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Message from the IPRA President: July August 2016
in Press Release 6 years, 10 months ago
A Golden Day
IPRA Golden World Awards announces 57 winners
in Press Release 6 years, 11 months ago
The IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence: the world’s most prestigious PR awards scheme, is delighted to announce a total of 57 winners for 2016.
Message from the IPRA President: Dispatches from Abroad June 2016
in Press Release 6 years, 11 months ago
It is not uncommon for organisers of PR conferences in countries around the world to seek endorsement of IPRA for their programs. There are guidelines for these arrangments, and it is one of these that I would like to share with you. The President of IPRA will usually make a contribution to the conference in question. Thus I have traveled in the past few months to countries geographically and culturally as far apart as Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Iceland.
IPRA echoes the UN’s Finlandia Declaration on press freedom
in Press Release 7 years ago
At a World Press Freedom Day conference in Helsinki, media practitioners, representatives of governments and civil society adopted the “Finlandia Declaration,” calling on UNESCO’s 195 Member States to “reaffirm that press freedom and the right to information are essential for a free, independent and pluralistic media and crucial to the advancement of human rights and sustainable development.”
Message from the IPRA President: Are you among the best in Public relations? May 2016
in Press Release 7 years, 1 month ago
Make yourself a golden PR person.
IPRA showcases UN’s 66th NGO conference
in Press Release 7 years, 1 month ago
As the UN prepares for its next NGO Conference, IPRA board member Jim McQueeny from the United States helped showcase on his New York television show this upcoming global conference which takes place in Korea from 30 May to 1 June. The conference will have 48 workshops with expert speakers on various topics revolving around education for global citizenship and the UN sustainable development goals.
IPRA President and the GWA
in news 7 years, 1 month ago
Last week in Sofia, Bulgaria, the 2016 BAPRA Awards were announced in front of an energised crowd of public relations professionals. The Bulgarian Public Relations Association recognises each year outstanding PR work in a range of categories. Having been a judge for BAPRA for over several years, I can attest to the quality of entries and the relevance of all the assignments they covered. But this year was more special to me than other years. In addition to speaking at the preceding BAPRA Conference, I also attended the award ceremony itself. Moreover, I was in the presence of no fewer than two previous IPRA Presidents, Christophe Ginisty and Maria Gergova-Bengtsson (whose agency United Partners, incidentally, won three awards).
President’s April message to IPRA members
7 years, 2 months ago
PR awards
Message from the IPRA President: Nursing IPRA’s Thought Leadership Essays March 2016
7 years, 2 months ago
Recently, I spoke with Robert Gray, IPRA’s editor for the Thought Leadership Essays (ITL), which members receive with regularity. Fresh content, regularly distributed, is a benefit of IPRA membership. The steadily growing online archive of essays is a repository of a huge amount of unique PR-related content. This befits the standing of an organization like IPRA and provides a first-class resource for researchers and practitioners.
News Coverage of the Appointment of Bart De Vries, IPRA President
in news 7 years, 3 months ago
Bart de Vries new President IPRA
February 2016 Letter to members
7 years, 4 months ago
Does PR lend itself to creativity?
IPRA President remembers the Florence Flood of 1966
in Press Release 7 years, 4 months ago
IPRA 2016 President, Bart de Vries, will speak on the topic of the Florence Flood of 50 years ago, at an event this week in Milan, Italy.
Iceland To Host Global PR Summit June 2016
in Press Release 7 years, 4 months ago
PR experts from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Tate Museum, Weber Shandwick and VISA are scheduled to present at the Global PR Summit Iceland, taking place from 9-10 June 2016 in Reykjavik. The event is endorsed by IPRA.
President's message January 2016
7 years, 4 months ago
Dear IPRA members
UN Report for Member States Cites IPRA for Best Practices in Communications for the UN System
7 years, 5 months ago
“Demonstrating the Value of our Work” was the topic of a recent workshop for senior managers and staff of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) at UN headquarters in New York. The seminar marked 10 years of cooperation of an IPRA advisory committee with ECRU (The Evaluation and Communications Research Unit) headed by Janet Wieser, Chief.