Public relations needs more than digital natives
Whether you call it digital PR, online PR, or social media (SM) relations – public relations practitioners are being told they must enter this “brave new world”, embrace the “revolution”…
Public relations should embrace not deny its marketing links
Many people think that PR is a subset of marketing – they are wrong . But so are those working in PR who seek to put great distance between what…
The big question: What is PR?
In May 2008, Catherine Arrow produced a useful edited publication: What is PR? which brought together a range of posts from PR Conversation touching on the “big question” that seems…
Never kiss an alligator and other lessons from PR History
The history of public relations began with PT Barnum parading elephants through small town America in the 1800s - with the famed huckster the cause of the ongoing misunderstanding of…
Stockholm Accords approved text
The approved text of the Stockholm Accords can be accessed as a pdf here: Stockholm Accords final version May 15
PR crisis case studies in real time
Open any public relations textbook and the section on crisis management will include examples of how organisations have demonstrated "best" or "worst" practice. And, it's not just the textbooks, as…
Public Relations, Capitalism and Democracy – Public Relations and Development: two provoKations from my excellent students
I have just concluded my course on global relations and intercultural communication at NYU in New York. The intense interaction with 10 highly committed graduate students –two Russian, three American,…
From Oceania and the Mediterranean: our body of knowledge continues to grow
Innovation in public relations thinking and practice continues to come from all over the world. Interestingly, in most cases the contributions are not from a single local source but from…
#PRC2010 Trends impacting Public Relations world
This is the time of year when many of us are reflecting about the future, trying to figure out how our profession, our companies, our clients, our societies will be…
Transforming a Fly into an Elephant: our Russian Colleagues have an Official Hymn! While CIPR in the UK grants Chartered Status to 25 professionals
….And it’s true, my friend, we can even do miracles, create a legend; turn a fairy-tale into reality, transform a fly into an elephant, a donkey – into a camel,…