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Join #PRStudChat on February 22nd for a Career Day Twitter Chat

Deirdre Breakenridge

ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather to discuss the different opportunities in PR from owning your own business to agency PR and in-house communications for an organization. Joe joined Atlantic Health System in 2016 to help elevate the organization’s social media strategy across all platforms. Read more.

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In Memoriam: Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

It’s difficult to imagine the public relations scholar/practitioner community without Doug,” Kruckeberg said. She received PRSA’s highest individual honor, the Gold Anvil Award, at the PRSA 2016 International Conference in Indianapolis. Kruckeberg, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, and the late Judy VanSlyke Turk, Ph.D.,

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Pledge your personal support to tackle ethnic diversity in public relations

Stephen Waddington

The PRCA Census in 2016 (opens as a PDF) identified a gap of five percent between the profession and the public, with 91% of practitioners identifying as white. The gap of four or five percent is a deficit of up to 2,500 black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates (BAME) according to Office for National Statistics UK employment data for 2016.

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Target for BME diversity in public relations underestimates issue

Stephen Waddington

PRCA data from 2016 suggest nine percent. 83,000 people work in public relations in the UK according to the PRCA 2016 Census. The Taylor Bennett Foundation is an important initiative founded in 2007. Its goal is to encourage black, Asian and ethnic minority graduates to pursue a career in communications and address the gap.

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community.

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community.

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An Interview with Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC

Critical Mention

That honor and experience dramatically increased my exposure to the anti-bribery and compliance community. One of the issues she addresses pertains to being where your community is, and you won’t know that until you try! Being a part of such exciting and engaging communities is a wonderful part of this practice.