global discussion. local perspectives.
Is there any sense in attempting -in days such as these when one is supposed to be thinking of new issues to tackle in order to keep up with change, and where possible anticipate it- a critical analysis of professional association performances within the global public relations community?
Louisa Bargeron, another of my NYU students, dwells in this paper Truth in Public Relations Bargeron.doc on the issue of the ambiguity of public relations. Great reading and learning for all of us….
I am nearing the end of this highly intense and fantastic cultural experience of teaching global relations and intercultural communication at NYU’s Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication (see earlier post) and the last session will be next Wednesday when every student will have five minutes to present to the whole class the core concepts of a 15 page final essay.
The Italian Cabinet issued last Friday a legislative decree to reform professions and recognize professional associations. This development comes as a second step towards the liberalization of the economy….
http://www.instituteforpr.org/index.php/IPR/digest_entry/thinking_outside_the_budget/
Day-to-day business will inevitably continue as usual, but a true partnership requires something else: (it requires) reputation, credibility and an ability to generate trust which X has dissolved…
Eighteen months have passed since some 600 professionals, scholars and students from 42 countries met in Trieste, Italy (thanks to Ferpi and the Global Alliance) to discuss for three days on: Communicating for diversity, with diversity and in diversity….
In the Italian language the term ‘marchetta’ (literally..a small brand..to be pronounced as marketta) indicates a quick and dirty service one performs for another in exchange for a non confessable favour….
December 4 will be D-Day for XPRL. It is with unabashed hope and trepidation that I am pleased to inform readers of this blog that in London, December 4 in the early afternoon at the CIPR headquarters in St. James Square, some highly selected 40 senior public relations professionals from different countries will meet to launch the second and decisive phase of the XPRL project, already discussed here in a preceding post….
This is, for once, a positive story on how the public relations professional community is able to get its act together and to make an effective impact on the public sphere while promoting a sustainable view of the profession..