Beijing: when humanitarian issues and Olympic values collide

  Earlier this summer I wrtoe a short piece for Sportanddev.org about the challenges the IOC and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games organizers faced when questions about human rights, approved freedom of speech and freedom of the press were raised by internaitonal media and advocacy groups. The entire article is here. Here’s an excerpt:   …

Artistic Freedom at the Olympic Games

  The new edition of Culture @ the Olympics hosts an article I wrote about the contractual limitations for artists working around the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, treat from the perspective of a corporate sponsor for the Olympic arts. The entire article is below:

Social Media strategy and monitoring @ Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

    I have just returned from a week in Thailand where I had the tremendous pleasure and honor to be invited to teach at the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University in Bagkok to a group of master students enrolled in the international MA in Strategic Communication Management. Presented in a workshop/lecture format …

#engagingbmth storify

  Yesterday has been filled of very interesting presentations from my colleagues and equally engaging and challenging questions from our guests.You can find the white paper Darren Lilleker and I wrote in the “Getting the message out” post, capsule and my presentation on creating a social media daily routine here. Here’s a short review of …