Stories by PRNEWS

An independent PR counselor in Britain wrote to the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) questioning its lack of support for the growing number of sole proprietorship practices there. “Is it not time that the IPR… Continued

COMMUNITY RELATIONS Business/Manufacturing–“Mobil Friendly Serve Academy,” Mobil Corp., Fairfax, Va., with The Rowland Co.,New York Business/Services–“Bob Evans and Fourth Graders Team Up to Preserve Ohio’s Past for the Future,” Bob Evans Farms Inc., Columbus. Government–“Bolsa… Continued

Barely known one year ago, Intranets are sprouting throughout corporate America, transforming the employee communications function. The internal-access-only Internet sites quickly are on their way to becoming the primary channel for employee communications. In the… Continued

International Business Machines Corp.’s PR department collected a “big blue” ribbon, taking top honors in the annual public relations program awards competition of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). IBM’s World Wide Web-based communications… Continued

Executive recruiting firm Spring Associates, New York, which also has a focus on agency review and selection, uses the following process in agency searches. Dennis Spring, president, believes following a rigorous process like this precludes… Continued

Our May 27 story about clients using third-party firms to assist in agency searches apparently hit a raw nerve with some PR agencies. After receiving responses from some readers, we decided to look more closely… Continued

You’ve probably endured numerous seminars and presentations at which you think, “been there, seen that.” Holding the audience’s attention during a presentation takes preparation and innovation, but with the help of presentation software packages, it’s… Continued

Lane & Coady Adds VPs Beauty products and toiletries specialist PR firm Lane & Coady, New York, hired a new vice president and promoted another executive to vice president. Beth James, account supervisor, was promoted… Continued

Kozikowski Heads Cushman/N.Y. Mitch Kozikowksi has been appointed general manager of the New York office of Aaron D. Cushman and Associates Inc. Operating as a management consultant for the past four years, Kozikowski earlier headed… Continued

Crisis Firm Launches Web Site Mindszenthy & Roberts (M&R), a Toronto-based crisis counseling firm, established a home page on the Web. The site is at http://www.mrcom.com. M&R also operates a crisis communications and management training… Continued