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Another week, another American police street gun battle, a town in lockdown. In the aftermath of renewed riots in a place called Ferguson, I caught the remarks of Ed Flynn. The Milwaukee chief of police holds clear views on how social media driven misreporting unnecessarily fuels flames of discontent. >

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/06/dolan5happiness.jpg] Five small things to make your (as a new business hunter) prospect, or (as an account management farmer) customer, happy. How tricky can it be? According to the official UK Govt adviser on happiness (I know…) as listed above, just

Silly season PR this year scrapes up an equation for family holiday [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3190252/Fancy-picture-perfect-family-holiday-Newfound-mathematical-formula-takes-seven-factors-account-ensuring-stress-free-memorable-experience-all.html] survival. The hired hand psycho-quack suggests seven variables at play. Combined through various adds, subtracts, multiply, divide and even a squared. Along with recommendations. Like 70% of

Travelling between meetings I heard a restaurateur of renown [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_Café_(London)] answer her most commonly faced question. Ruth Rogers frequently gets asked “what makes a great chef?”. > “It’s not just talent to cook, but ability to work with others, teach

Promoting his part of a series called An Intelligent Person’s Guide To Education , retiring Eton Headmaster (and former pupil) Tony Little did the PR rounds this Summer. As possibly the world’s most famous school, he made a good stab of trying to rebut detractors who deride his institution

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/timemag-blends-portmanteau.jpg] One for salespeople that like wordplay. Wannabe copywriters or those that feel they can outdo their marketing brethren relish the construct that is aportmanteau [http://salespodder.com/?s=portmanteau]. I note from the recent Time magazine double “answers” issue [http:

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/irights-u18-digitalrights.jpg] Here’s a shot I took off a Skynews slot. It’s in reference to a proposed digital charter for children. The one garnering most chatter is up top. An ability to delete your own posted web trail when you

The British Left is in disarray after an unexpected Election pummelling. So much so that they appear bizarrely close to choosing a Stalinist as their next leader. Comedian Mark Steel evoked the speech style of long ago incumbent Tony Blair to suggest what the Party required. [https://salespodder.com/content/

[www.spectator.co.uk/author/alexandra-coghlan/] Classical music always seems in crisis. Audience shrinking, regular attempts to spread its reach take place. Magazine critic Alexandra Coghlan made these remarks during a debate on the latest ‘trick’, a pay-what-you-want-at-the-end gig. > When you talk to people about classical music … [you hear]

Talking over a couple of cheekies with a bunch of expats sheltering a monsoon, I realised one line from the recent UK Budget speech had terrific recall. Its hook comes from three simple numbers; 1 – 4 – 7. It arose during a section on welfare spend reduction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Deputy Speaker,