How PROs Can Communicate More Effectively In The Post-Truth Era
Following Brexit and Trump, there has been much agonising over the genesis and impact of fake news stories on Facebook and how the public are ignoring the facts.
In this short article our Managing Director, Andrew Caesar-Gordon, identifies how PROs can overcome the current hysteria and communicate effectively in the so-called ‘post-truth’ era.
Communicators merely need to look through the other end of the telescope and communicate in a way that connects with audiences rather than broacasting ‘key messages’ at them.
Download the short article here.
You can also have a look at this TED Talk video from ethnographer Simon Sinek which shows how.
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