Communicating Justice in Portugal: the Madeleine case
Of the many possible angles to approach the terrible case of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, a tremendous shock to everyone in Portugal, the UK and arround the world, I decided to…
Web info sessions on new master of communications management degree program
Back in May my post Stamp of approval on (distinctly Canadian) master’s of communication management degree program generated some great discussion and interest; this DeGroote School of Business program at…
How Philip Morris uses public relations to change the regulatory environment of the tobacco industry… Ann Landman exposes an apparently effective plan
Recently, an articulate and highly informative article by Ann Landman appeared on pr watch. Although quite critical and explicitly biased, it details Philip Morris’s current public relations activities to modify…
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.
Alan Chumley opines on “the current state of the art (science?) of measurement in Canada”
When it comes to an overview of the Canadian measurement scene, few can match the depth and breadth of knowledge of Alan Chumley. Instead of an interview, I offered Alan…
Benita Steyn on Strategy and Public Relations
A previous post dwelt on the abuse of the term strategy by public relators and raised a number of interesting concepts. Benita Steyn is one of the commenters and here…
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…
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…
Licensing yes, licensing no. A first rationalization of an online teaching experience which is now half way through.
Tomorrow Monday July 16 I will be having my fourth (out of seven) online two hour session with some 14 executive masters students from New York University’s Master of Science…