Want to Rescue Internal Communications from Being Nobody’s Baby and Get It Adopted as Public Relations Baby?
The recent “Nobody’s Baby” postings by Dr. Ana Tkalac, Ward White and Sean Williams provide
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IPR President & CEO Discusses the Importance of Pledging to Research Standards
In a recent interview in Heyman Associates’ Positioning newsletter, IPR President & CEO Frank Ovaitt explained the development of public relations research standards and their value. Eighty-five organizations have pledged their support and commitment to these vital standards. ...
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Critical Traits to the Modern Practitioners’ Success Shared by Industry Leaders
Four IPR Trustees were selected as advisers for PRWeek’s 2014 Career Guide to share the most vital skills for a practitioner’s success. The expert panel included Mike Fernandez, VP of corporate affairs at Cargill, Bill Heyman, president of Heyman Associates, Gary Sheffer, VP of corporate communications and public affairs at General Electric, and Andy Polansky, CEO of Weber Shandwick. The group agreed the skills a PR professional must master are as plenti ...
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“When You Are Falling…Dive” – A Psychological Approach to Understanding Conflicts and Crises on Social Media
This is the third in a series of blog posts sponsored by the Social Science for Social Media Research Center at the Institute for Public Relations.
When Joseph Campbell talked about the power of myth, he described the vast mystery of our h
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Sean Williams’ Response to “Nobody’s Baby” and Other Thoughts on Internal Communication
This guest blog post is written by Sean Williams in response to Dr. Ana Tkalac’s original post “Nobody’s Baby” and Ward White’s follow-up commentary.
Internal communi
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Further Thoughts on “Nobody’s Baby” by Ward White
This guest blog post is written by Ward White in response to Dr. Ana Tkalac’s original post “Nobody’s Baby.”
Dr. Tkalac —
You raise what I see as an important and neglected topic. It is a topic that deserves serious attention from those interested in Corpora
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Nobody’s Baby
I am a psychologist, working as a professor of marketing while my research and academic orientation is mainly focused on public relations. In all of these fields, my respective colleagues consider internal communication a part of their domain. Psychologists in the area of organizational behavior study and teach organizational com
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What to Expect at This Year’s IPR Trustees Research Symposium
November 13, 2014 3:00pm-6:00pm
The major theme of our work as trustees of the Institute for Public Relations is profiling “the science beneath the art” of public relations through research. When the Institute stages its annual Trustees Research Symposium on Thursday, Novembe
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Do Canadian PR Practitioners Have a Better Practice Environment?
If you’ve ever been curious about how the Canadian PR practice arena compares to that of the US, the results of the 2014 GAP study has the answer and you might be surprised. Canada’s senior practitioners are firmly entrenched in the dominant coalition and most are giving leadership to corporate strategic plan
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Strategic Employee Branding: Optimize Your Talent to Gain People Advantage
We can never overemphasize the importance of the right talent to business success. As Claes Peyron discussed in his “9 Steps to a Successful Employer Branding Strategy” blog, attracting, retaining and coaching employees
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