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The gift of the business gabWe start off with an exclusive from Louise Marsland...The Mail & Guardian has appointed seasoned journalist, editor and digital strategist Verashni Pillay as its new Editor-in-Chief. It's hoped that Pilllay will reinvigorate the brand and steer the publication "back to its roots", following a raft of retrenchments, recent cutbacks and falling circulation. On the topic of professionalism, Marion Scher shares tips that'll make the difference between a brilliant or boring speech, especially with today's ever-distracted audience, such as keeping the speech short, keeping it personal and using humour - but not starting with a joke. Daniel Munslow adds his views on the evolution of business communication, with feedback from the recent International Association of Public Relations' Congress, where he was one of a handful of speakers at the largest PR conference of its kind hosted in Africa. Key changes are the need for in-house communication development, as well as more strategic planning and thinking training. Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
Louise Marsland The Mail & Guardian has appointed seasoned journalist, editor and digital strategist Verashni Pillay as its new Editor-in-Chief... Read | Daniel Munslow The traditional role of public relations continues to evolve in a dynamic and constantly changing landscape. Today, PR is a key function of an organisation's reputation management strategy... Read | Marion Scher We've all had that moment, whether at a wedding, presentation, conference or the boss's announcement, when our heart sinks at the mention of the word 'speech'... Read |
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 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Stephen McIntyre and Dale Imerman... read | | |
 | Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard Over the years, advertising has lost its psychological influence and subliminal power. These days, consumers and the public in general value the information they find in respectable media sources... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Ambitious entrepreneurs with a desire to make a lasting impact in the industry, who fight to get what they want - that's the basic blood force of challenger agency AVATAR... read | |  | Issued by Millward Brown Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the most liked by the South African audience whom we believe to be the most important critic, the person who ultimately chooses to buy your brand or not... read | | |
 | Amelia Richards Africa holds much promise, but also many pitfalls. To succeed on the continent, brands must learn from the failures and successes of others... read | | |
 | The Africa in Motion Film Festival has announced the final short lists of its annual Short Film Competition and Documentary Film Competition... read | | |
 | Applications have opened for That Art Fair 2016 for artists across Africa and the diaspora for the 'counter cultural event of the season'. Applications and submissions close on 6 November 2015... read | | |
 | Prashant Sengar With more and more brands ushering towards unique email marketing strategies, building a strong customer base is more important than ever before. The urge can only be satisfied with more personalised email marketing efforts... read | | |
 | The All Africa Business Leaders Awards have announced the Southern Africa regional winners in the 2015 competition... read | |  | The top business leaders in Africa have been announced at the 2015 African Business Awards held at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly... read | |  | Naseem Javed "...When the tsunami of free technologies makes organisations look increasingly outdated, the same tsunamis can quadruple exports, innovative excellence and catapult into image supremacy... this makes technocalamity a new global age phenomena..." - Mentorian. read | | |
 | The Indo-Africa ICT Expo, which took place last week at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, brought together over 100 companies from Africa and India for the exhibition and conference... read | | |
 | Nurudeen Oyewole The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced commencement for the submission of entries for the 2015 investigative awards... read | |  | October 2015 sees the 20th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. As part of CNN International's commitment to the African continent, it will run a series of special features and programmes about Africa throughout the month... read | | |
 | The launch of WorkinAfrica is set to transform how online recruitment is done in sub-Saharan Africa... read | | |
 | Shaun Harris Behind Clover Industries' remarkably strong financial results for the year to June released last week, lies a strategy it has often employed before... read | | |
 | News24 Correspondent Insulting President Robert Mugabe on social media is a risky business, as a Zimbabwean man who's been arrested for posting a message to the wrong WhatsApp group will no doubt testify... read | |  | NEWSWATCH: As if the video autoplay on Facebook wasn't distracting enough, the social network will be introducing 7-second GIF profile pictures, along with a range of other changes coming soon... read | | |
 | Masembe Tambwe Bongo movie enthusiasts have something to smile about with the announcement of the launching of a brand new Tanzanian focused general entertainment channel MAISHA MAGIC BONGO on M-Net... read | | |  | D&AD has announced that Andy Sandoz, Creative Partner at Havas Work Club, is the new D&AD President for 2015-16 and Bruce Duckworth, Principal at Turner Duckworth, is the Deputy President... read | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is expected to stay on as the company's chief, bringing an end to the company's plodding search for a top executive, according to a report on Wednesday... read | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: BlackBerry announced plans on Friday to sell an Android-powered smartphone, in the latest reboot effort from the faded star of the sector... read | | | More International | |
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 | Godfrey Madanhire Interviewing to fill a position in your small or even large enterprise, is a task where reading between the lines is important... read | |
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| Lao Tzu "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Hyman G. Rickover "Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches." Helen Keller "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." |
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