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CIPR president election for 2014

By + on May 8, 2013 in CIPR, corporate communications, Public Affairs, public relations, social media

The election for the 2014 president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has sparked several fascinating debates on both public relations and the future and relevance of the CIPR. What is without question is that this time, in Dr Jon White and Stephen Waddington, we have two absolutely outstanding candidates for president. I [...]

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Corporate communications and PR conference speaking summer 2013

By + on March 29, 2013 in CIPR, Conference Speaking, corporate communications, public relations, Reputation Management, Self Promotion, social media, Training

I’ve got a few new corporate communications, PR and social media speaking engagements coming up over the next few months. I’ll also shortly be announcing dates for a series of two day online PR and corporate communications strategy master classes to be held in London in early July, Mumbai (India) in late July and Houston [...]

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Digital communications top PR skills gap

By + on February 28, 2013 in corporate communications, public relations, social media, Training

New research shows that digital communications is the top skills gap amongst PR professionals. The research was conducted by PR Academy amongst its past and present students and 52% of respondents identified digital comms as the top skills gap, followed by strategic planning (46%) and measurement (44%). This isn’t surprising as the much bigger and [...]

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World Communications Forum and C4F Awards in Davos

By + on February 6, 2013 in corporate communications, PRCA, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

The Communications on Top World Communication Forum 2013 and (C4F) Communication for Future Awards in Davos take place this week. There is great line-up of speakers including: Paul Holmes, founder and CEO of The Holmes Report and SABRE awards; Andre Manning, vice president corporate communications for Royal Philips Electronics; Anne Villemoes, head of communications for [...]

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Top in-house PRs on Holmes Report Influencer 100 list

By + on December 17, 2012 in corporate communications, public relations

The Holmes Report has just published the latest edition of The Influence 100 list of the world’s most important in-house communicators which I blogged about last year when the first list came out. As you’d expect all those who responded to the survey are responsible for hiring and firing public relations consultancies. The number responsible [...]

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NeverSeconds shows why PR needs to be respected

By + on June 15, 2012 in corporate communications, public relations, Public Sector, Reputation Management

Lots of buzz about #neverseconds and almost universal ridicule of Argyll and Bute Council’s statement (see Update Three below as the council has now unethically tried to hide its incompetence) in response. The story is that nine-year old Martha Payne has been blogging photographs of her school meals and writing about what is wrong with the meals. [...]

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Corporate communications heads split on social media

By + on May 28, 2012 in corporate communications, public relations, Reputation Management, Research, social media

Corporate communications heads agree (82%) that discussions in social media and social networks can impact on a company’s overall reputation and licence to operate, but are split on how seriously it should be taken. Forty per cent said that criticism in social media channels was taken too seriously while 46% disagreed. The report also looks [...]

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