Fiona & Company

12/09/2018

Public relations professionals typically use data less than their counterparts in other professions. We can use data to predict what kinds of stories do best in different locations and what messages work with different audiences. With data such as this, collected by Chris Orwa on regional dialects on Twitter in Kenya, we can point to trends and get a better sense of our efforts.

People who state their Twitter location as Kiambu are likely to have the most eccentric lingo

05/09/2018

As soon as you step into a top position at a company that needs to significantly improve the way it operates, there’s pressure to get off to a quick start......

When and how to slow things down.

16/05/2018

https://hbr.org/2018/05/the-ways-customers-use-products-have-changed-but-brands-havent-kept-up

16/05/2018

https://howtocrisis.wordpress.com/2017/09/17/fundamentals-of-crisis-management/

A crisis is described as a sudden occurrence with a potentially negative outcome. Crisis management is the process by which a business or organisation deals with this sudden emergency. Whi…

16/05/2018

https://howtocrisis.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/2-6-6-3-the-new-curriculum/

The recent departure from the 8.4.4 system to the 2.6.6.3 system has been met with controversy. To be Kenyan is to feign shock at the promises that turn to dust before our very eyes. The current s…

16/05/2018

https://howtocrisis.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/conversation-over-lunch-with-maurice-hennessy/

Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilege celebrated 200 years with a visit to Kenya by the Hennessy family, Maurice Hennessy and his nephew Roch Hennessy. (Photo: Right to left) We got the opportunity to sit dow…

16/05/2018

https://howtocrisis.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/crisis-response-solai-dam-tragedy/

Last week a dam owned and operated by Patel Coffee Estates Ltd in Solai, Nakuru county collapsed, flooding a heavily populated village killing 48 people and displacing 2,500 others. Patel Mansukul,…