In this day and age, there is no shortage of senior-level PR and communications executives, nor is there a shortage of membership communities through which they can network with
one another. But, when it comes to obtaining research and accessing valuable, high-level information that can impact the communicator's organization, who is the person to call?
Below are a handful of membership organizations that serve as resources to the creme de la creme of the communications industry.
Communications Executive Council: The Council is a membership organization of the senior-most comms execs in global corporations. Member benefits include reports on "dozens
of the world's best practices in business-focused communication, corporate reputation, crisis management, change management, and organizational models."
National Investor Relations Institute: NIRI is an association of corporate professionals and IR consultants, and it offers its members, among other benefits, "an extensive
professional development program including seminars on a wide range of topics to create and enhance professional competence among members."
Center for Strategic Communications: A subsidary of NIRI, this organization focuses on the integration of corporate communication and investor-relations activities.