Matt Wickens

“It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.” - Swift. Views own.

[مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي @ADMediaOffice]

Mohamed bin Zayed has issued a resolution to appoint Saleh Mohamed Saleh Al Geziry as Director General for Tourism at the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

Mandatory reading for all in comms.

[Ashleigh Stewart @Ash_Stewart_]

Unpopular opinion: #InternationalWomensDay has been hijacked by the PR industry and obscured by tropey pink-hued bullsh*t and it's time to get rid of it.

Here are my thoughts (pls read before you sharpen your pitchforks):

https://t.co/GDaYVXE3Ob

[Amith Passela @AmithPassela]

Arab Women Sports Tournament continues to raise the bar for athletes in the region https://t.co/6HDcQsPC6O via @TheNationalUAE

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@rufusjones1 What a Pitta

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

Scenes at the toss today. #ENGvAUS

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@insentweets @jcgnana The spirit of cricket 👏

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@jcgnana 👋👋 🇮🇳

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

Best of luck to all - it’s an epic place to be a grad.

[Four MENA @FourMENA]

Thanks to all for taking part in our successful first Four MENA Grad day #makemeyourmenagrad

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

A big happy birthday to one of the best bosses out there. Quality bloke.

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

“Putting media coverage ahead of governance duties and moral responsibilities is always going to be more damaging than doing the right thing, however disruptive it may have been.” Oxfam’s mistakes are ones for the PR textbooks for years to come. https://t.co/7VQvIfO8iL

[Test Match Special @bbctms]

The top scorer for Australia so far?

Extras.

Live https://t.co/pSnp8gfhGz #bbccricket #CWC19 #AUSvWI

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@DamoclesBDA Perfection

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@DamoclesBDA Not meaning to be a stickler, but you’ve missed out Callaghan, and Eden came after Churchill, not Wilson.

[Chartered Institute of Public Relations @CIPR_Global]

Public relations is so much more than media relations. Last week's @BBCRadio4 #R4MediaShow on PR failed to reflect the diverse nature of modern practice. Read our statement from @EmmaJ70 https://t.co/couOFnNsfM

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@Adweek thus agencies are cool. qed.

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@Adweek who’s made a hit tv show about about an in house comms team?

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

This makes a really nice point about the rationale for rebranding. New design inevitably garners interest, but without deeper structural changes, it is only a short term solution. https://t.co/qYqhKNl89r

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

Robert Bresson - ‘Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.’

Perfectly apt for social media as well.

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

creativity is becoming more, not less, critical in communications, because of online ads https://t.co/77GOGDHusA

[Matt Wickens @mbwickens]

@TBoneGallagher I think Campbell’s work on myths should have greater attention paid to it when we talk about storytelling. That myths are powerful, rich archetypes is something professional storytellers should pay attention to.