Public affairs and social media is very much on the agenda for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) at the moment with both a CIPR TV special and a training webinar on public affairs and social media. Firstly, this Thursday (October 6) at 17:00 there is a special public affairs double bill on [...]
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Public affairs and social media on CIPR TV and training webinar
Some Comms Awards – last chance to enter
This year I’ve again got the honour of being one of the judges in the second annual Some Comms Awards. There are 19 different categories to enter, including a new one – the Mark Hanson Award, in honour of our colleague Mark Hanson to recognise the brightest and most promising social media communicator under 30 [...]
PR and Search and Social Media Insights conference speaking
Tomorrow I’m speaking on two panels at the SAScon Search, Analytics and Social Media conference. The first panel is Social Media Insights and the second is Search and PR. The Social Media Insights panel is described as: With a plethora of social media monitoring tools on the market today, the question is not so much [...]
PR and social media conference speaking by Stuart Bruce
Two more conference speaking gigs coming up soon. The first is the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Social Media Conference in London and the second is the Social Media in a Corporate Context Europe Conference in Amsterdam. At the CIPR Social Media Conference I’m presenting on ‘The continually evolving social world’ and will be covering [...]
My friend and colleague Mark Hanson RIP
I’m not normally a person that is lost for words. In fact I’m far too vain and pride myself on my above average ability to string a sentence together. But this week I’ve sat down and keep staring at a blank screen. I just haven’t been able to find the words to say what it [...]
Who owns social media – PR, SEO, marketing, digital?
Who owns social media? It’s question that has been around as long as social media and almost the same arguments are raging today as when the ‘Who owns social media’ question first reared it’s ugly head. Tomorrow I’m speaking at a debate as part of Social Media Week London where I’ll be putting the case [...]
Social media conference speaking at Some Comms awards
Last year I enjoyed being one of the judges at the first Some Awards for the use of social media in communications and marketing. Don’t Panic, the company behind the awards, has now pulled together a great conference with the judges and winners of some of the awards to showcase some of the UK’s best [...]
Speaking at Reputation in Oil, Gas and Mining conference
Next month (January 20) I’m one of the speakers at Communicate magazine’s Reputation in Oil, Gas and Mining conference. It looks set to be a good conference as there are some great speakers and it comes at a time when the extraction industries are facing increasingly complex reputational issues. There have been tremendous marketing and [...]
My 10 worst PR and social media posts of 2010
If you’re going to share what works then it’s worth sharing what didn’t – if only for the purpose of learning what not to do. So these are the ‘top 10 worst’ PR and social media posts of 2010: Stuart Bruce’s PR blog is seven years today – The only reason I did this post [...]
Top 10 PR and social media blog posts of 2010
These are the top 10 public relations (PR) and social media blog posts of 2010 on this blog: Android vs. iPhone vs. BlackBerry – the users infographic – This one shouldn’t really be in the list as it’s not strictly about PR or social media, but I’ve left it on as it’s a good example [...]
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Public relations isn’t part of marketing
February 4, 2013
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How PR can use Flipboard to create magazines
May 14, 2013
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PR ethics – European Association of Communication Directors’ debate
January 14, 2013
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PR, Wikipedia and BP–a sorry tale
March 28, 2013
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EE customer service eventually comes up trumps
January 10, 2013
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Tom Foremski Thought Leaders event at the CIPR
May 14, 2013
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How PR can use Flipboard to create magazines
May 14, 2013
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Celebrate Europe Day today
May 9, 2013
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CIPR president election for 2014
May 8, 2013
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UNICEF reminds people Facebook Likes don’t save lives
May 2, 2013
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Julio Romo: Stuart, a great piece. Indeed Flipboard feature of...
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Stuart Bruce
Award-winning international communications trainer and consultant specialising in online PR, digital corporate communications,digital public affairs and social media. Frequent international media commentator and conference speaker.