Action PR Group

In this week when we celebrate our 40th anniversary, I look back to 1971 when I set up Action PR. At that time the world was a very different place; no internet, no mobile phones and certainly no iPad! Times were challenging but exciting and my vision was to build a business that was to [...]

Japan’s tragedy, the next real global crisis after the BP Horizon oil spill, is on everyone’s mind at the moment. It’s all over the news and your friends and family are probably googling “Chernobyl” and “thyroid gland cancer in neighboring countries” obsessively. From a PR perspective, BP’s ex-CEO Tony Hayward’s response to the oil spill [...]

Action Qatar has handled media relations for many events this year, but definitely the most prominent event in our calendar so far was the Qatar International Business Forum (QIBF) which took place on May 17 & 18 at the Ritz Carlton.  The QIBF is a prestigious event hosting high-profile women from all around the world [...]

For those who intend to pursue careers in social media, I would just like to say that it is a field where one needs to put in hard work and demonstrate smart work. One of the crucial lessons that I learned during the research work was that there are no shortcuts or substitutes to hard work. One has to put in utmost energy to achieve the desired results because, at the end of the day, the final outcome is equal to the amount of effort put in by you.

Over the past few days, I have been doing a lot of reading on crisis communications management. The main thing that has caught my attention is the manner in which brands either stand up or hide from the media in times of crisis. Or better still feed the hungry beast, as David Letterman did. Stand [...]

On Tuesday 8th March, International Women’s Day (http://www.internationalwomensday.com) was celebrated around the world.  Flowers or other presents were given by family, friends co-workers and by companies, National Holidays ...