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.
I love my job. I am confident about the future of PR and communications and I would encourage anyone thinking of their career to consider this one. Yesterday, I was asked as President of...
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 have been on the receiving end of gibes from journos about PRs more times than I care to remember. Yes, of course, there is best practice – and sometimes we get it wrong....
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...
On Thursday the Chartered Institute of Public Relations announced some great news, 1,611 members had completed their Continuous Professional Development returns (the deadline was 28th February 2015). That is a 27% increase on last...
Yesterday I had the privilege of joining a cohort of students studying Public Relations at Southampton Solent University to produce an ebook in a day. It was the second year the students had attempted to...
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....
Standing for election for the CIPR’s Council are more than 35 individuals; all motivated to put their names in the ring to represent members. For the first time ever all the seats...
