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Dave Samson on Organizing to Use Data and Analytics at Chevron

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on August 15, 2016 by forrestandersonAugust 15, 2016

Here is the third (and for the time being, final) of my Blog posts with Dave Samson, General Manager, Public Affairs, at Chevron and current Chairman of The Arthur W. Page Society, answering questions about data, analytics and digital PR. To … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, big data, communications, corporate-stakeholder alignment, environmental assessment, environmental management, issues management, PR, public affairs, public relations planning, public relations strategy, stakeholder, stakeholder management

Dave Samson on Chevron’s Move toward More Proactive Communications and Public Affairs

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on August 8, 2016 by forrestandersonAugust 8, 2016

Here is the second of my Blog posts with Dave Samson, General Manager, Public Affairs, at Chevron and current Chairman of The Arthur W. Page Society, answering questions about data, analytics and digital PR. Forrest Anderson: Obviously, organizations today are using … Continue reading →

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Dave Samson on Data, Analytics and Digital PR at Chevron

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on August 2, 2016 by forrestandersonAugust 8, 2016

Dave Samson, General Manager, Public Affairs, at Chevron and current Chairman of The Arthur W. Page Society, is one of the PR industry’s leaders in using big data and analytics. He’s also at the leading edge of digital PR. Dave agreed … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, big data, corporate-stakeholder alignment, environmental assessment, environmental management, PR, public affairs, public relations, public relations planning, public relations strategy, stakeholder, stakeholder management

The Continuing Threat to PR/Communications from Management Consultants: McKinsey & Company on Reinventing External Affairs

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on July 28, 2016 by forrestandersonJuly 28, 2016

I get e-mails from McKinsey & Company, including one that linked to this article on “Reinventing External Affairs.” The article notes in a bold headline: “A rising role for stakeholder engagement—and the business value at stake” as a finding after … Continue reading →

Posted in corporate-stakeholder alignment, engagement, environmental assessment, environmental management, insight, issues management, management, management consulting, managing management, relationship, relationship assessment, relationship management, relationship research, stakeholder management

Big Data and Politics Article

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on November 15, 2015 by forrestandersonNovember 15, 2015

Great article on Big Data in Politics with viewpoints from Jim Messina and Karl Rove.

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Personal, Segments and Personalization

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on May 29, 2015 by forrestandersonMay 29, 2015

Great topline analysis of “Persona Based Marketing, Segments and Real Time Personalization – connecting the dots.”

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Management Cares about Reputation

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on May 19, 2015 by forrestandersonMay 20, 2015

Here is an article from Kellogg Insight entitled “A Board’s Eye View of Reputation Management.” Author Roxanne Decyk, Ford Scholar at the Ford Center for Global Citizenship at the Kellogg School, notes that “It is not enough anymore for a director … Continue reading →

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Generating Insight from Research Requires Understanding Client Business Issues

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on May 12, 2015 by forrestandersonMay 21, 2015

My friend and colleague, Mark Weiner, CEO of PRIME Research, LP, recently wrote “Driving the Action: The Ascent of Insights and the Decline of Data” for PRSA’s The Public Relations Strategist. His excellent article closes with four guidelines for transforming data into … Continue reading →

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What Big Data Is (From a PR and Communications Perspective) and Why It Matters

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on December 18, 2014 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

As many of you know, I’ve been studying Big Data and how PR and communications people are (or are not) using it.Today, it seems, the most common way we are using it is to spot trends in social media so … Continue reading →

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The Potential Value of Big Data to PR and Communications

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on August 6, 2014 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

This Blog is adapted from a comment I made on an IABC LinkedIn Discussion on Big Data, which was initiated by Natasha Nicholson. I am also indebted to comments in that discussion by Mike Jenkins and Sam Ford. In my mind, the … Continue reading →

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