Listen very carefully – I shall say this more than once

One of the characters in the British comedy series, Allo Allo used to say: “Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once”.  But the problem for PR practitioners is that those we communicate with are rarely listening very carefully – so we need to look at how we say something more than once. I’ve [...]

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What things mean in public relations

The British Museum and BBC Radio 4 have recently concluded a fascinating project: the History of the World in 100 objects (see video embedded below).  The objects each have a communicative meaning – evoking a particular narrative, a time, society, trend or usage.  They tell us what people have valued and how objects reflect a [...]

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