Harold Burson speaks out….times are-a-changing…
The September issue of Italian monthly media and journalism monthly Prima Comunicazione , which has just hit the newstands, has a four page interview I did with Harold Burson in…
Varnish: this is what Sir Martin Sorrell thinks of Public Relations. Great news..really great news..
At WPP, we have never seen responsible corporate behaviour as a coat of public relations varnish… From Sir Martin Sorrell’s opening letter of the 2005 WPP Corporate Social Responsibility Report…
This blog is boring? Here’s a good one: on coconut, public relations, diversity and political correctness!
A few friends send me messages inviting me to be more provocative. This blog is too serious…some write. Others say I should be more daring…They are definitley correct and I…
What about a global public relations language? The XPRL project needs a boost and we can all give our contribution!
Xprl stands for ‘extensible mark up public relations language‘ and for two years has been the focus of an international grass roots project based in London operating also in the…
A crucial appointment for concerned public relators will be next month in Rome at the first ever World Congress of Communication for Development
The principle that public relations in any organization (private, public or social) needs to be involved in the decision making process before decisions are taken…and this…. assuming that the truly…
Joao Duarte: evoking the communicating-with paradigm implies consequences which shake the pillars of public relations as we have learned to practice it…..
Ever since Edward Bernays proposed Public Relations as an attempt, by information or persuasion, to engineer public support for an activity, a cause, a movement or an institution, the practice…
Catherine Arrow on… building relationships is our purpose
Old models of public relations practice were framed around the hierarchical organisational structures created in the 19th and 20th Century. Business and organisational models have changed dramatically in the last…
686 respondents to a Global Alliance survey allow a first draft profile of today’s ‘concerned’ public relations professional
A few weeks ago the Global Alliance asked its 66 association members, from as many countries, to urge their 160 thousand individual members to participate to an on-line global survey.…
On the licensing of public relations: the debate revamps. Where are we to go?
Richard Edelman’s recent decision to withdraw his company from the US Council of Pr Firms on the grounds that ‘we disagree with the Council on a few fundamental points’… as…
The day after: apologies and gratitude…
This blog was made available to the public yesterday September 1 and, first of all, I must apologize to visitors for having decided to temporarily remove my interview with Harold…