Everywhere you go in Asia Pacific you come across the huge social strains caused by the speed of economic development and change. In China, 300 million have been lifted out of poverty in a generation and many have moved from ...Read More
Last week I spoke at the annual meeting of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) in Christchurch. I was asked to address global trends and where I felt the industry was heading. This speech (which is embedded below) ...Read More
This week I was in Christchurch, New Zealand (my first ever trip there) speaking at the PR Institute of New Zealand’s (PRINZ) annual conference. It gave me the opportunity to visit the city devastated by the earthquake in 2011.
It was ...Read More
PRESS RELEASE
Edelman Hires Jane Fields as General Manager of the United Arab Emirates
Fields Brings Over 18 Years of Corporate Communications Experience to Clients in the Middle East
Edelman today announced that it has hired Jane Fields as general manager of the ...Read More
Last week I was a judge at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards, a sort of AP Cannes I guess, and I was in equal parts encouraged and dismayed for the PR industry.
The good news is that regularly in the two-day ...Read More
Guest post by Raymond Siva, managing director of Edelman Kuala Lumpur (pictured).
It truly was a weekend of overacting, grandstanding and political intrigue. The 2013 general elections in Malaysia (GE13) has been historic and has set a new benchmark of civic consciousness and ...Read More
Pictured (L-R): Robert Holdheim, CEO of South Asia, Middle East and Africa; and Francois Baird, chair of Edelman Africa.
Today’s announcement of the proposed acquisition of Baird’s Renaissance means that Edelman at last will own a presence in Africa. I ...Read More
Guest post by Arie Rukmantara.
Indonesia has witnessed an activism heyday, especially the pro-democracy movement that preceded the onset of the reformasi (reform era), which began with the fall of the military dictatorship in 1998. In this period, NGOs worked clandestinely ...Read More
Guest post by Stephen Lock.
Indonesian physicians are turning to the internet to empower patients with information while also using the internet to strengthen their professional network. These are amongst the most striking findings of the Edelman Indonesia healthcare provider survey. ...Read More
https://vimeo.com/61160189
Above is the first of a series of seven videos we have made about the generation born in the 1970’s in China. They are, in effect, the generation whose work and efforts transformed China into the second largest and consistently ...Read More
