Blog
Working in the Gulf’s communications industry
The path to Dubai and the rest of the Gulf is a well-trodden one by many practitioners in the public relations industry.
Facebook knows more about you than your mother
A free tool from Facebook is useful for helping to characterise audiences or publics and understand demographics and behaviours.
Travelling with baggage
Living out of a suitcase for a week is easy, providing you've got the right suitcase. A review of the GOBAG.
A 16 year old’s guide to Snapchat
My daughter explains the popularity of her favourite app Snapchat. It’s mainly used as a means of messaging friends and consuming news media.
Accountability for bias in data and algorithms in public relations
A paper published in the Journal of Communication Management calls on public relations to step up to the ethical challenge of algorithms and data on society.
Pokémon Go primer: what you need to know
Darryl Sparey argues that Pokémon Go has significant cultural, social and wellbeing benefits.
#FuturePRoof is back to assert the value of public relations
The ambitious crowdsourced project is seeking to start a conversation about its value with the public and the organisations that it serves.
How to present like a keynote speaker
Public speaking is hard. Here's how I cracked it. It's a work in progress.
Public relations theory and practice toolkit
Practical suggestions for improving the relationship between scholars and practitioners in public relations from a BledCom workshop.
10 insights for public relations from the 2016 European Communications Monitor
European researchers have spotlighted challenges facing public relations agencies and teams in the tenth edition of the European Communications Monitor.
Year to date: 50 platform and tool updates from the social web
A blog post that does what it says in the title. New digital and social stuff that happened on the internet in the first six months of 2016.
Letter to BledCom: the changing nature of professional accreditation and education
In this final letter to BledCom the CIPR’s CEO Alastair McCapra reflects on the changing nature of accreditation and education within professional membership organisations.
Letters to BledCom: Towards a community of practice in public relations
21 academics, teachers and practitioners including Alex Aiken, Tina McCorkindale, Anne Gregory, and James E. Grunig, have contributed to a workshop at BledCom.
Public relations: grow up, or get out
16 personal challenges for public relations practitioners at PR Festival, and elsewhere
Performance public relations: new AMEC framework, free tools
Digging out data from silos within your organisation is critical to high performance public relations.
Crowdsourcing a community of public relations practice at BledCom
A workshop at an upcoming conference will explore ways to improve collaboration between academics and practitioners in public relations. We’d welcome your contribution.
