tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post2794557570039650981..comments2024-03-26T22:26:32.946-07:00Comments on by Richard R Becker: Forgetting A Public: Public RelationsRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-82635865426409206422009-10-01T07:39:08.883-07:002009-10-01T07:39:08.883-07:00@Dean
I could not agree with you more. There seem...@Dean<br /><br />I could not agree with you more. There seems to be an irony in that many people who sought job security are in reality less secure than the people who never embraced the illusion of it. <br /><br />The Sears/Ward's example is brilliant. And so history repeats. How many companies are sending messages to their customers and staff that things are so tough nobody needs what they Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-83882677532407235782009-09-30T04:40:24.470-07:002009-09-30T04:40:24.470-07:00Back when I did communication audits, one of the f...Back when I did communication audits, one of the first things I investigated was employee perceptions and attitudes. And when I wrote my recommendations, it usually started with this key public -- which is, as you point out -- a part of many other publics as well. <br /><br />Pat Jackson, a man who changed my thinking about PR in the 80s and 90s, convinced me that employees are THE most critical Bill Sledzikhttp://toughsledding.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-8784042144876580872009-09-29T17:50:46.068-07:002009-09-29T17:50:46.068-07:00It's rough out there. I'm glad I run my ow...It's rough out there. I'm glad I run my own business and don't have to deal with the stress of a "job" or job hunting. <br /><br />But you're right, companies that hunker down could find themselves in trouble when the market eventually (and inevitably) picks up. In a white paper I published recently at www.DirectCreative.com/blog (Getting Response in a Down Economy), I Dean @ Pro Copy Tipshttp://www.procopytips.com/noreply@blogger.com