The Fork in the Road to PR Research
Management wants data. How can anybody think otherwise in a business world ruled by six sigma, key performance indicators, balanced scorecards, dashboards and ROI. Yet studies continue to show that…
Weekly callout of PR campaigns, “Touchdowns and Fumbles”
Readers of PR Conversations (particularly those involved in media relations or media coaching) might find the weekly e-newsletter, Touchdowns and Fumbles, produced by Veritas Communications to be just the ticket…
Thoughts from Geneva and from Bled: “Business will change the world because it can and it must”
There I was in Bled taking part in a wonderful conference on “Environmental Citizenship Through Communication: Trends, Challenges and Solutions” when I received an extraordinary e-mail from John Plauszek (Ambassador…
From Bled: insights on the institutionalization of the pr function and its connection to the interrelationship between strategic management, corporate governance and sustainability
In a recent comment to a post in which I linked you to the most recent Larissa and Jim Grunig presentation, Estella de Beer from the University Pretoria wrote:
Deadline Nears for PR Research & Measurement Award
Entries to the Jack Felton Golden Ruler Award must be received online at www.instituteforpr.org by by July 31, 2007.
Updating mini-history of public relations
Don Bates is an Honorary Trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and the author of an abbreviated public relations history on the Institute Web site
Public diplomacy, soft power and sociological globalism: where they integrate with public relations.
While in Lisbon last week I met Gregory Payne, with whom I had the privilege to share the panel at the conference.
Linking business strategy and excellent communication. The Grunigs are at it again..
Once more, on the new global public relations framework issue I have the pleasure of linking you to a presentation leipzig-linking-business-strategy-and-excellent-communication.ppt Jim and Larissa Grunig presented in Leipzig (Germany) last…
Who owns relationships? The case of Mo.Ve at the Lisbon conference on public relations and democracy
How does one approach the issue of stakeholder relationship management (or, better, governance..) from an operative perspective? This is the basic question which scholar Tom Watson from Bournemouth University in…
Linking Trust and Transparency
In 2006, an Institute for Public Relations survey identifying priority research topics put trust right at the top of the list. And what produces trust?