What are the legal limits on raising capital for startups? Are there legal constraints on promotions for a startup? Can a for-profit organization raise money on the Internet from unsophisticated investors? These questions are important for practitioners to know given the changing nature of online capital campaigns.
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Last week, I attended the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in San Francisco to gain insights into the research shaping our profession. The theme of the 4-day event this year, “Global Bridges,” was attended by journalism and mass communication educators, researchers and practitioners from around the world. ...
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A version of this article first appeared in Media Monitoring & Measurement News. How can PR practitioners make sense of the plethora of possible earned media metrics and measurement strategies? PR industry groups have published a number of documents to guide PR practitioners. ...
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During the past two summers, I’ve had the great privilege of presenting at and attending several European-based public relations research conferences. In the summer of 2014, I attended the Barcelona PR Meeting and the BledCom Symposium. This summer, I attended (both for my second time ever) the Barcelona PR Meeting and International H
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In a recent article, “Five Years After Barcelona, It’s Time to Measure Motive,” Alan Kelly writes a personal critique of the practice of public relations (“a craft that is unregulated, un-licensed, and inherently i
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Do PR and marketing graduates seeking jobs in PR agencies have what it takes? Do they have the right education, knowledge and skills? Do they have the preferred personality traits?
According to the latest survey from Gould+Partners, PR M&A specialists and management consultants, the answers
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Public relations professionals and educators are facing some of the same challenges in and out of the classroom. One of the biggest facing educators today is the rapid evolving use and implementation of social media in campaigns and the workplace.. These changes are happening quickly and at times, are very hard to keep up with in prov
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Last week, I attended the Association Leaders Workshop at the Global Alliance meeting in Milan, Italy. The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management is a confederation of major public relations and communication management associations and institutions, representing 160,000 practitioners and academics from around the world. Gathered at the two-day workshop were 40 leaders from 25 countries who participated in forums, brainstorming sessions, discussions and presentations h ...
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Today’s explosion of social media offers a cornucopia of communications potential – a virtual abundance of technologies and platforms for communicating with anyone, anytime, anywhere across an array of devices. But, from a communications perspecti
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