Public Relations and Democracy: an intricate affair
Does the public relations profession hinder or enhance our democratic institutions?
This question, proposed a few weeks ago in a debate format at the Annual General Meeting of UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations, has been around for a long, long time within our global community (in its professional, research and educative segments).
The only possible diplomatic [...]
About the economic impact of the public relations profession on society: the need for a different perspective, as public relations is a labour and not a capital intensive activity…
Until today most efforts in evaluating and measuring the economic impact of public relations in a given country have analysed public relations as an industry where demand and offer are mostly, if not solely, observed in the private sector, and have not looked at public relations as a profession increasingly performed in the public and [...]
That post enlightement syndrome…
In a recent post about the Bled symposium on the communication of Europe, I referred to that typical syndrome of many of our clients/employers, who are so convinced to be right that if something goes wrong the fault is always to be found in the communication of a specific management policy or decision.
Here comes the Islamic Confederation of Public Relations. In the Global Alliance?
The very recent formation of a confederation of public relations associations of Islamic Countries is a good reminder of the role of a professional association.