Dissent PR – from suffragettes to slut walks
Responding to the use of PR to challenge inequalities in society, Bournemouth University, has run a series of seminars looking at ‘dissent PR’ and ‘protest PR’. My own contribution was…
Online public relations is not that different—crowdsourcing isn’t a feasible strategy
There’s an old adage that decisions by committee really aren’t that effective, particularly as the eventual outputs and outcomes tend to be second rate. Plus no one is truly accountable…
In praise of PR silence
This is possibly the shortest ever post at PR Conversations. Normally we like to stimulate a conversation with a lengthy and considered post. We develop a line of thought and…
Lies and Secrets: the currency of public relations
You don’t have to dig too far to find criticisms of public relations as involving lying and other less than ethical practices. The normal response from the industry is denial,…
Integrated reporting and strategic public relations
Guest post by Benita Steyn In November 2011, Benita Steyn and Estelle de Beer from South Africa delivered a paper, The Strategic Role of Public Relations in the Process of…
Who has seen the future of PR? (updated)
Guest post by Jean Valin, APR, FCPRS Who has seen the future of PR? Updated 6/22/2012 For PR Conversations readers, here is an update on this GA project which was…
CSR Reports? Reporting of irresponsible behaviours; new book by Paolo D'Anselmi
Book review by Toni Muzi Falconi Disclosure: Paolo D’Anselmi is an old friend of mine. I am grateful to the current leaders of PR Conversations for allowing me to introduce…
PR is what PR does – a question of ethics
Not surprisingly there’s been a great deal of discussion of ethics in relation to the News Corp phone-hacking scandal. Although journalism and corporate governance are facing the real ethical questions,…
Tim Marshall: Time for radical thinking and real PR leadership
Here's an idea for the public relations and communications management profession to hang its hat on - and to show leadership. Let us be the driving force to set up…
World's leaders in PR congregate in Stockholm
Marc Whitaker’s breathtaking chorus opening -fully embedded in the Forum’s context and contents; Sven Hamrefor’s intellectually challenging description of value networks; Mervin King’s key note on organizational governance and stakeholder…