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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 re ...

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 ...

Gainesville, Fla., -- The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) has elected Jamie McLaughlin, founder and president of Capstone Hill Search, to its Board of Trustees. Capstone Hill Search is a leading global specialist search and selection consultancy. As founder and president, Jamie manages an international team of public relations and recruitme ...

New York, NY -- Steve Cody, founder and CEO of Peppercomm, has been elected as the new Chair of the Institute for Public Relations Board of Trustees on January 1. Cody has served on the board since April 2015. Cody’s predecessor is Linda Rutherford, SVP and CCO of Southwest Airlines, who now serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Board. ...

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, Communi ...

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 relation ...

Gainesville, Fla., - The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) is thrilled to announce the recent election of three new Trustees to its Board. With the addition 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. Arat ...

Download Flyer (PDF): Bridge 2019 Call for Submissions For more information about the conference (including sponsorship opportunities), please visit https://instituteforpr.org/event/2019-bridge-pr-and-communications-conference/ Watch the full recap video: Visit YouTube Here The Institute for Public Relations is hosting the second annua ...

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 York City. ...

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 below: "The basis of our governments b ...