global discussion. local perspectives.
Tomorrow Monday July 16 I will be having my fourth (out of seven) online two hour session with some 14 executive masters students from New York University’s Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication.
There I was in Bled taking part in a wonderful conference on “Environmental Citizenship Through Communication: Trends, Challenges and Solutions” when I received an extraordinary e-mail from John Plauszek (Ambassador at Large for the Global Alliance) who was taking part in the “2007 United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit: Facing Realities; Getting Down to business”, described by organizers as “history’s largest and most significant event on the toic of leadership and corporate citizenship”.
In a recent comment to a post in which I linked you to the most recent Larissa and Jim Grunig presentation, Estella de Beer from the University Pretoria wrote:
While in Lisbon last week I met Gregory Payne, with whom I had the privilege to share the panel at the conference.
Once more, on the new global public relations framework issue I have the pleasure of linking you to a presentation leipzig-linking-business-strategy-and-excellent-communication.ppt Jim and Larissa Grunig presented in Leipzig (Germany) last week on the theme: linking business strategy and excellent communication
How does one approach the issue of stakeholder relationship management (or, better, governance..) from an operative perspective? This is the basic question which scholar Tom Watson from Bournemouth University in the UK, recently posted on his blog
In a recent post I referred to the Tanzanian Government case which Mindi Kasiga and Gerhard Butschi presented at the Global Alliance’s recent World Public Relations Festival in Cape Town, as one of the two most inspiring and innovative presentations.
In a recent post I referred to the Tanzanian Government case which Mindi Kasiga and Gerhard Butschi presented at the Global Alliance’s recent World Public Relations Festival in Cape Town, as one of the two most inspiring and innovative presentations.
One year has passed since PRSA, NYU and I organized in New York a four day intensive workshop for 18 senior professional participants from all over the world on the theme: towards a new global public relations model, from theory to practice.
Recently I reviewed a research thesis written by Anastasia Grynko, a Ukrainian student based in the U.S., titled “Bribery for News Coverage: Research in Ukraine”. Anastasia interviewed 30 “communication leaders” – 15 leading journalists and 15 well-known PR practitioners – and painted a staggering picture, which perfectly illustrates the hypocrisy traditionally surrounding all ethical issues in our profession.