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		<title>Why Bad PR Isn&#8217;t Always the Cause of Reputation Crises</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/05/07/why-bad-pr-isnt-always-the-cause-of-reputation-crises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 05:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organizational Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputational Risk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many organizations fall into the trap of always believing that Reputational Crises are caused by Bad Publicity. This could not be further from the truth. All Crises or incidents have a root cause, a catalyst that sparked it. Often we only encounter it when it appears in the spotlight. In a must read in Forbes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1837&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Hold Your Organization&#8217;s Fine Reputation in Your Hands</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/04/19/you-hold-your-organizations-fine-reputation-in-your-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Reputation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reputation management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Really? Yes, you do. Through your actions, performance, behavior and insight you can add to or subtract from that fine reputation. Are you adding or subtracting?? Filed under: Personal Reputation, Reputation, Reputation Protection Tagged: reputation management<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1829&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Caricature of Yours Truly, Deon Binneman</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/04/18/a-caricature-of-yours-truly-deon-binneman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carcature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 11 years ago I was asked to do a presentation on the importance of Crisis planning at a local university. My presentation really hit the mark and soon i was asked to advise on the writing and development of this plan. What really got Senior Management talking was my Siamese twins approach. I have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1813&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Relations Is Not Just about Having Contacts In High Places</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/04/18/government-relations-is-not-just-about-having-contacts-in-high-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have seen quite a few advertisements for Government Relations Managers that blatantly requests that applicants must have the right contacts. As if this was all that Government Relations is about. In my opinion Government Relations is much more than networking. It is about listening, engaging, communicating, lobbying, proposing and ultimately presenting your organisation’s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1809&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business with Disreputable Companies</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/04/08/doing-business-with-disreputable-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reputation risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Root Cause Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Reputation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should one do business with a company which once had a bad reputation, but now has new management? Or with a company which seems a little shaky due to a crisis or scandal? Or with known tenderpreneurs, Mamparas, etc.?&#8230; The best advice is to proceed, but with caution. Follow these steps to avoid getting burned: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1795&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Better Be Running</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/04/08/you-better-be-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. It knows that it must outrun the fastest lion that day, or be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion also awakens. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or starve to death. The moral of the story is this: Whether you are a gazelle or [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1790&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Doing Nothing</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/03/31/the-value-of-doing-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I learnt a lot on Good Friday. Got invited to visit friends on a farm where they were bass fishing. I ended up doing nothing. No mobile phone, no e-mails, no books. And, you know what I learnt. Yep, you have got it. The Value of Doing Nothing. Right now I feel liberated. Tired from [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1787&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Policies in Protecting Reputation</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/03/16/the-value-of-policies-in-protecting-reputation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compliance Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reputation Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is the value of policies, especially in terms of building, sustaining and protecting corporate reputation? The value of policies is immense. It sets a framework for people to operate within. Prevention of reputation related incidents in an organisation is one of the least costly and most efficient means of protecting a treasured reputation, but [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1784&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nastiness gets you Nowhere</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/03/03/nastiness-gets-you-nowhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://deonbinneman.wordpress.com/?p=1749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nastiness gets you Nowhere. Last year July an overseas client of mine reported me to my email service provider for sending her a newsletter she regarded as spam. They subsequently cancelled my subscription and kicked me off. I then approached the lady who said she forgot about me, and she wrote to the service provider [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1749&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Apology to my Readers</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2013/02/23/an-apology-to-my-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://deonbinneman.wordpress.com/?p=1746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time. Something in short supply when you are an independent consultant. You get so busy that you forget about your own voice, your ideas and the words in your heart. You forget about your readers, because you become so busy working on the task at hand, that you sometimes forget to not just work in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1746&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perception of risk is unique to each person</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/12/28/perception-of-risk-is-unique-to-each-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perception; Risk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Perception of risk is unique to each person &#8211; rooted in our values, education, experiences, and stake in the outcome. Filed under: Perception, Risk Management Tagged: Perception; Risk<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1699&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Shackles Of &quot;We Have Always Done It This Way&quot;</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/12/11/the-shackles-of-we-have-always-done-it-this-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisations are like elephants &#8211; they learn through conditioning. Trainers shackle young elephants with heavy chains to deeply embedded stakes. After years of being chained, older elephants never try and leave even though they have the strength to pull the stakes out. Their conditioning limits their movements with only a small metal bracelet around their [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1683&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Writing Concisely is Crucial</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/12/11/why-writing-concisely-is-crucial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I started this piece by using the word brevity, then I thought to myself, who knows that word. Concise and exact use of words is crucial in communication, just try and decode the following: “We respectfully petition, request, and entreat that due and adequate provision be made, this day and the date herein after [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1680&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Compelling Reasons to Educate, Train and Develop your Employees About Reputation Management</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/11/30/7-compelling-reasons-to-educate-train-and-develop-your-employees-about-reputation-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RepuCom seminars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing an organization&#8217;s reputation may be the most important asset a CEO and his or her team manages &#8211; as a good reputation helps a company to attract business, investors, hire and retain the best employees, partner with other leading organizations and lower the cost of capital. Reputation must be built from the INSIDE OUT, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1668&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Event, Multiple Stakeholder Impacts</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/11/16/one-event-multiple-stakeholder-impacts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RepuCom seminars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a storm in a teacup! How often have I not heard CEO’s say this, only for the share price to be 20% down a day later! Normally these are the visible signs, but a crisis poorly handled, have a wider impact than most managers anticipated. Look at the following model. A single risk event [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1617&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building More Cost-Effective &amp; Efficient Consulting Practices</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/11/01/building-more-cost-effective-efficient-consulting-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consultancy Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultancy Marketing; Professional Services Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Minister of Finance declared that Government Departments will need to become more lean and mean and make do with what they have. This “freeze” is bound to affect consultant income. Times are going to be tough and Government are certainly going to be cutting costs and re-evaluating consulting relationships and contracts. Professional Service [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1605&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dates for the Remainder of my 2012 Public Training</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/10/09/register-now-for-my-2012-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RepuCom seminars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please check out and register for my remaining 2012 public courses. I will facilitate a Stakeholder Reputation Management Master Class, a Product Recall Crisis Management workshop, a Reputation Protection &#38; Defence seminar and a Marketing and Growing a Consulting Practice workshop during November &#38; December. Filed under: RepuCom seminars, Uncategorized Tagged: reputation management; reputation management [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1551&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Definition for the Word &#8220;Stakeholder&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/10/01/a-definition-for-the-word-stakeholder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reputation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stakeholder Group Examples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I received an e-mail asking me for a modern definition of the word stakeholder. Immediately my ‘humour’ side kicked in, and I thought of vampires  a-la Edward. This is a question that I ask at conferences and in my workshops, and inevitably I will get words such as someone or a group that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1538&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Persistence Is About Little Steps</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/09/22/persistence-is-about-little-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Reputation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Laura Schlessinger tells the following story: &#8220;Guy comes to the guru in the road and says, &#8220;Guru, which way is success?&#8221; Guru points off silently, because gurus don&#8217;t talk when they&#8217;re wearing white robes. Guy goes off in that direction and then you hear SPLAT. Guy comes back, a little bloody, a little worn, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1527&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Quick Response</title>
		<link>http://deonbinneman.com/2012/09/12/the-importance-of-quick-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Binneman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you one of those culprits that do not promptly return e-mails, phone calls or direct tweet messages? Then read on. It can be the key to success or failure. One of the reasons why the SA e-commerce security company Thawte came to be worth so much to US Competitor Verisign was that the owner [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deonbinneman.com&#038;blog=675977&#038;post=1515&#038;subd=deonbinneman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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