Georgian PR Club Takes Development of PR Capabilities Seriously!
Internal Public Relations – Family First
Family comes first. Within an organization, this idea is true, too. Organizations can include anyone within their definitions of “family.” Moreover, organizations are not only those that qualify as “corporations.” A company’s family could include employees, retirees, business partners, and shareholders. A nonprofit organiz
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Communicating Authentic Tourism Experiences
What drives tourists’ choice of destinations? Why do tourists prefer some destinations over others? The answer to these questions is simpler than one might think: Tourists want an authentic experience. When they visit a site i
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Work vs. Life for Employees: Is Your Business Part of the Solution?
When the boundary between work and life gets blurred, employees can easily get frustrated and burned out. Often times, employees are encouraged to become smart “problem solvers,” coping with stress and imbalance on their own. However, individual co
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17 Years of Research Geeks
For 17 years (how could it have been that long ago?), public relations researchers — both from the practice and the academy — have gathered annually to share and discuss their efforts and findings at the International Publ
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The European Communication Monitor2013 (Part 2): Strategic Issues and Influence
This is the second in a series of IPR blog posts on the 2013 European Communication Monitor (ECM), an annual longitudinal trans-national survey of European communications profession
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Credo for Public Relations: The Role of Evaluation and Measurement
Now aged 90, I commenced public relations practice in 1947 on my return from service with the Royal Marine Commandos. I am the only Founding Father of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and International Public Relations Association stil
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#Disclosure: New FTC Social Media Guidelines for PR
When discussing the laws and regulations of social media, a common refrain is the law is trying to catch up with the technology. However, in 2013 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took one step closer to catching up to social media’s rapid development by providing guidelines for what constitutes legally sound disclosure practices on
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Engaging Employees: Why Do You Think We Don’t?
From 60 years of accumulated scholarship about employee communication and engagement, we can safely reach two conclusions: First, organizations that effectively engage their workforces have better business results than those which do not. Second, most organizations do not effectively engage their workforces. Attempting to document why organizational leaders who know what to do don’t do it, we’ve hypothesized a list of 17 possible reasons and invite practitioner and a ...
Read More...Welcome Message from IPR Director of Research Sarab Kochhar
1. Tell us a little about your background with public relations research. Video by McMahon Images My academic qualifications and my work experience form a s ...
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