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Global-Green-City-VITORIA-GASTEIZ

Should we brand our place green?

January 27, 2023 Robert Govers

People contact me when they think that they have a problem with the image of their city, region or country.…

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Posted in: Brand, Leadership, Reputation, Sustainability Filed under: Ghent, Green, Imaginative Communities, Paris, Vitoria-Gasteiz
New Book Cover and Backflap with blurb

Same Book, New Blurb & Cover

June 15, 2022 Robert Govers

Same book, new cover and backflap marketing blurb.

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Posted in: Book, Communities, Cover, Imagination Filed under: Diplomacy, Imaginative Communities, Investment, Reputation, Talent Attraction, Tourism, Trade, Travel
Empty Highway

Marketing Places: Bullshit Jobs?

September 29, 2021 Robert Govers

This essay has been published as Chapter 19 in Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands: Identity and Image (2021) under…

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Posted in: Brand, Future, Leadership Filed under: (bull)shit jobs, academia, marketing places
City of Ghent

The Inimitable Smart City: High-tech identity

April 27, 2021 Robert Govers

This article was first published in Dutch on Network Citymarkting Nederland, April 19, 2021. The future is bright for city marketing.…

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Posted in: Brand, Future, Identity, Meetings, Purpose, Smart City, Technology Filed under: Autoura, Chemosignals, Corona, Ghent, IoT, Pokemon Go, Rome, Smart City
Real Elephant in the Room

The Elephant of the Energy in the Room

November 18, 2020 Robert Govers

Let me get straight to it. I am terribly depressed and sometimes feel like I’m on the brink of a…

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Posted in: Future, Meetings, Tourism, Travel Filed under: Chemosignals, Energy, Meetings
Imaginative Communities in Spanish and Portuguese

Imaginative Communities in Spanish and Portuguese

June 16, 2020 Robert Govers

The award winning book IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITIES will be released in Spanish and Portuguese on September 10. Pre-order now on Amazon…

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Posted in: Translations Filed under: Portuguese, Spanish
Crowd

??? is the Time to Rethink our Communities

May 26, 2020 Robert Govers

This article was first published on City Nation Place , May 7, 2020. The novel Coronavirus has clearly shown us…

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Posted in: Brand, Future, Globalisation, Identity, Leadership, Purpose, Uncategorized Filed under: Bhutan, Estonia, Finland, Identity, imaginativecommunities, Oslo, Purposedrivenleadership, Values
Imaginative Leadership

Imaginative Leadership for a New Decade

March 11, 2020 Robert Govers

This article was first published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on their Perspectives platform on February 4. In this era of global…

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Posted in: Brand, Future, Imagination, Leadership, Purpose, Reputation Filed under: Bhutan, Estonia, Geopolitics, Purposedrivenleadership, Reputationalrisk, Reputationalsecurity, Reputationmanagement, Risk
The Sustainable Kinetic Brand Management (SKBM) Model

Govers on Brand: The SKBM Model

March 2, 2020 Robert Govers

Do you agree with my conceptualisations or am I hallucinating? I believe that whether you manage a product brand, corporate…

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Posted in: Brand, Future, Reputation Filed under: Brandmanagement, Brands, SKBM
Convergences No.4 2019

My Campaign Against Campaigns

January 28, 2020 Robert Govers

Rethinking Communication in Country Reputation Management, was the title under which this piece was first published in the Club of…

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Posted in: Communication, Media, Reputation Filed under: Campaigns, Communication, Imaginative Communities

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