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A Former Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Marine Corps on Why He Pursued His APR

PRSay

Marine Corps public affairs conference in New Orleans in 2011. I sat in the audience of roughly 200 Marine Corps public affairs officers and observed a debate on the value of sending them to a newly-formed, yearlong master’s degree program in communications, and if having the APR really added credibility.

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Renewal

Wadds Inc.

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For PR Agencies, Does Cannes Really Matter?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The other reason is that for many PR agencies, Cannes simply hasn’t been on the radar, except when a client is a sponsor or honoree. In 2015, PRs were heartened that three winning Lions were entered by PR agencies, and the Procter & Gamble’s “Like A Girl” campaign won the PR Grand Prix.

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#FuturePRoof podcast: strawberry picking

Stephen Waddington

Public relations has received an unprecedented level of attention at Cannes. In an upbeat article PRWeek reported that agencies increased their haul at the Cannes PR Lions following changes to the awards process and a revised definition of public relations, although ad agencies still dominate.

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Davos World Communication Forum promises great speakers and debate

Stuart Bruce

The World Communication Forum in Davos next week will see communications and PR experts from 24 countries and five continents gather to discuss a diverse range of topics that are shaping the global communications and public relations agenda in 2015.

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6 Twin Cities women with amazing PR, comms and marketing career journeys

Communications Conversations

But then moving to agency for a couple years before transitioning to Sleep Number, which is where I first met Anna. From there, she moved to CarVal Investors, a unit of Cargill, before moving over to the mothership and eventually becoming a CCO for one of the biggest public or private companies in the world! Bank and Optum.

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Hyundai “Message To Space” TV Spot – Marketing Masterpiece or Brilliant Illusion?

MaccaPR

Message To Space,” created by agency Innocean Worldwide, depicts how Hyundai worked with a 13-year-old girl who appears to be Stephanie Virts of Houston, daughter of NASA astronaut Terry Virts, to send a message to her father as he circles the Earth in the International Space Station. million views on YouTube? Source: Forbes ).

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