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  • Does it feel like the world is fraught with crises?
    Friday, May 15, 2009 - 12:51

    Swine Flu.  Financial meltdown.  Bankruptcy.  Banks failing the government’s stress test.  Excessive executive compensation. The nature of crisis hasn’t changed, but the way crises emerge has.  And the way we counsel clients has, too.  Bottom line:  companies must aggressively anticipate problems before they draw public attention.

  • Big bill for a green revolution
    Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 16:17

    Reducing greenhouse gases and tackling global warming is a massive problem for society at large, and there a will be a big societal price tag for fixing it. Achieving that in a severe recession must be one of the thorniest issues on the government agenda for the rest of this decade and beyond.

  • White House blog marks huge shift in presidential communications
    Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 09:51

    Coming off the heels of the most successful digital campaign in political history, President Barack Obama and his team are continuing their online communications with the launch of the official White House Blog. Macon Phillips, Director of New Media for the Obama administration, wrote the inaugural post on January 20 that emphasized communication, transparency and participation as the three guiding principles and priorities for all online media efforts from the team moving forward. 

  • The PR battle over ‘local jobs’
    Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 13:25

    It’s been widely reported that the UK is being hit by a series of unofficial strikes over the issue of employers using ‘foreign’ workers from other parts of the European Union, rather than from Britain itself. As the recession deepens, we are likely to see more of this kind of thing.

  • Welcome to Wolfe Tracking
    Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 11:16

    Welcome to Wolfe Tracking, Cohn & Wolfe’s single, all-agency blog featuring observations, insights and ideas from a team of communications professionals across each practice and region in our global network. Like the wolf, the truth is elusive. But every one of our more than 25 bloggers is in dogged pursuit—and we are eager to share our experiences surveying this new media wilderness.