Threat or Opportunity?

Threat or Opportunity?

by digby

I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember when Richard Nixon went on Laugh-In and said "sock it to me" but it was, in retrospect, a sign that the revolution had been absorbed into popular culture and was being exploited by the man, just as if it was a new brand of deodorant.

Pretty soon even politicians were all sporting longer hair and sideburns and wearing big ties. Check this out:























Of course, he was a hippie (and a war hero) but whatever.

Anyway, that's the first thing that came into my mind when I saw this:


Dear Corporate Communications Professional,

What affect is "Occupy Wall Street" having on corporate image and corporate communications plans? It's time for answers.


All participants will receive the survey results at the December 7th New York/IABCmeeting: "Occupy Wall Street": Threat or Opportunity for Corporate America? New York / IABC "SHOW AND TELL": A one-hour, hands-on panel for business communicators.

You'll learn in what areas the top corporate communicators are focusing on in their communications preparation to "OWS"; the dramatic increase in broadcast coverage of the "OWS" phenomenon and the broadcast and business media's take on how it will affect their coverage as well as its role in the 2012 Presidential election - and that's just from one of our amazing panelists. From the others, we'll pull the curtain away on how senior level communicators are planning and preparing for "OWS". The results will be released at this meeting, along with the results of a separate "Occupy Wall Street" survey of business and broadcast media being conducted by D S Simon.

I've thought from the beginning that greatest threat of "co-option" came not from the political parties or special interest groups which, let's face it, just aren't that good. The greatest threat of co-option comes from business itself.

If anyone goes to this thing I'd love to hear about it.


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