Public relations is a powerful tool for a start up to raise its profile and build relationships. It can help prove the viability of a product or service and build a business model.

Crowdsourced tips from my social network for anybody running the Great North Run on Sunday. See you at the start line.

The second edition of #FuturePRoof continues to assert the value of public relations.

AMEC's Measurement Month takes place in September. You should get involved if you haven’t already. The return on investment (ROI) will be high.

I celebrate a double celebration this month. My personal blog is four years old and I’ll reach 500 posts.

The path to Dubai and the rest of the Gulf is a well-trodden one by many practitioners in the public relations industry.

A free tool from Facebook is useful for helping to characterise audiences or publics and understand demographics and behaviours.

Living out of a suitcase for a week is easy, providing you've got the right suitcase. A review of the GOBAG.

My daughter explains the popularity of her favourite app Snapchat. It’s mainly used as a means of messaging friends and consuming news media.

A call for better writing on the internet.

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.

Darryl Sparey argues that Pokémon Go has significant cultural, social and wellbeing benefits.

The ambitious crowdsourced project is seeking to start a conversation about its value with the public and the organisations that it serves.

Public speaking is hard. Here's how I cracked it. It's a work in progress.

Practical suggestions for improving the relationship between scholars and practitioners in public relations from a BledCom workshop.

European researchers have spotlighted challenges facing public relations agencies and teams in the tenth edition of the European Communications Monitor. ​​​​​

My current reading list.

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.

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.

21 academics, teachers and practitioners including Alex Aiken, Tina McCorkindale, Anne Gregory, and James E. Grunig, have contributed to a workshop at BledCom.