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‘The Science Beneath the Art’ (from The Institute of Public Relations)

May 11th, 2005 by

(Public relations science, or measurement, is expanding today at a furious clip as PR executives jockey to put some benchmarks on their campaigns to which the boss can relate. This new column will be a… Continued

APR: Part Of The PR Lineup Or A Benchwarmer?…

May 11th, 2005 by

Near his 100th birthday in the early 1990s, Edward Bernays, who is considered the father of public relations, campaigned unsuccessfully to get legislation passed in Massachusetts and other states that would have required the licensing… Continued

Harnessing The Power Of Preventive Thinking

May 11th, 2005 by

COMPANY: Alzheimer’s Association PR AGENCY: Porter Novelli TIMEFRAME: February 2004 -ongoing More than 10 years of tracking American adult awareness about Alzheimer’s disease by the 25-year-old Alzheimer’s Association had driven home one incontrovertible fact: People… Continued

The Asian-U.S. Tiger

May 11th, 2005 by

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and, as all those associated with it are keen to point out to any marketer or PR person who will listen, Asian-Americans have the fastest population growth of any… Continued

Money Matters: The Rich Are Not That Different From You And Me

May 11th, 2005 by

You’ve heard of such segments as “The Influentials,” “The Early Adopters” and “The Achievers. Well, now comes the “The Zealux,” a new pop-culture handle for this hitherto undiscovered group of affluent consumers that approaches shopping… Continued

Is PR Becoming Unnecessary?

May 11th, 2005 by

By Richard Laermer It’s that time of year–spring cleaning! During the rainy L.A. winter, I had a damning thought about the industry we bake in: PR professionals aren’t as necessary as we once were. In… Continued

PR Pulse

May 11th, 2005 by

Ever since the digital boom in the late 1990s, there have been countless obits on the imminent death of print (usually coming from online precincts). But despite the continued flight to the Internet (and newspaper… Continued

Exclusive: PR News/Counselors Academy Survey

May 11th, 2005 by

Feeling The Love: Agency-Client Relations Still Need Some Couples Therapy It could be a runaway best-seller for PR and marketing types. Call it “Agencies are from Pluto, Clients are from Neptune.” If umpteen pop-psychology books… Continued

Agencies Can Better Serve Clients By Putting Creative On The Back Burner

May 11th, 2005 by

Phil Jackson, the NBA Zen master who is now being wooed by several basketball clubs to be their next head coach, helped to create (with longtime assistant Tex Winter) the now- famous triangle offense. While… Continued

Corrections

May 4th, 2005 by

In the PR News Legal PR Awards issue (April 27), we incorrectly stated the office location of Willmer Cutler Pickering and Dorr LLP, which won the award for Outstanding Media Exposure (law firm merger). The… Continued