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PR News will celebrate the winners and honorable mentions of its 2017 Nonprofit PR Awards at its annual Spring Awards luncheon celebrating the CSR and Nonprofit PR Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017. The Nonprofit PR Awards recognize excellence in key areas of nonprofit communications, from advocacy, branding and social media to crisis management, media relations and video campaigns.

This was supposed to be a blog about another topic entirely. Yet the news we received late last night prompted a different blog. To set the scene: Your blogger had just returned from visiting a… Continued

In her keynote presentation on Jan. 24 at PR News’ Top Women in PR luncheon in New York, Maya Nussbaum, founder and executive director of mentoring organization Girls Write Now, will share with honorees and attendees her thoughts on how to make a real difference as a mentor for the next generation of women.

“Almost all firms are over-servicing,” Gould says, though small ones, with yearly revenue of $3 million or less, are the major culprits. This largest group of firms often lacks sophisticated time-management systems (one he recommends is ClickTime) and a chief financial officer (CFO) to oversee, interpret and analyze the data such a system produces.

With the multitude of social media and online channels, it’s easier than ever to push out information. Everyone with a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account is a publisher. On the other hand, the proliferation of channels makes it fiercely competitive to get noticed. Yet if it’s important that your organization or brand showcase its expertise and be seen as a principal in its field, thought leadership is one way to go. Below are some ways the Orange County Corrections Department (OCCD) is weaving thought leadership into its PR plans.

PR News honored the year’s best communications and marketing campaigns at its annual Platinum PR Awards Luncheon on Oct. 19. PR pros and marketers representing organizations of all sizes from across the country congregated at New York City’s Marriott Marquis to recognize campaigns that left a lasting mark within the discipline and out in the world.

In this weekly feature we ask PR pros to spot trends and discuss how they are reacting to them. In this edition we hear from Stephanie Elsea, VP, communications, Southwest Affiliate, American Heart Association.

Communications professionals must constantly be learning while they’re working overtime to make their messages heard, help their brand’s bottom line and beat the competition. Their inspiring leaps in skill, creativity and versatility find no better showcase than at PR News’ annual Platinum PR Awards, which celebrate the best communications programs and teams of the past year. We’ll announce the winners and honor all the finalists for the 2016 Platinum PR Awards at our luncheon on Oct. 19 at the Marriott Marquis in New York.

Winner: United Nations Foundation—Public Affairs Team It was a big year for the UN Foundation Public Affairs Team, as the UN Foundation’s Global Goals Communications Campaign bolstered the public dialogue and increased and enhanced reporting… Continued

Winner: Right Hat—A New Way of Thinking Waynflete School was struggling with the public’s perception that the school was not academically rigorous, too “artsy” and primarily for wealthy families. Although the school was widely loved… Continued