What is ‘the public interest’?
A run on the Northern Rock bank in the UK this week got me thinking about ‘the public interest’ again, especially after Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England…
PR jobs of the future
Thinking about the recent conversation regarding the merits or otherwise of studying public relations, I am reminded of Karl Fisch’s statement in his fascinating Shift Happens presentation (now available at…
Fires in Greece, Crisis Communication and a serious example from Portugal on synergistic communication and the power of networks
In recent debates on PRConversations about the level of strategic practice of PR, the value of licensing, the role of active professional associations or even the misguided conceptions about lobby,…
Two important new entries for our first anniversary and a proposal to enhance the value of these conversations… what do you think?
With this post, our blog celebrates its first anniversary since the time of its inception under the original name of Toni’s Blog.
What Can Today’s CEOs do for Tomorrow’s Leaders?
This post on the Institute for Public Relations website is from guest author Ken Makovsky. Think about all the issues that face CEOs at major companies: everything from ethics, safety…
Summing up the licensing debate, a post on Strumpette
The Public Relations Society has decided yesterday to set up a task force to explore the certification issue, while many of my students from NYU’s Global Relations course selected licensing…
Priorities for public relations research: Watson’s delphi results and Robert Wakefield’s comments…
I have mentioned before in this blog Tom Watson’s on going deplhi study on priorities for public relations research. Well, the study is now finished and you can read all…
Ulysses Sarkozy’s doing his thing…and Jean Pierre Beaudoin, one of France’s public relations superstars, comments on changing publics…
Jean Pierre Beaudoin, one of France’s most reputed public relators, is not a particularly abundant writer and speaker; he is very careful at what he says; but when he does…
Are YOU comfortable with ambiguity? An invective on behalf of The Public Benefit of Public Relations theme of the London 2008 World Public Relations Festival
…in a July 17 column, Stefan Stern, the Financial Times commentator, confesses he is not comfortable with ambiguity, and argues against the recent consultants mantra by which organizational leadership must…
Is licensing an option or a must? Depends on whether we believe we are a profession or an organizational activity.
This is not the first time that licensing of public relations professionals is discussed in this site (if you digit the term in the ‘search this site’ area of this…