July 2006 – PR Conversations

July 29, 2006 Seasoned Posts

What we need now to reap the fruits of change, is a true managerial culture.

The full assumption of a mentality coupled with an appropriate language, both coherent with today’s managerial culture, are mandatory ‘conditions’ if we -as public relations professionals- are to obtain (and keep!) that legitimate seat at the table of our dominant coalitions. A seat well justified today by the relevant content of the many tasks which we are increasingly called upon to perform by the (private, public and social sector) complex organizations we work for…..

July 24, 2006 Seasoned Posts

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 answer, in my view, is….

July 18, 2006 Seasoned Posts

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 social sectors of society.

July 18, 2006 Uncategorized

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.

July 18, 2006 Seasoned Posts

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.

July 10, 2006 Seasoned Posts

Communication: waste or value? A grass roots public relations program

In its 2006 budget document, the preceding Government of Italy (Berlusconi’s) issued an order to public sector organizations to slash all 2004 public relations and communication expenses by 50 per cent.

July 10, 2006 Seasoned Posts

From Bled 2006 (Slovenia): communicating Europe

Two intense days (7-8 July) of critical debate (www.bledcom.com) for one hundred public relations scholars on the European Commission’s White Book calling for a new communication policy to shorten distances between Citizens and European Institutions.

July 10, 2006April 30, 2026 Seasoned Posts

91% of Italians believe that companies do not communicate responsibly. No wonder! Look at these recent research data.

Author: Tony Muzi Falconi As reasons for this, interviewees cite the reporting of facts which are either not true, or confusive, and in any case only opportunistic. Communicators also specifically cite the ‘lack of internal culture in organizations, which produces incoherence between stated values/principles and effective behaviours’.