Introducing a new, maple-infused definition of public relations, in both official languages
At the Canadian Public Relations Society’s Annual General Meeting, held on June 7, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, CPRS member in attendance were introduced to new, official definitions (in English and French) of public relations. Both versions were adopted by the CPRS National board in February 2009, in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Four Things That Only Took Me Five Years to Learn
As most of you are aware, in barely two weeks I will retire after five great years as President and CEO of the Institute for Public Relations. In several recent speaking engagements, I have taken the opportunity to reflect on the important ideas encountered and adopted. Thus the title, “Four Things That Only Took Me [...]
Berlusconi has begun to rationalise and theorise his ‘cucku’ model of public relations
Posted by Toni Muzi Falconi on June 22, 2009 · 7 Comments
I wish to inform our global professional community that, directly from the horse’s mouth, we now also have a formal definition of Berlusconi’s public relations model:
la politica del cucù (pronounced cucku)!
The term comes, I presume, from a recent televised joke he exposed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel when he suddenly appeared in front [...]
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