http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com Comment & discussion from a PR practitioner in Beijing Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In April Beijing welcomed the world to its international Auto Show; a show where Chinese models - of the breathing kind - drew more admiration from western visitors than what local manufacturers had to offer with four wheels. The Chinese auto industry’s often charismatic CEOs vociferously state international aspirations to sell ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/06/04/chinese-junk-car-industry-in-need-of-pr-help/ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown took a hammering in the UK local elections last Thursday. Not only was it the Labour Party's worst performance in over 40 years, the eccentric Conservative Party candidate and former editor of The Spectator, Boris Johnston, was victorious in his campaign to be elected as ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/05/05/no-10-embraces-digital-pr/ As some of you know, I have been a big F1 fan since I was young lad. So when my article, "Putting The PR Into F1", was published this week in the features section of leading F1 news portal, PlanetF1, you can imagine I was pretty happy. To read the story, click below. ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/03/20/putting-the-pr-into-f1/ * This post was originally written for ‘Off The Record’ - AC Capital Strategic Public Relations’ blog Thaksin Shinawatra - the deposed Thai Prime Minister - is not someone I particularly like. Ask any fellow Manchester United aficionado if they agree and your answer will be a definitive yes; following the ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/03/14/thaksin-football-crazy-pr-pro/ George Clooney, the Hollywood superstar turned celebrity diplomat for the day, is making the headlines for pressuring Omega – a Beijing Olympics sponsor – to speak out about China’s willingness to exchange crates of weapons for barrels of Sudanese oil regardless of the Darfur genocide. All cheers, but for how ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/03/12/clooney-sets-omega%e2%80%99s-olympic-alarm-bells-ringing/  * This post was originally written for 'Off The Record' - AC Capital Strategic Public Relations' blog For effective crisis management, companies and organizations susceptible to crises involving human injury and loss of life should have already set-up a ‘dark site’ - a previously hidden page displaying key contact information for ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/03/03/embrace-social-media-for-effective-crisis-management/ Stephen Spielberg has been making the headlines this week over his decision to quit as an artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics. The multi-award winning director announced his decision on Tuesday, after almost a year of unsuccessfully prodding China to do more in ending Sudan's attacks in the Darfur region.   Prodding ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/02/15/darfur-chinas-sophisticated-and-not-so-sophisticated-pr-strategy/ My employer, AC Capital Strategic Public Relations, recently launched it's re-vamped blog: Off The Record. Focusing on China more specifically, it offers a great insight into PR and media relations in the world's fastest growing economy, so please visit the blog and see what's being posted by ACC's team whenever you can. Below ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/02/15/western-media-reporting-on-china-ipr-issues-skewed/ Fear and kebabs on the streets of Peckham, a deprived area of south London, was the message that came out from Jacqui Smith earlier this week – not the best communications from a Home Secretary tasked with sorting out the hoody-hoodlums reaping havoc, and even death, on Britain’s streets.  Jacqui ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/01/22/home-secretary-discovers-how-not-to-use-quotable-quotes/ This week my “Public Relations” Google alert set alight in a way Baden Powell could have never foreseen when he decided that making fire with kindling best prepares a boy for a man’s life.   From the broadsheets (UK’s Daily Telegraph) to the red-tops  (UK’s Mirror Newspaper), and doing the rounds on ... http://paulprdixon.blogvis.com/2008/01/14/be-prepared/