Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 11, 2019

I’ve become obsessed in the last few weeks with deconstructing the communications around the EU Referendum in 2016. It’s one of the greatest marketing and public relations campaigns of my lifetime. It spotlights the need for urgent legislation to govern political campaigning. Both are critical to a healthy democracy.

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PR Matters

APRIL 21, 2016

In celebration of 2016* marking the 110th anniversary of PR, this article is the first in a series of reflections on the profession and its practice. (* Ivy Lee , arguably the founder of modern PR, published his Declaration of Principles about the purpose and value of PR in 1906.).

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Learn more: Digital PR Public Affairs (PA) “Integrating corporate planning and public affairs perspectives is crucial for organizations to effectively respond to environmental change and adapt to social and political turbulence.” While advertising can support such endeavours, the driving force is usually public relations.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 12, 2021

Since the establishment of BAPRA Bright Awards, the company has traditionally been in top 3 and has been a first place winner three times so far – in 2011, 2016 and 2018. was selected among the final five international projects , competing for the award in the Public Affairs category of the prestigious international EMEA SABRE Awards 2021.

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Beyond PR

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Get those results by downloading the Top 100 2016 Election Journalists, Editors and Media Influencers. Author James Rubec, Cision Content Strategist, is a content marketer, researcher and brand journalist who for the past year with Cision has told data stories about global news events, public affairs and what motivates people to take action.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 25, 2016

Amazon $100 billion annual sales and Amazon Web Services earns $10 billion, 2016 : “They (Amazon.com and AWS) share a distinctive organizational culture that cares deeply about and acts with conviction on a small number of principles. Amazon.com serves consumers and AWS serves enterprises that need web based services.

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PR Conversations

MAY 9, 2017

Kim Blanchette, APR , FCPRS, i s the vice president of public affairs for the Alberta Energy Regulator , Alberta’s single regulator responsible for the safe and environmentally responsible development of oil, oil sands, natural gas and coal.

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Stuart Bruce

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Virtual reality was a popular prediction for what’s going to be big in 2016. I think it’s a virtual reality itself as 2016 isn’t going to be the breakthrough year of mass adoption, but it is still something that PR professionals need to understand and be ready for.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The 2016 labor force statistics from the current population survey provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that of all people employed in public relations, still less than 10% are African American. Thomas Bennett is the Public Affairs Manager at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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Doctor Spin

JANUARY 4, 2024

“Post-truth is a societal phenomenon, influenced by the expectation that honesty is the default position, and the public tolerance of inaccurate and undefended allegations in politics.” Source: Nature 1 Higgins, K. Post-truth: a guide for the perplexed. Nature, 540, 9–9. link] The Media Polarisation Model (Version 2). Nature, 540, 9–9.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Specifically, data will reveal critical trends, patterns and insights in the wake of a crisis to empower communications, PR, public affairs and marketing teams. Figure 3 depicts a crisis that Apple faced during its recent controversy with the FBI to unlock an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino terrorist, Syed Farook.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

In all, the six-year period involved two combat deployments (Iraq ‘07-‘08; Afghanistan ‘12-‘13) with the National Guard and time in between working for the Oregon Army National Guard Public Affairs Office. I’ve served in Army Public Affairs for nearly 17 years now. That’s when I found LTPR.”. What did you mean? “My

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Flatiron Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

This Beltway-based “public affairs” firm created a disinformation campaign targeting the company’s detractors through content posted to its owned “news” site, which right wing “news” sites then amplified. Issued a statement from the Board of Directors. — Fired Definers Public Affairs (of whom Mr. Zuckerberg disclaimed knowledge).

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 28, 2015

An interesting aspect of our work is that we find ourselves doing more and more public affairs work. Why Your Story Trumps Your Brand , which I expect to publish in 2016, is my manifesto and explanation of the primacy of story in marketing and public relations success. As the CEO, you wear many hats.

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The Stalwart Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In a statement tweeted by The Wall Street Journal ( @WSJ ), New Balance’s VP of Public Affairs, Matt LeBretton said the following: “The Obama admin turned a deaf ear to us & frankly w/ Pres-Elect Trump we feel things are going to move in the right direction". Jon Targaryen (@tbrooks__) November 10, 2016.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A key architect of Trumps 2016 presidential victory, Bannon leveraged populist, nationalist, and anti-establishment rhetoric to mobilise disaffected voters. As a seasoned PR professional, I know similar public affairs strategies, albeit on more minor scales. Steve Bannon. Credit: Wikipedia.) Presidential Election.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 8, 2025

Samsungs Exploding Galaxy Note 7 Scandal (2016) Due to battery defects, the Galaxy Note 7 kept catching fire. McDonalds had no backup plan when things turned ugly. Quick shutdown, but too late. The damage was done, and the hashtag became a meme.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 26, 2025

Here we go: The Firehose of Falsehood The firehose of falsehood is a modern propaganda model identified and named in a 2016 RAND Corporation report by Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews. As a seasoned PR professional , I am familiar with similar public affairs strategies, albeit on smaller scales. RAND Corporation.

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