“I Haven’t Got Time” or How to Doom a PR Career
I should warn readers in advance that this column is going to be a bit of a rant because I am very frustrated by many of my peers. If you…
The Strategist’s “Where PR Belongs” crosses borders and triggers some international discussion
On August 15th my quarterly copy of The Public Relations Strategist (published by the Public Relations Society of America) arrived. The Summer 2008 edition’s cover highlighted the feature article, “Where…
‘Core’ versus ‘extended’ PR competencies–do you buy in?
In a manual written for his students in 2005, Emanuele Invernizzi (Professor of Corporate Communication at IULM University in Milan and co-organiser of the 2008 Euprera Conference to take place…
PR professionals are from Venus, PR scholars are from Mars: How shall the ‘twain’ meet?
In 2004, the Dutch scholar Prof Betteke Van Ruler referred to PR professionals as being ‘from Venus’ while PR scholars are ‘from Mars.’ UK academics Fawkes and Tench found traces…
Institutionalisation of the PR ‘Educationist’ role – a South African case
As suggested by Prof Emanuele Invernizzi, co-organizer of the Euprera Congress taking place in Milan 16-18 October, I listened to his interviews with a number of academics and practitioners on…
Authentic Enterprise and Institutionalization: from Arthur Page and the IPR to Euprera’s Congress in October in Milano
In not many weeks some of us (scholars and professionals) will be in Milano participating at the Euprera annual Congress, which this year (October 16/17) is dedicated to the institutionalization…
PR resources, about or by, Canada and Canadians
In a comment to my last post, PRC reader and frequent commenter, Brandon Carlos, indicated his frustration at the apparent dearth of Canadian resources, "Another lagging area in Canadian PR,…
London 1909- I am not an advertising agent…I am a storyteller.
I am not an advertising agent, but a storyteller. This statement concludes a splendid article by Gugliemo Emanuel, correspondent from London of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera…dated December 1…
London 1909- I am not an advertising agent; I am a storyteller.
I am not an advertising agent, but a storyteller. This statement concludes a splendid article by Gugliemo Emanuel, correspondent from London of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera…dated December 1…
A virtual space to play in…
I got a bit over-excited with all the talk of spaces and what we do with them, so I have created a virtual world for PR Conversations if you want…