Gordon Brown (and the Financial Times) is at it! What should we do?
I feel like blogging this lovely Sunday morning from my terrace over the charming bay of Italy’s Porto Ercole and am musing over the issue I wish to address
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
Blogger outreach efforts gain “authority” when the CBC partners with Technorati
For public relations practitioners who include strategic or tactile media relations in their job responsibilities, there was an interesting announcement last week about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s new partnership with…
Benita Steyn tackles “what is the ultimate purpose of PR?”
I’m stealing Toni’s idea of extracting a worthy comment and turning it into a proper post. Benita Steyn, who previously commented on another post about this topic, provides the beginnings…
Desperate dillweeds: this is what we are, says the Washington Post!
With increasing frequency we are rapped by the media. Many times this is justified, and this what hurts the most. A few weeks ago this is what Gene Weingarten wrote…
Is astroturfing truly counter productive? I wonder…..
If we agree that credibility and familiarity of both source and content are prerequisites for any communication to be effective, we must always remember to be very careful when we…
Two great stories from the Cape Town Festival
By far the most interesting presentation of the Fourth World Public Relations Festival arrived when Ms. Mindi P. Kasiga, Senior Communication Officer from the Office of the President of Tanzania,…
Communicating for Sustainaibility in Cape Town May 12-15 at the 4th World PR Festival
How do we keep business on this comeback trail? Public relations will play a critical role in the process. How do PR professionals help business remain trusted?
Exploring the role of public relations in social media
The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) just announced the launch of its inaugural webinar, PR and Social Media. Using two (Canadian) case studies that “leverage blogging, wikis, YouTube, Flickr, del.icio.us…
Is it too soon for the media to begin assigning blame? PR practitioners invited to weigh in with a vote
In its Daily ‘Dog section of the website, Bulldog Reporter (which bills itself as “The Leading Source of PR Views, News and Tools”) usually has a running “Pulse of PR”…