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APR, Ph.D. or Experience: Which Is Best for Teaching Undergrad?

PRSay

I was a new mom, juggling full-time teaching and a part-time career in the Air Force Reserve as a public affairs officer. I attended the local Chapter’s jump-start session and a couple of local workshops, but then put my APR studies on hold for a year. However, Accreditation wasn’t easy.

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#FuturePRoof podcast: strawberry picking

Stephen Waddington

FuturePRoof conversation at #PRfest about the value of public relations. The second #PRFest in Edinburgh proved to be a lively affair combining keynotes, panels and workshops. The latest phase of the project seeks out insight on the value of public relations when implemented as a strategic management discipline.

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Earning My APR. Worth It? Yes. And Yes, Again.

PRSay

As a recently retired Army public affairs officer, I explored additional educational opportunities to accompany my mass communications undergraduate and graduate degrees. After formally signing up for the process, I took the APR workshop taught by our Accreditation Chair Fred Morgan, APR, Fellow PRSA.

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Train Your Brain to Apply “Longpath” Thinking

Stern + Associates

“Transgenerational thinking, which is really transgenerational ethics, allows you to expand how you think about the bigger problems in the world and what role you can play in solving them,” says Wallach, former adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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Creative New Business Development – Providing Value Through Research

Solo PR Pro

This summer, Kevin launched a 10-question survey – “The State of Public Relations and Communications at Public Affairs Schools” – with the aim of providing these schools with a way to compare their communications efforts with those of their peers. The full results of Kevin’s study can be found in more detail here.

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Getting hired and ahead in marketing and PR

Stephen Waddington

A blog about careers as told by eight marketing and PR practitioners in a workshop at Newcastle University. We ran a session for for PR students at Newcastle University last week on getting hired and getting ahead. Practitioners at varying stages of their career joined the session. They spoke about their first job and their career.

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Examining the (weird) science of communication presentations

PR Conversations

And her sentiments pretty much sum up the main reason why this middle-aged, white male was asked to contribute observations on a weirdly skewed visage of science communications, at least when it comes to current practices regarding the recruitment of qualified presenters for conferences and workshops.