Bob Pickard
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Public relations for leaders – PR counsel to names in the news. 30+ year communication career @ 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇨🇦🇰🇷🇸🇬 Served as CEO of Burson in Asia and North Asia of Edelman. Former MDB global comms chief. Publicized in PRC state media for “purely sensational hype.”
Ranked: Flags of the World, by Most to Least Recognized
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Ranked: Flags of the World, by Most to Least Recognized
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Impressive and helpful how NOAA in the US communicates public relations “key messages” real-time to keep everyone informed about geomagnetic storm levels.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Impressive and helpful how NOAA in the US communicates public relations “key messages” real-time to keep everyone informed about geomagnetic storm levels.
Aurora borealis overhead right now
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Aurora borealis overhead right now
A new study finds that presenting a greater number of arguments can leave people suspicious, rather than convinced. More isn’t always better in persuasion. Add too many arguments and you sound smarter AND more manipulative - effects that cancel each other out.
www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
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More persuasive arguments aren’t always more convincing | BPS
Recent study finds that presenting a greater number of persuasive arguments can leave people suspicious, rather than convinced.
www.bps.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A new study finds that presenting a greater number of arguments can leave people suspicious, rather than convinced. More isn’t always better in persuasion. Add too many arguments and you sound smarter AND more manipulative - effects that cancel each other out.
www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
Sunday evening atmosphere
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Sunday evening atmosphere
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Talk with your hands — on purpose. A new study finds that gestures illustrating ideas make speakers more persuasive. For leaders, clarity is spoken and shown. Not random gesticulation, but intentional movements that signal meaning.
Want to be more persuasive? Talk with your hands, study finds - UBC News
UBC study finds that purposeful hand gestures can boost persuasiveness and perceived competence.
news.ubc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Talk with your hands — on purpose. A new study finds that gestures illustrating ideas make speakers more persuasive. For leaders, clarity is spoken and shown. Not random gesticulation, but intentional movements that signal meaning.
A semi-sincere-sounding apology from PR-conscious Prince Harry who may not have the strongest of spines. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/royal...
‘I was under duress’: Prince Harry apologizes to Canada for wearing L.A. Dodgers hat during World Series
Prince Harry was spotted wearing a Dodgers hat during Game 4 of the 2025 World Series between the L.A. Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, Canada’s only Major League Baseball franchise.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A semi-sincere-sounding apology from PR-conscious Prince Harry who may not have the strongest of spines. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/royal...
Looking up at blue skies in a skyscraper canyon
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Looking up at blue skies in a skyscraper canyon
This morning's vantage point
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This morning's vantage point
It was shocking to see the amount of hate and prejudice that this man had to endure throughout the campaign – and especially in the past few days. I don’t agree with all of his politics, but I must say that Mamdani’s leadership communication and campaign marketing were truly extraordinary.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It was shocking to see the amount of hate and prejudice that this man had to endure throughout the campaign – and especially in the past few days. I don’t agree with all of his politics, but I must say that Mamdani’s leadership communication and campaign marketing were truly extraordinary.
Andrew Cuomo in New York wasn’t the only controversial former state governor trying for a political comeback tonight in a mayoralty run. In New Jersey, former governor (2002-2004) Jim McGreevey looks to be falling short in Jersey City.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Andrew Cuomo in New York wasn’t the only controversial former state governor trying for a political comeback tonight in a mayoralty run. In New Jersey, former governor (2002-2004) Jim McGreevey looks to be falling short in Jersey City.
In today's @AP:
"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later"
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"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later"
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'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later
November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In today's @AP:
"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later"
apnews.com/article/edmu...
"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later"
apnews.com/article/edmu...
Good morning from the ‘onward’ city
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good morning from the ‘onward’ city
I shared my public relations perspective on the cross-cultural geopolitical comms dynamics of the NBA’s cautious return to China with some comments in this story by John Duerden in Germany’s Deutsche Welle.
www.dw.com/en/nba-makes...
www.dw.com/en/nba-makes...
NBA makes tentative return to China as Trump and Xi meet – DW – 10/29/2025
In 2019, the NBA was frozen out of its biggest overseas market. The relationship is now improving, but there are no guarantees ― especially with Beijing and Washington engaged in a trade war.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I shared my public relations perspective on the cross-cultural geopolitical comms dynamics of the NBA’s cautious return to China with some comments in this story by John Duerden in Germany’s Deutsche Welle.
www.dw.com/en/nba-makes...
www.dw.com/en/nba-makes...
As a PR guy, I love this ‘ROYAL COMMUNICATIONS’ letterhead, especially when it’s used for a worthy purpose such as this public announcement.
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As a PR guy, I love this ‘ROYAL COMMUNICATIONS’ letterhead, especially when it’s used for a worthy purpose such as this public announcement.
707 Fifth Street (2017)
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
707 Fifth Street (2017)
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Pre-dawn views this morning.
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pre-dawn views this morning.
Countries With the Best Reputations in 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Countries With the Best Reputations in 2025
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Reposted by Bob Pickard
We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans