Yesterday the public relations world lost a true gentleman. Mark Clare FCIPR died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his daughters and his wife, Julie, at home in Cheltenham.
On 1 June, not the 1 April, PRMoment published an article by Hacked Off Flack entitled: Why Hacked Off Flack reckons kids ruin your PR career. It was first brought it to my attention by...
I originally wrote this for Fresh Business Thinking When starting off in business, there is so much you are yet to learn. Even now, after more than 25 years at work, whilst I have...
I hate school reunions. That is clearly why I am organising one. I hate it when you take those final two steps into the room full of old girls (in my case) and in...
Today the Chartered Institute of Public Relations has published its report, The State of the Profession. It makes for sobering reading. I was, if I am honest, at a loss to know what to...
So, it is almost 2015 (well it is in New Zealand, where I am on holiday) and it will soon be the start of my year as President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations....
They say things come in threes. Well that has definitely been the case for me. Firstly I am announced as President Elect for the CIPR for 2014; then I was awarded a Fellowship and...
I am the chair of the membership committee for the CIPR. Which means we talk about and influence the policy decisions that will be taken by the CIPR National Council. Why am I writing...
