The green power of public relations
I’ve asked Caroline Wilson to share some thoughts on the power of PR to change people’s behaviour around environmental issues, which she regularly explores at GoodGreenPR: I sometimes think the…
Live broadcast: World Bank presents on October 24 the how’s of communication for development. Or is it public relations?
Is it communication for development or public relations? Click here to rsvp wb1.doc
Italian Cabinet approves recognition and regulation of lobbying activities. A small but first relevant step towards more transparency.
Yesterday, Friday October 12, the Italian Cabinet issued a decree which recognizes the value and regulates lobbying activities related to the Government, its various Autorities and the Public Administration
From Germany: a fascinating model for fostering ethical behaviour. A must read for the concerned global professional community
Last Wednesday (October 10) in Berlin, some 150 senior professionals and scholars from the largest and most reputed German companies, agencies and universities met in Berlin to celebrate the 20th…
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…
Anne Gregory relaunches the debate on ambiguity as… a reason for public relations.
In a recent post I had raised the issue of the ambiguity of public relations concluding with the question: Are we ready to challenge ourselves over our own ambiguity?. 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…
Are YOU comfortable with ambiguity? An invective on behalf of The Public Benefit of Public Relations theme of the London 2008 World Public Relations Festival
…in a July 17 column, Stefan Stern, the Financial Times commentator, confesses he is not comfortable with ambiguity, and argues against the recent consultants mantra by which organizational leadership must…
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…
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