On Monday, Jack O’Dwyer featured the Institute’s upcoming Annual Distinguished Lecture and Awards dinner in his O’Dwyer’s Blog. The Institute is awarding James E. Murphy, chairman and CEO of Murphy & Co., the Alexander Hamilton Medal, IPR’s highest recognition for contributions to the practice of public relations at the November 8 event.
The featured speakers include one of the nation’s preeminent pollsters and one of the most celebrated White House communications counselors. Mark Penn, corporate vice president for Microsoft, and Karen Hughes, worldwide vice chairman of Burson-Marsteller, will explore communications lessons from the 2012 campaign. Bruce K. Berger, Ph.D., professor at the University of Alabama, will receive the Pathfinder Award for career contributions to scholarly public relations research.
More information on IPR is available at instituteforpr.org .
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