Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

A comment left by New Zealand PR consultant, Catherine Arrow, on a recent post on my personal Greenbanana blog indicated that the topic (the language of grief and a biopsychosocial perspective on mental health issues) was worthy of further investigation. The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. If you have any thoughts on this topic, we invite you to continue...

When PR goes bad – inaccuracy, muddle and confusion

I’ve been catching up on The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story in its late night re-run on the BBC. A strong narrative running through the episodes that I’ve seen so far (six out of the ten) is the All Star / Dream Team defence lawyers’ focus on winning at all costs, and how ill equipped the district attorney’s prosecutors seem to be in reacting to this strategy. What comes across loud and clear...

PRoust Questionnaire: Helen Reynolds

The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as her or his professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar with the original 19th-century Proust Questionnaire, please see details at the end of this post. PRoust Questionnaire answers from Helen Reynolds: 1. What are your most striking characteristics as a PR practitioner? I think it’s ‘realness’. Unlike the stereotype of the PR practitioner...

PRoust Questionnaire: Gregor Halff

The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as her or his professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar with the original 19th-century Proust Questionnaire, please see details at the end of this post. PRoust Questionnaire answers from Gregor Halff: 1. What are your most striking characteristics as a PR practitioner? I like to shut up and just observe; one learns so much about...

Diversity and PR – a do-si-do of two steps forward and one back

In many ways 2015 has been a year of diversity, something we at PR Conversations champion in our vision to reflect a wide variety of voices, shine a light on lesser-known people and new experiences, offer a platform for informed discussions and take a fresh approach to looking at public relations in a global-local context. Over the years we have published many articles that relate to diversity in the occupation – most recently with Enrica Orecchia‘s...

PRoust Questionnaire: Tina McCorkindale

The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as her or his professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar with the original 19th-century Proust Questionnaire, please see details at the end of this post. PRoust Questionnaire answers from Tina McCorkindale: 1. What are your most striking characteristics as a PR practitioner? I’m a total and complete nerd—I love statistics and research. 2. What is...

PRoust Questionnaire: Andy Green

The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as his or her professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar with the original 19th-century Proust Questionnaire, please see details at the end of this post. PRoust Questionnaire answers from Andy Green: 1. What are your most striking characteristics as a PR practitioner? An ability to quickly gain insight, to get to the heart...

PRoust Questionnaire: Sean Kelly

The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as his or her professional beliefs and values. If you are not familiar with the original 19th-century Proust Questionnaire, please see details at the end of this post. PRoust Questionnaire answers from Sean Kelly: 1. What are your most striking characteristics as a PR practitioner? I like to think that it’s trustworthiness; I’ve always been a...

Two glaring gaps in an otherwise glowing review of senior PR practice in Canada

A report and commentary on the Canada-specific Generally Accepted Practices (GAP) VIII Survey results By Natalie Bovair, APR It’s official: Canadian public relations practice is distinct and progressing well toward best practice. This is according to a Report of the Generally Accepted Practices (GAP) VIII Survey (Canadian) presented to CPRS members and other practitioners in early September 2014, by lead researcher Amy Thurlow, PhD, APR, associate professor at Mount Saint Vincent University. Following are study...

The growing global market for the Art of PR

The global art market going East and West bipolar introduces an opportunity to establish and reinforce a dialogue related to a contemporary paradigm of public relations By Jiamin Ren A hybrid model of communication and new field of PR practice related to the global art market Things are changing quite rapidly with the present-day global art market—rebounding to near pre-Great Recession highs—reaching €47.42 (or $65.9 billion US) in sales in 2013. Two factors drove the...