Karim Raslan shines in election night media appearance
Karim Raslan explains why he was being so candid on LIVE television, and shares his view on the recent General Election in Malaysia.
Karim Raslan explains why he was being so candid on LIVE television, and shares his view on the recent General Election in Malaysia.
The theme of the third annual Asia Pacific Communications Summit of "Driving post-digital communications" seemed a tad premature, given the struggle many communications directors have, just to get up to speed on digital. But #APCS17 nailed the contradictions and the ambiguities Communications Directors face every day, which shows why this was, actually, the most appropriate title.
Here are five things we learned during Mumbrella 360 Asia 2017, ending yesterday.
Communications Directors stage a variety of events, ranging from press- and analysts' briefings, to conferences and sales kick-offs. But apart from all the time, effort and budget that is spent on such events, the most important aspect is what you do afterwards. We discussed the eight easy things all Communications Directors can, and frankly must do, to capture the value of their events.
The media is changing so much, so rapidly, that training you might have received only recently is quickly out of date.
"When is it ever okay to leverage a crisis for marketing?" - this is the questions members of the Asia Pacific Association of Communications Directors (APACD) debated at Hong Bao Media's Kuala Lumpur studio for the APACD Coaching Day. By consensus we concluded that it can be okay to do so, but under very specific circumstances.
We are debating this topic at the next APACD event at our Kuala Lumpur studio, and I hope you can join us there.
A small group of Communications Directors produced an impromptu program in our KL studio today, and had their questions answered on producing video in-house.
A small group of senior Communications Directors produced a live webcast in our studio today, and had all their questions answered on live webcasting.
I have been appointed Honorary Secretary of the Marketing Institute of Singapore, following last night's 43rd Annual General Meeting at the M Hotel.
The Executive Council - which consists of the same Councillors as last year, plus two new members - has very substantial plans for the year ahead. The fragmentation brought about by digital marketing has left many marketers starting from scratch in
When the national broadcasters of Australia and Singapore talk about focusing more on digital content, this inevitably spells changes for your media strategy, and for the way your spokespeople appear in the media.
Conducting interviews with Chairmen and directors of SGX-listed companies, and researching the series of articles that appear in the supplement (link also below), I discovered the issue goes far beyond gender diversity itself.