global discussion. local perspectives.
Two previous posts in this blog were dedicated, directly on indirectly, to the issue of regulation and /or licensing of public relations professionals. Following three recent important events (Richard Edelman’s…
In his keynote speech today 1005burson_speech_text.htm at New Delhi’s ICCO annual conference (Icco is the international association of national associations of public relations consultancies), Harold Burson surprised everyone by taking…
Is it enough for us to simply ‘accept’ that practitioners do not get involved in formative and evaluative research (a sort of ‘research-phobia’) because of lack of time and its…
I receive mixed reactions from my interlocutors when I argue that, while it is fair to consider, as a great many do, the UK model of practice in public relations…
What a grand Summit! One hundred highly privileged senior representatives of major corporations, public relations agencies, universities and research companies met in Portsmouth (New Hampshire) this week for the Institute…
I imagine that of the many tools we currently adopt to ‘listen’ to stakeholders (focus groups, participatory observation, network analysis, quali/quantitative research, opinion polls, meetings….) the one which, in many…
I already mentioned in one of my first posts that the European Commission has opened a wide public consultation process amongst its citizens on a White Paper for Communication, which…
Next Thursday and Friday (September 28-29) in Portsmouth (New Hampshire,USA) the Institute for Public Relations will be holding its annual Measurement Summit. The program sounds highly engaging and this is…
Toni’s recent post on CSR brought to my mind the campaign of Sacom (http://www.sacom.org.uk) against Disney. Sacom stands for ‘students against corporate mishbehaviour’ and claims that, like many other american…
I am now in New York teaching a 42 hour Global Relations and Intercultural Communication course at New York University’s Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication