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In Memoriam: Ralph Kam, APR, Fellow PRSA

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Kam’s journey with PRSA began in 1982 as a member, and he later assumed several leadership positions. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year in 2000 and inducted into the PRSA College of Fellows in 2001. He also served on the Board of Directors in the late 1990s. Later in his career, Kam embarked on a new path.

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Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism  

Sword and the Script

Public relations has wrestled with messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but studies also show it has improved business collaboration and internal communications The events of 9/11 changed air travel. The top PR challenges during the Coronavirus What has challenged public relations the most during the Coronavirus?

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

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On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. Eventually, subscriptions were open to the public. In 2001, the theme was “No Place Like Home.”. 2011 Update.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. Eventually, subscriptions were open to the public. In 2001, the theme was “No Place Like Home.”. 2011 Update.

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In Memoriam: Isobel Parke, APR, Fellow PRSA

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In 1965, Parke joined the behavioral public relations and management consulting firm of Jackson Jackson & Wagner (JJ&W) in New Hampshire, where she provided invaluable counsel to clients in a wide variety of industries for more than five decades. Photo courtesy of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations.

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The Sword of Certainty: Information is Power

Doctor Spin

Being informed and granted a bigger picture is a typical leadership privilege. 11 Evil Leadership Techniques. The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation. Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for analysing markets with asymmetric information. 1 Silfwer, J. 2013, May 3).

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A Brand Is a Business Risk to be Understood and Managed; Off Script No. 40: Brianna Carroll Boyle

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When I got out of school in 2001, for instance, few of my clients cared about mentions in online outlets. One publication or blog you read regularly is… (BCB) Wall Street Journal CMO Today. If you suddenly got 10% more budget, you’d spend it on… (BCB) research-based thought leadership or customer testimonials.

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