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
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…
Will Gordon Brown want to ’spin an antispin campaign’ following Blair’s Reuters speech?
Last Friday I was in London and had the privilege, as Honorary Fellow of the CIPR, to participate to the Annual Fellows Luncheon which is held in the austere House…
1982 Tylenol case a misleading myth: O’Dwyer takes on Fortune, J& J and the public relations establishment!!
My good and esteemed friend, Jack O’Dwyer, has overturned yet another rug from the dainty sitting room in which our professional community enjoys talking to herself in the mirror in…
(Re)claiming a defined role for public relations…but first determining what it isn’t
I’ve recently returned from a “flying” visit to the jewel-like, antebellum city of Savannah, Georgia, the location of the 2007 LERN Leaders’ strategic planning retreat. The mandate of this international,…
Global Alliance has new leadership. Where will it go?
The best piece news I have to report from Cape Town is that Colin Farrington from the CIPR is the new Chair of the see recent interviewGlobalAlliance, while my young…
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…
Blogging from Vilnius on black pr. A really freezing shower for all of us!
The only thing that I regret is not having been able to understand (because of the lack of an english translation) of three and one half presentations (out of nine!)…
How do I ‘black pr’? Let me count the ways…At least 13. 150 professionals from 7 european countries meet in Vilnius (Lithuania) today to compare notes.
Many will remember Elizabeth Browning’s lovely poem…