Culture and Public Relations: a letter from Bled, Slovenia
As many of our visitors know, Bled is a small and lovely Slovenian town on the shores of a charming lake where, for 16 consecutive years, a trio of committed…
Yes we camp. Where does creativity stand in public relations practice?
Yes we camp. Creativity here dramatically overrides any rational argument or concept. I am sure you saw/heard these three simple words during media coverage of the recent G8 in earthquaked…
Bulgarian blog converses on integration difficulties of social media into public relations practice
Nelly Benova is a forceful and highly proactive figure in Bulgarian Public Relations. She represents the Bulgarian PR Association in the Global Alliance, in Cerp and also manages the CIPR…
Introducing a new, maple-infused definition of public relations, in both official languages
At the Canadian Public Relations Society’s Annual General Meeting, held on June 7, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, CPRS member in attendance were introduced to new, official definitions (in English…
Freshly squeezed takeaways from the Edelman new media academic summit in DC…
Leaving aside a fastidious reiteration of usual buzzwords such as twitter and facebook, closely followed by obama and engagement, and the conceptual thinness of some of the cases which were…
A peep through the Vatican’s public relations efforts. A major speech by Father Lombardi on social media
The relationship between the Vatican and Public Relations is, at the very least, as old as the Propaganda Fide (1622)… More recently…the first Masters program in Public Relations ever held…
This is a call for help. What do we mean by Global Public Relations? And why is it important?
John Doorley is my academic director at NYU’s Master in Public Relations and Corporate Communication where I teach Global Relations and Intercultural Communication, and Helio Fred Garcia is one of…
Dispatch from Oz: Think privacy isn’t important? Aren’t you glad this loo isn’t made of glass?
In 2003, Privacy Victoria launched a sponsorship of the Platypus House at the Royal Melbourne Zoo. At the time the then-Privacy Commissioner, Walkley Award winner, and ex-journalist, Paul Chadwick, indicated,…
Is separating social and mainstream media in education a good idea? Let’s discuss..
Social media are increasingly considered by the public relations community (scholars, educators, professionals) as a ‘separate thing’, different from mainstream. Is this really so? And, even if it is… do…
The Crisis. What else? Jean Pierre Beaudoin: social networks rather than storing oil and sugar.
Is public opinion, like the mythic Penelope, undoing in the night of the crisis what it reluctantly had accepted to weave in the light of growth? Has public opinion thus…