Marketing in the Public Sector http://www.jimmintz.ca Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:32:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How NOT to do Private Public Partnerships in Public Health Social Marketing… Healthy Eating in the UK http://www.jimmintz.ca/2012/01/13/how-not-to-do-private-public-partnerships-in-public-health-social-marketing%e2%80%a6-healthy-eating-in-the-uk/ http://www.jimmintz.ca/2012/01/13/how-not-to-do-private-public-partnerships-in-public-health-social-marketing%e2%80%a6-healthy-eating-in-the-uk/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:27:07 +0000 jimmintz http://www.jimmintz.ca/?p=1342 A few years ago I read about a partnership in Great Britain that made me wonder if the new British government had sold out to the private sector and hurt the credibility of private/public partnerships.

Food marketers in the U.K. were being asked to step up efforts to educate the public about healthy eating, after the new British government cut its $120 million Change4Life anti-obesity marketing campaign. In return the government promised not to impose new restrictions on food marketing.

The Conservative [...]

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Recently The Florida Family Association who lobbies to withdraw ads from shows like  Degrassi, Modern Family, Family Guy and Dancing With the Stars, among others.  has recently convinced Lowe’s  to  withdrawn commercials from “All-American Muslim,” a new series on the TLC cable channel. “All-American Muslim,” follows the [...]

]]> http://www.jimmintz.ca/2011/12/19/1334/feed/ 0 Seasons Greetings from Marketing in the Public Sector http://www.jimmintz.ca/2011/12/13/seasons-greetings-from-marketing-in-the-public-sector/ http://www.jimmintz.ca/2011/12/13/seasons-greetings-from-marketing-in-the-public-sector/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:51:00 +0000 jimmintz http://www.jimmintz.ca/?p=1330 This morning as I was sitting on the dentist chair, I saw this poster which made me think of the holiday season and the coming New Year. You may have seen this before but it is worth reading again as its advice is priceless.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is an American author best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller (1991–1994) Its sequel Life’s Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it [...]

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