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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 2013 IPR best in class employee communication practices study emphasises that internal communication must evolve to help organisation ...

Resolved: Whether in internal communication, PR measurement or strategic communications, we will be fearless, ruled by the right thing to do rather than the facile, easy or merely expedient. Therefore: As experts in ...

For the first time in its 58-year history, the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) is hiring a director of research.  Starting July 1, Sarabdeep “Sarab” Kochhar will lead our research programs, serving as chief strategist and counselor to the Board of Trustees on research matters, and primary IPR spokesperson on research and h ...

Yesterday on IPR’s “Research Conversations” site, former Institute Trustee Lynn Brown posted an article enticingly titled “PR, Behavioral Economics & School Cafeterias.”  I loved the piece – and thanked her in a Comment for adding a new, personal story to our storehouse of Behavioral PR stories. Behavior, behavior, behavior.  The PR business is ...

The following post is from Forrest Anderson’s blog, Reputation, Research, Relationships and Messages. Additional comments and tips are strongly encouraged.  Surveys, when done properly, are a great way to gather the kind of information you can use to create communications campaigns that achieve business objectives. They are based on real information and ...