global discussion. local perspectives.
As professionals, we know only too well how often we are called on to discover or even create reasonable opportunities for published visibility, as well as to rouse and galvanize internal/external stakeholder groups when a client or employer’s reputation is in a critical condition (or, more recently, even in business as usual circumstances). So what else is new?…..
Some on and offline reads and events that have stoked interest and been worthy of my attention of late, including a nod to Pow Wow Etiquette, musings that perhaps PR practitioners could benefit from an oath of obligation (similar to U of T medical research graduates), movies that motivate, Winnipeg revisited, the (sort-of) retirement of the creator/visionary of Centennial College’s post-graduate Corporate Communications program, plus two recent articles from The Walrus that pack a wallop...
For the fifth time, beginning in London at the end of next week, the Global Alliance will have succeeded in convening the more aware and concerned part of our global professional community (professionals, scholars and students) to
Every once in a while professionals, academics and students discuss (and sometime practice..) a case history approach to public relations education. The argument goes that if we wish to
You might have noticed on the right hand side of this blog a new ‘special feature’ which, for now, includes two links. This addition also derives from your responses to our very feeble ‘stakeholder engagement’ attempt.
These days, as the World PR Festival in London (June 23-24) comes closer, the public benefit of Public Relations returns once again to the top of our agenda. But could it be that this time we can no longer rely on the argument, so often used in the past, that PR have a positive impact or at least are neutral for the public when practiced respecting the “truth”?
The fifth GAP (generally accepted paractices) gap report from Annenberg School of Communication has just been released, while Ansgarr Zerfass from Leipzig, leading a coalition of ten european universities has just launched the largest online survey on public relations in Europe ever attempted. Participate here.
I had learned of the Hunter-Coach incident a few months ago when the always careful and brilliant Jack O’Dywer revealed it on his website, and was shocked by the manipulative way in which
Page Turner, the blog of the Arthur W. Page Society, has published my posting regarding the three kinds of research in our field, and how that relates to the Institute for Public Relations’ Essential Knowledge Project.
UK media reports of the inherent unreliability of school exam results have drawn criticism for undermining public confidence in qualifications. Can the same observations be made about the veracity of PR qualifications?