The communication process more important than outcomes on PR Conversations
Process is more important than outcome When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve already been. If process drives outcome we may not know…
PRoust Questionnaire: Sean Williams
The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as his or her professional beliefs and values. If you are…
Grunig PR Masterclass: Insight into diversity and excellence
This post offers a video recording of a recent lecture given by Larissa and James Grunig at New York University – courtesy of Toni Muzi Falconi, who kindly introduces the…
Contending for content – PR, journalism and marketing
Back in the 1970s, there was a vision of a paperless office; whilst the futurist, Alvin Toffler predicted increased technology was creating information overload. The reality is that we’re using…
Beyond Ground Zero: shifting the public relations discourse
Beyond Ground Zero: shifting the public relations discourse to an American Muslim identity and global alliance of moderates Toni Muzi Falconi’s conversation with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on the value…
Transparent Swede filmmaker Fredrik-David vs. aggressive Dole-Goliath PR
An exclusive interview with Swedish documentary filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten, about his 2009 BANANAS! film and his currently screening (at film festivals around the world) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* documentary. In…
Transparent Swedish filmmaker Fredrik-David vs. aggressive Dole-Goliath PR
An exclusive interview with Swedish documentary filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten, about his 2009 BANANAS! film and his currently screening (at film festivals around the world) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* documentary. In…
Closing the door on the gatekeeper role in PR
At a Sustainable Conversations event earlier this week (organised by Kantar Media), I started to think about the impact on both public relations and journalism of ongoing communications changes. In…
Lies and Secrets: the currency of public relations
You don’t have to dig too far to find criticisms of public relations as involving lying and other less than ethical practices. The normal response from the industry is denial,…
Occupy Next (CBC Radio documentary)
New CBC Radio documentary: Occupy Next We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled PR Conversations programming to tell you the exciting news that that Ira Basen has another documentary, airing on Sunday,…