January 2008 - Posts

• Key questions for trusted advisors

  Thanks for these Ray: Listen then assert What? Why? Who will be affected? So what you are saying is? Read More... Posted 31 January 2008 05:24 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: trusted advisor

• The trusted advisor

  What it means to be a trusted advisor is the focus of Hill & Knowlton's Crisis and Issues Management and Training Conference in Sydney today. Our Regional Crisis Director Ray Rudowski said the challenge lies in realising that we do not always have Read More... Posted 30 January 2008 22:18 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: crisis management, trusted advisor

• Obama and the art of storytelling

  Last night I was blown away by symbolism. It happened when I saw that US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has the endorsement of the Kennedy clan. Not only that, JFK's daughter likens him to her late father. "People always tell me how my father inspired Read More... Posted 30 January 2008 01:09 by Lisa McLean | 1 Comments Filed under: Bush, Obama, storytelling

• Another reason why you should know your audience

  I was getting a bit greedy on the weekend and was thinking of selling my apartment. I got a call back from an agent today who asked me who was on the title of the unit. I said: "Just me." It threw him a bit and he said: "So your husband is not on the Read More... Posted 29 January 2008 04:10 by Lisa McLean | 5 Comments Filed under: Real estate, women, sales

• Look at moi, Selma?

  Actress Selma Blair is in talks to play one of the lead roles in the US version of Australian TV comedy 'Kath and Kim'. The 'Hellboy' star is set to appear in the NBC adaptation of the hit dysfunctional mother and daughter sitcom as Kim Craig, joining Read More... Posted 26 January 2008 11:19 by Lisa McLean | 3 Comments Filed under: Kath and Kim, Tom Cruise, Selma Blair

• Authenticity

  My big thing at the moment is authenticity. As a society, we crave it. Case in point - Kevin Rudd. We all liked him more when it was revealed he went to a strip joint. People in New Hampshire also voted for Hilary in droves after she cried on national Read More... Posted 25 January 2008 00:05 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments

• Aussie Bogan 101 update

  Ladies and gentlemen, it is on. There has been a rumble in a radio station over the party kid's sunglasses, and, in the latest dramatic scenes, he has finally been arrested: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/party-boy-corey-arrested/2008/01/16/1200419849567.html Read More... Posted 16 January 2008 04:25 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments

• Aussie Bogan 101

  I am the first to admit to doing some silly things when I was young, but the Melbourne kid who trashed his parent's home with 500 of his friends is certainly out of the box. The latest news is that he is now in hiding on a beach with a bevy of girls and Read More... Posted 15 January 2008 21:54 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: Corey Delaney, bogans, Leila McKinnon

• Lamb, Lamb, I love my Sam

  Maverick AFL great Sam Kekovich has done it again. Last time he upset the vegans; this time it is the New Zealanders. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23027473-2,00.html?from=mostpop Last night while buying lamb for a bbq tonight, I spotted the Australia Read More... Posted 10 January 2008 22:28 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: Meat and Livestock Corporation, Lamb, Sam Kekovich

• What to do during a recall - Holden in Australia

  From time to time our clients will have problems with a product. Whether that product is a muffin, a mobile phone or a $40million aircraft, whoever buys it is going to be pretty upset that they got a dud. If enough people have a complaint, the client Read More... Posted 08 January 2008 23:01 by Lisa McLean | 6 Comments Filed under: Holden, recalls

• Lights, camera...

  Today I had the pleasure of being locked in a room with an auto-cue and a cameraman for three hours It was part of our Creative Affairs sales training video. I had visions of zinging it like Jane Kennedy (she is the one in red) does in this clip from Read More... Posted 03 January 2008 11:16 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: autocue, Sophie Monk, Media presentation, Frontline, D-Generation, alien abduction

• Don't shoot - he is hot

  Facebook is buzzing with the news that Benazir Bhutto's son has a listing on the social networking site, and what's more he is 'hot', according to members of the "Let's not assassinate Bilawal Bhutto because he's hot, ok?" group. At last count, the group Read More... Posted 02 January 2008 01:48 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: Bilawal Bhutto, chinese crested

• How to be a lady

  As is my habit, I am indulging in some trash tv in the name of research. I have come across Ladette to Lady on the ABC. The premise is basically a bunch of trashbags is stuck in an English manor and are informed of the error of their ways in an attempt Read More... Posted 01 January 2008 11:40 by Lisa McLean | 0 Comments Filed under: Ladette to Lady, Trashbags