Category: Professional Development

  • IABC 2008 conference kicks off

    More than 1,700 communicators from around the world are in New York to participate in the 2008 IABC International Conference, the flagship professional development and networking event of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). This has to be IABC’s…

  • What social media influence is about

    How social media is shaping corporate reputation management, marketing and communications is the primary theme of Social Media Influence, a one-day conference in London I’ll be speaking at this Wednesday June 4. I’m on a panel to discuss the big…

  • Survey to help explore future PR trends in Europe

    EUPRERA, the European Public Relations Education and Research Association, is conducting new research aimed at exploring future trends in public relations and communication management across Europe. The European Communications Monitor 2008 includes an online survey, what EUPRERA calls “the most…

  • Addressing the PR spam question on FIR Live

    Last October, Chris Anderson of Wired magazine outed over 300 email addresses as spammers. In May, Lifehacker.com’s Gina Trapani started a PR Spammers wiki. These two acts are symptomatic of growing frustration and anger by many people who perceive the…

  • Touching the tip of the social media iceberg

    One of the more interesting ways I’ve experienced participating in a conference is being chairperson of the event. When you’re the chair you not only have to pay close attention to everything going on, but also you are well placed…