Have More Walls Come Tumbling Down?
Co-authored with Mike Klein In the later part of the year that ends today, much attention has been paid to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.…
A year end invitation to discuss the global public relations attack against Google
I have no personal gripe with Google If anything, as an intense yet only partial user of its many and increasing services, I am a satisfied consumer of Google. This…
Public Relations, Capitalism and Democracy – Public Relations and Development: two provoKations from my excellent students
I have just concluded my course on global relations and intercultural communication at NYU in New York. The intense interaction with 10 highly committed graduate students –two Russian, three American,…
From Oceania and the Mediterranean: our body of knowledge continues to grow
Innovation in public relations thinking and practice continues to come from all over the world. Interestingly, in most cases the contributions are not from a single local source but from…
#PRC2010 Trends impacting Public Relations world
This is the time of year when many of us are reflecting about the future, trying to figure out how our profession, our companies, our clients, our societies will be…
Transforming a Fly into an Elephant: our Russian Colleagues have an Official Hymn! While CIPR in the UK grants Chartered Status to 25 professionals
….And it’s true, my friend, we can even do miracles, create a legend; turn a fairy-tale into reality, transform a fly into an elephant, a donkey – into a camel,…
An effective communication campaign: #PicturesTalk
This detailing of a case study began life as an intended comment on Kristen's Sukalac's recent blog, Pink Gloves, Hashtags and Lost Opportunities, but it became so involved and long…
Pink Gloves, Hashtags and Lost Opportunities
A few weeks ago on the Hobson and Holtz Report (For Immediate Release 493), Shel Holtz mentioned that participants at this year’s Blog World Expo had been requested to use…