Paying for the destruction of public relations
In 2001, a British installation artist, Michael Landy, won a commission for his work, Break Down, that involved the destruction of all his possessions as a reaction to the consumerist…
Six social media and digital communications trends for 2015
One of the most enjoyable hybrid academic-practitioner experiences I have had this year has been as course leader of the PR Academy Digital Communications Certificate course. The reason is that…
Why public relations must wake up to wearables
Things ain’t what they used to be; the end of the beginning around wearable technologies and the device jumps PR practitioners are about to encounter Op-Ed by Catherine Arrow In…
Look under the hood at how PR Conversations "performed" in 2013
What, not another “year in review” post?! So you may be groaning and thinking, and I’m sympathetic with your reluctance to get dished yet again reheated bits of the recent…
An idiot's guide to PR – lessons for SEO and digital marketing
It can be difficult to define public relations, particularly as there are different perspectives regarding what it is. However, it is much easier to give guidance on what it is…
School's out for social media – a PR report card
As many of us take a break for Summer, it seems a good time to produce a PR report card for its performance in social media this term. Let’s look…
Nurturing Knowledge – a job for PR
‘Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge’ – Wikipedia’s blackout protest statement is a reminder of the value and reliance placed on repositories of online information. How many of us turn…
Using Twitter for PR events
How should you use Twitter for public relations events? This is a topic we’ve pondered among the PR Conversations team (Judy Gombita, Markus Pirchner and Heather Yaxley). Twitter offers potential…
There’s no such thing as online or digital PR anymore…
That seems to be the message from Philip Young who, with David Phillips, is editing a special edition of the online journal, PRism on the topic: Beyond Online Public Relations…
You start (me) up. When and how to ramp up PR?
Guest post by Bob Geller As a veteran of the tech industry – in the PR agency world for the past 14 years and on the industry/client side before that…