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Our brand is crisis, documentary about US consultants such as James Carville and Stan Greenberg advising Bolivian political leader. Demonstrates global knowledge sharing but also the democratic consequences. DVD details: Boynton, Rachel (2005). Our brand is crisis. Boynton Films; or (2006) Kock Lorber Films. DVD, ISBN 1-4172-0108-8. Trailor gives a good idea of the DVD and is at: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1285488921/

George W Bush presidency selling war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWF4gWHzT28&feature=related

Scott McClellan on "Selling the War to the American People": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq8qBHYYyKs&feature=related

Investment in data can produce a big return for government -The Guardian – public leaders network – Big data panel discussion on using big data in public sector - 15:45. Jonathan Raper, chief executive of transportapi.com, says the release of government data can improve accountability; Joel Gurin, senior adviser at the GovLab at New York University, highlights the private companies using public data; Tom Smith, managing director of OCSI, explores the high return-on-investment potential in opening up data; and Dell's Paul Brook talks about the democratisation of data. http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/video/2014/jun/20/big-data-question-panel-dell-video

What Justin Trudeau gains in brand, he may lack in policy – The Globe and Mail (December 2013) – Video interview with a political correspondent pointing out the effectiveness of Trudeau’s branding, whilst also highlighting how he is ‘light’ on policy.