses makes a working relationship much easier, in my opinion. However much we like it or not, we all make judgements based on names and voices, and could subconsciously adjust our behaviour and working practices with them. By meeting people face-to-face, it personalises the relationship with the other person. However, managers within companies and organisations need to realise that this relationship-building is an essential part of public relations, and we need to be given the time to do it properly, not frowned upon when we leave the office on what colleagues in other departments might describe as 'jollies!' Just because we're not sat at our desks typing away like mad, it doesn't mean we're not working just as hard on behalf of our organisations to improve its reputation! Couldn’t agree with you more, Heather, and particularly topical for me, as I’ve just come back from a housing development launch. The ability to put faces to names, voices and e-mail addresses makes a working relationship much easier, in my opinion. However much we like it or not, we all make judgements based on names and voices, and could subconsciously adjust our behaviour and working practices with them. By meeting people face-to-face, it personalises the relationship with the other person.

However, managers within companies and organisations need to realise that this relationship-building is an essential part of public relations, and we need to be given the time to do it properly, not frowned upon when we leave the office on what colleagues in other departments might describe as ‘jollies!’ Just because we’re not sat at our desks typing away like mad, it doesn’t mean we’re not working just as hard on behalf of our organisations to improve its reputation!

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