Yes! An unabashed praise for Richard Edelman. We will learn from your mistakes..
I dare to predict that in a few years (or maybe even a few months) many of those who, on-and-off-line, today criticise Richard Edelman for his ‘mistakes’ in the use…
Should we renew a ‘license to operate’ to our professional public relations associations? If so, which should the conditions be?
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,…
Is it public or publics? Is it communication or relationships? Is it media relations or is it stakeholder relationships? A candid confrontation with Jack O’Dwyer
In these days I have been exchanging some interesting views with Jack O’Dwyer. We respect each other but have different opinions. I asked Jack if he authorized me to post…
what next for the evolving relationship between journalists and public relators?
As I mentioned in a previous posts, for their final paper of the course my NYU students chose from one of these alternative themes Themes for final paper.doc…
the impact of compromised decisions create potentially harmful situations for those involved that include: loss of credibility, being labeled as purveyors of deception, engineering misinformed publics, or spinning/framing information simply to suit a clients taste….sound familiar?
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…
Public Relations, the Kremlin, international agencies and russian public relations practice. Oxana Trush gives her view…
Oxana Trush, a young russian public relations professional who actively and intensely participated to my NYU class, submitted her final paper oxana’s second part.doc analysing Russia’s current public relations environment…
Doing what comes naturally:using prevailing conceptions of public relations to support global diversity
…..If money ‘talks,’ –writes Amy De Robertis– let the wealth of these younger generations defend communication for diversity, in diversity and with diversity while the pr industry builds its knowledge…
On the ambiguity of public relations and corporate social responsibility. Michael Porter speaks out on the Harvard Business Review. Moving out of the usual dilemma..
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…
Italian cabinet approves the principle of a legal recognition of professional associations
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….
The New York Times says the obvious….Philip Morris knows very well that its social responsibility campaigns to convince youngsters not to start smoking are ineffective
In a recent editorial, the New York Times harshly scolds Philip Morris for its communication initiative to convince youngsters not to start smoking. Here (nyt editorial) is the article, a…