WATCH Bob Feldman, Co-Founder and Partner in PulsePoint Organizational Design & Change Management.
WATCH Jeff Hunt, Lead Partner in PulsePoint Group’s Brand and Reputation Management Practice
WATCH Paul Walker discuss integrating social media into the enterprise while driving real, bottom-line results.
WATCH Michael Gale, recognized industry expert in integrated technology marketing, discuss digital and social engagement strategy.
George Jamison, principal at Spencer Stuart, on the today’s communications landscape and job prospects for Chief Communications Officers.
Bob Feldman, partner of PulsePoint Group provides commentary on the firm’s Corporate Communication Index. This is the sixth in a series of videos where he provides insight into the findings.
Oscar Suris, EVP of Corporate Communications at Wells Fargo who recently transitioned from the auto industry to financial services, discusses the keys to success as a communicator in any industry.
Bob Feldman, partner of PulsePoint Group provides commentary on the firm’s Corporate Communication Index. This is the fourth in a series of videos where he provides insight into the findings.
A few signs have suggested an end to the recession may be on the horizon. As our clients’ businesses pick up they are investing in revitalizing products and services. They are kick-starting their innovation initiatives. Many of them are exploring crowdsourcing and co-creation options, and we have a lot of experience in this area. In the next couple weeks I am going to post 2-3 videos on digital innovation. The first one (posted here) looks at five cases I really like: Foldit, Dell ’ s IdeaStorm (we worked on this one), Cisco ’ s iPrize, P&G Innovation and AT&T ’ s internal innovation initiative. Let me know what you think.
Lisa Ryan, SVP/Managing Director of Heyman Associates, the NYC-based search firm specializing in communications, discusses the job market for communications in today’ s uncertain economy.
Jeff Hunt, PulsePoint Group partner, provides a definition of a socially engaged enterprise and discusses the imperative of C-level advocacy for social engagement success. Click here to view this video regarding “A Socially Engaged Enterprise and the Imperative of C-suite Advocacy.”
Michael Gale, PulsePoint Group partner, discusses the methodology behind a new study, conducted in collaboration with The Economist Intelligent Unit, “The Economics of the Socially Engaged Enterprise.” He explains executives’ perceptions on the business value of social engagement and presents a social journey map for companies to follow. Click here to view this video regarding “Methodology and Social Journey Maps.”
Points of View is our blog dedicated to exploring the critical corporate communications issues of the day through insights and videos of Fortune 500 business and communications execs, industry insiders and our team.
PulsePoint Group
July 24th, 2009
Ray Jordan, Corporate VP of Public Affairs and Communications at Johnson & Johnson, on learning from a tough situation at J&J.
PulsePoint Group
July 13th, 2009
Howard Clabo, Senior Director of Worldwide Media Relations at Applied Materials, on repositioning the company as a leader in solar technology after years of strategically operating in the background for its clients in semiconductor, television panel and other industries.
PulsePoint Group
July 10th, 2009
Reprinted with permission from O’Dwyer’s Public Relations News
Bob Feldman, formerly CEO of GCI Group, and Jeff Hunt, a 17-year veteran of Burson-Marsteller, who are now in their own firm, said PR pros must take notice of advice in The McKinsey Quarterly that chief marketing officers might be the ones to lead in refurbishing the tarnished reputations of the financial and business worlds.
Feldman and Hunt, now partners in Pulse Point Group, Los Angeles and Austin, say McKinsey’s advice is “a warning to communications and PR heads” that they must present the case for PR to their managements or risk being “marginalized.” (more…)
PulsePoint Group
July 7th, 2009
Tom Martin, a senior counselor with PulsePoint Group, the Executive-in-Residence at the College of Charleston and a member of the Josephson Institute of Ethics Board of Governors, on the state of ethics in corporate communications.
PulsePoint Group
July 1st, 2009
Chris Atkins, VP of Corporate Communications at Standard & Poor’s, discusses being at a credit agency during the current economic crisis.
A Nation of Lobbyists?
Don Cogman
July 28th, 2009
Its amazing how short memories can be, and in particular how the media can “invent” something that has long been around.
Due in large part to the media’s love affair with Barack Obama, recent stories have developed on how the President has turned average citizens into lobbyists – a group he has publicly denigrated on more than one occasion – and what a powerful force they can be at the grassroots level if organized and motivated as he so successfully did in his 2008 presidential campaign.
Notwithstanding his personal success in mobilizing his troops to successfully wage his campaign (which was extremely well done), grassroots lobbying has been around longer than Barack Obama has been out of grade school. And, corporations and associations that woke up years ago to the tremendous impact it could have on legislation important to their future have long understood the power of the “voter back home” in influencing Congress and the Administration. (more…)
Tags: Commentary, Grassroots, Leadership
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