What Communicators Can Learn From Obama-McCain

In my travels, I've discovered that you cannot go anywhere without the US presidential elections popping up in the conversation, even in seemingly unrelated topics or circumstances.

Workers want upgraded environment, colleagues

A quarter of U.S. workers complain of working in gloomy environments that they say could be improved with windows that open or better-looking colleagues, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

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  • Why? What issues are coming up on the media horizon that you should be planning for?
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What do customers and investors think about you? What about your employees and community members? What are their expectations? How do you link communications, reputation and organizational objectives?

 Internal Communications
Effectiveness Research / Echo Optimizer

How do your employees view you and your communications? How engaged are they in your program of change? How can you mobilize employee attitudes?

 Journalist Audits
Are you reaching journalists effectively? How do your competitors fare? What are your target journalists' key issues, needs, concerns?

 Competitive Benchmarking
How are you perceived in the media compared with your competitors? What lessons can you learn to improve your position or ensure you keep ahead of the pack?

 Internet Evaluation /Web Watch Do you know what they're saying about your company in newsgroups? On competitors' websites? Chat rooms, blogs?

 Key Performance Indicators
Can you measure the progress of your messages, favorable-to-unfavorable ratios over time?

 Media-as-Radar Tracker Are you ready for threats and opportunities on the media horizon?

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As increasingly sizeable amounts are being directed into sponsorship, so too are demands increasing on its accountability - in terms of ROI, targets reached, brand development. The stakes are high. Are you measuring the opportunities properly? Click here for Echo's white paper on sponsorship and the press.

 Echo Toolkit
The Echo Toolkit combines a full range of market research techniques for the custom package that will give our clients comprehensive insight into their reputation and their competition's, and facilitate protective action.

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