Maverick Indonesia

Click of the Week #36: Irawan Santoso

“Not just an ordinary journalist, but one who comprehends the law,” wrote Irawan Santoso describing himself in a nutshell. How true!

His last post was on Themis, the Goddess of Justice, whom he said was respected by the big guys in the Indonesian law sector from the likes of lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution to Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan.

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An Email from Singapore About PR and Blogging

Today, we have just received an interesting email about our blog from a Singaporean student, Yun Ying Sim:

Hi!
Thank you for your prompt reply!
I’m actually a student from Singapore and I see that you guys are a cool group of people. It is indeed very cool to see a PR firms blogging! It’s like blogging and PR is such a sensitive topic after the whole walmart-edelman incident. PR firms in Singapore are still quite apprehensive towards using Blogging as a PR tool.
Is it like that in Indonesia? Are clients open to using blogging as a form of PR?
Cheers!

Thanks, for thinking we’re cool Ying Sim!

Yes, we are aware that some PR firms and companies are sensitive about blogging.

But, as our name suggests, we are mavericks and why we blog is because we’re that type of company that is open, eager to engage people, clients, journalists and anyone else interested in public relations, Indonesia and communications in general.

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Maverick of The Year 2007

Indri, leading her team in the tug of war game during our Away Day

Maverick started this tradition last year during our Away Day. Each year we’d ask associates to nominate their peers for the Maverick of the Year award, which carries with it a modest plaque and Rp10 million prize money.

This year, at our Away Day in Ancol over the weekend, we announced the Maverick of the Year 2007, and it was Indri Puspitasari Rosid. The Maverick of the Year is chosen for demonstrating to the partners and their peers that they have pushed themselves to a new level of performance.

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Toyota Luncheon

 

Apparently, companies in Indonesia have started to discover the potential of the blogosphere. Last Wednesday afternoon (20-Feb-08), several prominent bloggers including Ndoro Kakung, Paman Tyo, Unspun, and Media Ide Bajing Loncat were invited to a blogger’s luncheon by Toyota. During the luncheon, Achmad Rizal, Dept. Head of Communication Dept. of Toyota Astra Motor revealed their plan to launch the new Corolla Altis by February 28, 2008. (more…)

Bridging Dialogue Through Media Handling Skill

What is the Indonesian media? How do you handle this ‘creature’ properly? How should you react when an uninvited journalist comes to your press conference demanding interviews? What should you do when ‘a journalist’ asked for money?

Those are some of the burning questions raised by our NGO partners during our last Corporate Social Leadership (CSL) training on Media Handling Skills (06-Feb-2008).

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Click of the Week #35: Captured of Eyes

“Captured of Eyes” is the name of the blog. It is hard for me to digest what these three words really mean as they are not grammatically correct and it will make you ponder on what it is supposed to mean. Perhaps what it tries to say is what the eyes capture.

Despite of the mystery of the name, I think it deserves to be featured as Maverick Click of the Week, because it is probably the first photoblog from a journalist that I come across. It belongs to Wienda Parwitasari a photojournalist from Jurnal Nasional, a paper that has been winning a lot of awards at the AAS Awards.

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Click of The Week #34: A Word from Okky

Nice “Batik” design and neat layout are my first impressions about “A Word from Okky”. Okky Puspa Madasari, a female journalist and the owner of the blog. She uses it as a medium to express her opinion on the many things that happen in her life.

Her interests are basically things that are familiar for us – about poverty, peace, nature, culture, and human being. However, the way she frames her views gives the reader a different approach to the subject.

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From Fashion and Lifestyle to Economy and Politics

In Maverick, we believe that life is about reinventing yourself. So when a friend decided to reinvent herself, it is only natural for us to celebrate that.
Jessica Huwae has been in the media for eight years.

She started a stint in Cita Cinta Magazine (Femina Group) in 2000 as a reporter. In 2004, she moved to Spice! Magazine under the MRA Group, first as senior editor and in 2006 move up the ladder as Chief Editor.

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