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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

If heavy equipment is needed to rescue men from a mine collapse; or if you have to undertake costly medical tests; or if you need to hire a bulldozer to stop leaking chemicals reaching a river; no-one will say “but there’s no provision for that in this year’s budget.” Cost in a crisis is most often a secondary consideration.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

If heavy equipment is needed to rescue men from a mine collapse; or if you have to undertake costly medical tests; or if you need to hire a bulldozer to stop leaking chemicals reaching a river; no-one will say “but there’s no provision for that in this year’s budget.” Cost in a crisis is most often a secondary consideration.

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Avión Tequila “Health Claim” PR Snafu Part of Bigger Problem

PR Breakfast Club

The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production. By promoting the study, are they promoting their brand’s health measures? When it comes to alcohol marketing, the legal gray area just keeps getting bigger.

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Is Fortnite Addiction for Real?

Mindful Marketing

by David Hagenbuch , founder of Mindful Marketing & author of Honorable Influence Alcohol, gambling, opioids: Out-of-control consumption of such things has upended the lives of many. Maybe Epic Games could consider a similar measure. For these reasons, it seems like Fortnite is a tenuous version of “ Mindful Marketing.”

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Ukraine-Russia conflict: Putin takes revenge on West

Mark My Words

Further measures may stop foreign ships docking. The economy ministry said: “These measures are a logical response to those imposed on Russia”, adding that curbs on countries that have “committed unfriendly actions” were “aimed at ensuring uninterrupted functioning of key sectors of the economy”.

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