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Download Full Report (PDF): COVID-19: How Businesses Are Handling the CrisisDownload Press Release (PDF): COVID-19 Report – Communications – Press ReleaseDownload Business Release (PDF): COVID-19 Report – Business – Press ReleaseDownload Topline Findings: Topline Findings: COVID-19 Report This is an IPR Signature Study. Presented by the Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm. NEW YORK, NY … Continue reading New Study Finds 81% of Communication Functions Are “Important” or “Very Important” to Companies’ COVID-19 Response →

Gainesville, Fla. (March 9, 2020) – The Institute for Public Relations has made the very difficult decision to postpone the IPR Bridge Conference until November 5-6, 2020. The November conference will be held at the same location, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. With the growing number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, … Continue reading Important Announcement Regarding 2020 IPR Bridge Conference →

Gainesville, Fla., — The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) has elected Brian Besanceney, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of Walmart, to its Board of Trustees. Brian is a veteran corporate affairs professional with a background in strategic communications, public policy, government relations and corporate social responsibility. He currently serves as Senior Vice President … Continue reading IPR Welcomes Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of Walmart as New Trustee →

Tina McCorkindale among select group chosen to engage with senior military officials and U.S. Service members for the Secretary of Defense’s Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 7, 2019 – Tina McCorkindale, Ph.D., APR, President and CEO, has been selected to participate in the 91st Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC 91) hosted by … Continue reading IPR President & CEO to Participate in Prestigious Department of Defense Program Hosted by the Secretary of Defense →

Gainesville, Fla., – The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) is excited to welcome five new Trustees to its Board. With the election of these Trustees, the IPR Board of Trustees remains committed to the top research priorities of measurement standards, behavioral science, employee communications and digital media. Shirley Powell SVP, Communications and Industry Relations, Cox … Continue reading The Institute Welcomes Five New Trustees →

Gainesville, Florida — Jeyoung Oh, a Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama, is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 Don Bartholomew Award for Excellence in Public Relations Research. The award, sponsored by Ketchum Global Research & Analytics and the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), selects a top graduate student in public relations, communications or … Continue reading University of Alabama Ph.D. Student Selected for Ketchum’s Don Bartholomew Award →

New York, NY – The Institute for Public Relations will award Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR, professor of public relations and acting associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at San Diego State University, the IPR Pathfinder Award at the 2018 Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on November 28 in New … Continue reading IPR Awards Dr. Bey-Ling Sha its Highest Academic Honor, the Pathfinder Award →

IPR proudly signed on to a statement of support issued by PRSA to promote press freedom. This is timed with the more than 300 U.S. newspapers, as part of an initiative by The Boston Globe, running editorials on August 16, 2018 to denounce “the war against the free press.” The full statement can be seen … Continue reading A Collaborative Statement on the Essential Value of a Free Press →

The Institute for Public Relations will award Mark Weiner, CEO, PRIME Research, the prestigious Jack Felton Medal for Lifetime Achievement, an award made for lifetime contributions in the advancement of research, measurement and evaluation in public relations and corporate communication. Weiner is also chair of the IPR Commission on Measurement and Evaluation. Weiner will receive … Continue reading IPR Awards CEO of PRIME Research the Jack Felton Medal for Lifetime Achievement →