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[[Nigel Oakes]] was educated at Eton College and UCL, where he studied Psychology. In 1982 he joined Monte Carlo TV as a producer and in 1985 became its Head of International Production. Okes joined [Saatchi and Saatchi] as a Senior Producer in 1987. In 1989 he established the Behavioural Dynamics Working Group at University College, London and, in 1990, the Behavioural Dynamics Institute (BDi) was formed as a centre of excellence and a research facility for strategic communication and social marketing.
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[[Nigel Oakes]] is the Chief Executive Officer of [[Strategic Communication Laboratories]] (SCL}, the "leading supplier of strategic communications, information operations and public diplomacy to governments and military clients around the world"{{ref|1}}.  
  
Over the next nine years BDi commissioned $17m in pioneering communication research programmes. In 1993 Oakes set up [[Strategic Communication Laboratories]] and, using the new communication methodology from BDi, ran election campaigns and national communication campaigns for a broad variety of international governments. Published clients include South Africa, USA, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Grenada, Nepal, Pakistan and Switzerland.
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Oakes was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied psychology at [[University College London]] (UCL).  In 1982 he joined Monte Carlo TV as a producer and in 1985 became its Head of International Production. He joined [[Saatchi and Saatchi]] as a Senior Producer in 1987. 
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In 1989 he established the [[Behavioural Dynamics Working Group]] at UCL and in 1990, the [[Behavioural Dynamics Institute]] (BDi) was formed as a centre of excellence and a research facility for strategic communication and social marketing.  Over the next nine years BDi commissioned $17m in pioneering communication research programmes. In 1993 Oakes set up [[Strategic Communication Laboratories]] and using the new communication methodology from BDi, ran election campaigns and national communication campaigns for a broad variety of international governments. Published clients include South Africa, USA, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Grenada, Nepal, Pakistan and Switzerland{{ref|2}}.
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== References ==
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#{{note|1}}SCL 2005 [http://www.scl.cc/article.php?id=34 Overview]
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#{{note|2}}SCL 2005 [http://www.scl.cc/article.php?id=34 Nigel Oakes]

Revision as of 17:19, 15 August 2007

Nigel Oakes is the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL}, the "leading supplier of strategic communications, information operations and public diplomacy to governments and military clients around the world"[1].

Oakes was educated at Eton College and studied psychology at University College London (UCL). In 1982 he joined Monte Carlo TV as a producer and in 1985 became its Head of International Production. He joined Saatchi and Saatchi as a Senior Producer in 1987.

In 1989 he established the Behavioural Dynamics Working Group at UCL and in 1990, the Behavioural Dynamics Institute (BDi) was formed as a centre of excellence and a research facility for strategic communication and social marketing. Over the next nine years BDi commissioned $17m in pioneering communication research programmes. In 1993 Oakes set up Strategic Communication Laboratories and using the new communication methodology from BDi, ran election campaigns and national communication campaigns for a broad variety of international governments. Published clients include South Africa, USA, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Grenada, Nepal, Pakistan and Switzerland[2].


References

  1. ^SCL 2005 Overview
  2. ^SCL 2005 Nigel Oakes