EUPRERA STEPS UP ITS PROFILE
Euprera, the European Association of Public Relations Research and Education steps up its profile, launches mid march Euroblog 2008 summit in Bruxelles in partnership with Edelman while extending to end…
Latest research on relationships between journalists and public relators indicates huge perception gap on what pr is about. Our fault?
Relationships between journalists and public relators in Italy, are not as bad as one might expect, according to a thorough research effort by Chiara Valentini and myself, due to be…
Public Diplomacy/Public Relations in action. Will Italian and Romanian migrants be successfull? An update.
On the 4th of November this post opened a fruitful dialogue between professionals from two European countries (Italy and Romania) and sparked an interesting debate with the participation of visitors…
Public, private, community, individual
I received a friendship request today on a social networking platform for communicators. I have no idea who this person is, and I suspect that he is a consultant randomly…
Reinventing diplomacy
I sometimes think that we get a little obsessed with what PR is and isn’t, and I am not always sure that these conversations do anything more than keep us…
Is marketing to blame for PR’s poor reputation?
Is it fair to state that unethical PR practice results primarily from a marketing focus on publicity? Aren’t spam press releases, pseudo-events, poorly conducted surveys and spin all about gaining…
Larry Foster: back to real relationships, not only virtual
Please do take a good and quick look at Larry Foster’s very recent acceptance speech of the Alexander Hamilton Medal at IPR’s annual event at the Yale Club in New…
Xenofobia catches up with Italy against Romanians. How could public relations help?
Something awful is happening in my country (Italy) these days, with many implications on public relations (specifically in the sense of public diplomacy) which I feel we should all be…
Thinking inside the box about technology and PR
Kirk Hallahan, professor at Colorado State University, is the 2007 recipient of the Institute for Public Relations Pathfinder Award for outstanding scholarly contributions. Hallahan has focused his recent research on…
Today’s Globalness of Opinion: the view of Jean Pierre Beaudoin
As we have done once before, because we very much value the opinions of one of France’s most senior and thoughtful professionals, we offer you, from his agency’s newletter (I&E),…