We, at Wilkinson Group, are naturally skeptical of surveys where the source has
Peter WilkinsonMarch 5, 2013
Earlier this year we made the following observations of the challenges and opportunities facing CEOs in 2012 for the benefit of people in public relations…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 20, 2012
A case study demonstrating the importance of Community Relations in Crisis PR. From the public’s point-of-view we may have gone past the point of intelligent…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 21, 2012
The new challenge - attract a crowd How we design a communications plan is changing. Traditionally we have said: Where are we now? Where do…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 5, 2012
Below is a response to Thomas Friedman’s article by contraversial film maker Josh Fox. It was written as a comment under Friedman’s article in the…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 14, 2012
The last three days have involved three media training sessions, with the same three anxieties about journalists: bias, shallowness, inaccuracy. This is not new –…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 10, 2012
Well, a little more than a plan. To have a plan we first needed strong leadership, dictating good governance, which would have demanded strong protocols,…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 5, 2012
Murdoch senior’s appearance at the Leveson Inquiry was always going to become a media feeding frenzy – the worst possible experience. It was always going…
Peter WilkinsonApril 26, 2012
In Crisis PR we have always stressed sticking to the fundamentals. One of them is - Understand social media: now, the audience can listen to…
Peter WilkinsonApril 25, 2012
Greg Smith's resignation letter remains one of the most read pieces of executive dissent in corporate history. When the Goldman Sachs executive director published his…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 17, 2012
The New York Times owns this story; it printed the Greg Smith letter. So for followers of Crisis public relations, two NYT stories over the weekend,…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 17, 2012
impact of the Fukushima disaster on Environmental sustainability and economic sustainability, and the dilemma for policy makers in providing enough energy to maintain standards. Fear…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 8, 2012
Crisis PR and the Murdochs #8: The Sun on Sunday launch – do we detect grudging respect? Admiration?
Murdoch on the rebound is a classic lesson for all Crisis PR practitioners. First came the admiration of RM’s Twitter comms, now the respect he’s…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 25, 2012
In Crisis PR a critical component for recovery is the ability to set the news agenda*. Now two big agenda-setting events at News International: starting a new Sunday…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 17, 2012
Two of the crucial must-haves in managing a crisis are preparation and nimbleness. Now we can bang on about the theory, but instead why not explore…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 10, 2012
Do you follow Murdoch? We have been. He’s been in crisis since the closure of NOTW on July 7th2011. Now he’s on Twitter - @rupertmurdoch - 160,000+ followers…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 29, 2012
Slowly the facts are emerging on what went wrong at Fukushima from a crisis PR point of view after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 7, 2012
Are you confused? Well, so is practically everyone else. Globally. There's a lot to be learnt on leadership by watching how countries deal with this.…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 5, 2012
It’s relatively rarely that an internal PR person with expertise in crisis communications speaks up. Below is an interview by PR Daily with director of media relations…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 10, 2011
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