September 2006 - Posts

• Corporate Reputation and CEOs

  Being a firm believer in the quality of Hill and Knowlton's distinctive competence as an international communications consultancy, I admit some reluctance to drawing attention to a competitor's blog. However, I just came across Leslie Gaines-Ross' blog Read More... Posted 29 September 2006 18:43 by Boyd Neil | 3 Comments Filed under: Reputation

• Shareholders -- Suppliers or Owners?

  An interesting set of questions is raised in SRI Notes about the effect of defining a company's shareholders differenly than the traditional hypothesis that they are a company's "owners" and, therefore, entitled to its earnings (usually in the form of Read More... Posted 25 September 2006 16:49 by Boyd Neil | 3 Comments Filed under: CSR and Transparency

• Once Again - Who's Blogging?

  At another conference at which I presented last week (Yes, I do a lot of public speaking on behalf of Hill & Knowlton Canada), I again asked the audience of communicators whether anyone blogged. Not one person put up their hand. This is the third Read More... Posted 21 September 2006 08:19 by Boyd Neil | 3 Comments Filed under: Social Media/Web 2.0

• Justifying Journalism

  I spoke at a media relations conference yesterday paradoxically on the topic of influencing public attitidues with direct communication strategies. Of course, I touched on my usual themes -- dialogue replacing monologue (shouting your message), dialgoue Read More... Posted 07 September 2006 18:53 by Boyd Neil | 1 Comments Filed under: Citizen Journalism