The importance of flexibility for the next day The Business Continuity Institute conducted a major global survey last month with the participation of organizations from 19 different industries (including pharma, tech, banking, supply, real estate, tourism) in 64 countries regarding preparation, management and restoration of critical functions (human resources, technology business processes) around the Covid19 occurrence. Going through…
Recent news stories from distant places on the planet bring forward the serious dilemmas that gradually arise regarding the management of the next day in the social life of the globe. In Cook County, USA, a proposed resolution would allow for the “disclosure of one’s COVID-19 status to first responders, including non-law-enforcement first responders, for purposes of…
Certainly, when one speaks of communication in a professional context, the minds of most go to strategies, elaborate tactics, sophisticated tools, messaging architecture, narrative structure, and so on. But first and foremost, communication is the key to everyday socializing.What is called body language in the early stages of a media training. It is this kind of…
In the previous post we may have talked about the “basics” of communication, but current reality “turns” us to dealing with more “advanced” issues in the industry. Market research has been a classic tool of marketing and political communication since the latter began to borrow concepts and methods from economics. With the emergence of social…
Address: noun (c): formal speech by the authorities to the people for matters of great importance. The above entry may seem easily understandable in contemporary Greece, as our reality has become very familiar with the concept, but not long ago, say before 2010, there may have been people who did not know what a prime…
Amid protests around the world over the recent incidents of police brutality in the US, the issue has gone viral challenging corporations that are active in social media to take a stand on the issue. Of course, the whole issue is absolutely serious and especially multidimensional, and this is not the place to dive into…
One of the very classic roles attributed to the media and a first semester course for every communication student is the agenda setting. This means which issues are projected and how they are prioritized, that is, in what order and with what gravity they stand out. The interesting thing about this agenda is the process…
During recent years, not rarely, Facebook, the social media giant, has been the focus of investigation, scrutiny and serious pressure. The reason is traditionally the management of personal data and in particular their use for advertising purposes. In all such cases though, it was national and regional institutional regulators exerting the pressure, acting in the…
