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'Yes we can' might be a phrase forever associated with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign but at CGM we have our own take on it - can do, must do. A client who we'd arranged something for at short notice recently sent an email to...
What interesting media times we live in. Take yesterday, for instance. Three big stories - each engendering differing reactions. First up, the Rochester and Strood bi-election and Labour front-bencher Emily Thornberry's 'Image#Rochester' photo tweet. No comment, just a photo of a house sporting three St George flags...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Chris Green, right, with Kate Dodge of Project Events and Strictly Worcestershire organiser Gerard Smith.[/caption] Don't you just love pleasant surprises? On Saturday I attended a reception for fund-raisers for the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign - essentially to wave the flag for Strictly...
There, I've said it. Marketing IS balls - or should be. Why? Because the world is round, not square. The next time someone asks you to think outside the box, tell them to think circular. Our strapline at CGM is all round communications - the services we...
Do you have confidence in your business confidants? The reason I'm asking is because how much do your trusted advisers really know about the given subjects you choose to share with them and how capable are they to offer sanguine advice? We're doing a lot more one-to-one...
On the basis that a media crisis can wipe out your entire business if not handled properly - and/or if you've taken CGM's five-question media crisis test, here are some additional thoughts you may wish to consider. The first thing is not to fall into the...
"Ideas are the source of all things" Plato Creative thinking ought to be at the heart of every organisation. Sadly too many business leaders profess to being too busy to generate fresh ideas to pep up the organisations they manage. It can seem a cliché to say that...
With the latest BBC survey revealing the rocketing price of watching matches and the Labour Party's plans to gain supporter representation on the board of clubs, I was told an interesting story that recently happened at a Premier League football club. The story is of four...
Don't you just hate it when someone spits out the phrase 'do gooder' to disparage the actions of altruistic people? So what's the preferable alternative for these folks who pretend to hold some sort of moral high ground - to do bad? What's so clever about...
We've all heard the story about the man who ate an aeroplane. Frenchman Michael Lotito (Mr Monsieur Mangetout - Mr Eats Anything) filed miniscule pieces onto his food each day and washed it down with copious quantities of water. It took him two years to munch...
