This great conference series returns to London in April with a great speaker line-up and credit crunch-friendly ticket price.

Some interesting findings from Edelman’s annual trust and credibility survey.

Get the lowdown from a whitepaper on Barack Obama’s campaigning success with social media.

Here’s a copy of the slides from my presentation today on how local government can get started with social media.

Last Friday I presented about public sector social media at the Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media conference in London.

I’ll be speaking at the Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media on Friday, 23 May in London.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

For PR students, and particularly those studying the CIPR Diploma, here’s another of my answers in the Critical Reasoning Test I did earlier this year.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

It’s been an interesting day – having been at the launch of the London 2012 brand this morning and then getting home this evening to read the reaction to the new logo online.

On Monday the new brand for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will be unveiled, and you can get a look as soon as it’s unveiled at 11am.

James Byford and Antony Mayfield have blogged about the Technorati/Ogilvy link-up that was announced last week. The main aspect of the announcement itself that stands out to me is that much was said in the respective news releases and posts, but it all meant so little – a hype and jargon overload.

Edelman launched its eighth annual Trust Barometer this morning in London. The survey looks at how well trusted individuals and organisations are among 3,100 “opinion formers” across 18 countries.

One of the best set of predictions for 2007 I’ve seen is over at Read/Write Web. They highlight that the growth of RSS will be one of the big stories next year.

Several days on from the original debate around “Wal-marting across America” Richard Edelman and Steve Rubel have posted about Edelman’s involvement.

I’ve been following the outpouring of blog posts about “Wal-marting across America” with interest. Could this be another example of the blogosphere not checking its sources?

The discussion around the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the thoughts of Director-General Colin Farrington on social media continues.