Fred Cook, Chairman, Golin Charlie Coney, Executive Creative Director, Golin Over the past few years, it feels like ‘award’ has become a bit of a dirty word. Whether it’s large organizations turning their backs on Cannes, the proliferation of new and niche shows which are hard to keep track of, or political protests overshadowing the […]
Holmes Report New people in new roles at The Practice, Ogilvy Australia, Spurwing Communications. NEW DELHI—The Practice has appointed Arijit Sengupta as vice president, public advocacy, focusing on identifying policy engagement opportunities, developing issue based campaigns, and strengthening stakeholder network. Sengupta has worked closely with the governments and stakeholders in countries like Bangladesh, Africa, Singapore […]
The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) has called on the worldwide PR industry to stand by 10 principles of ethical behaviour, at the ICCO Global Summit in Helsinki. The principles, named the Helsinki Declaration, have been launched today, aimed at uniting the global PR industry under a single banner of ethical behaviour. It takes into […]
Leading international networking group GWPR (Global Women in PR) revealed that although women represent two-thirds of the global PR industry, 78% of the CEOs in the top 30 PR agencies worldwide* are men and that they also occupy 62% of seats at the PR boardroom table. The data collected from the GWPR annual survey, into […]
The World PR Report 2017, published by ICCO, has today launched at the ICCO Global Summit in Helsinki, Finland. The report, presented by Francis Ingham, Chief Executive, ICCO, is the annual analysis of the international public relations industry. Drawing on ICCO’s 40 associations and 13 direct agency members, operating in 55 countries, and representing 2,500 agencies, […]
Collaboration between ICCO, AMEC & PRCA The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC), the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO), and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), have today launched the latest edition of the definitive guide to public relations evaluation. The new-look guide, entitled ‘The PR Professional’s Guide to Measurement’ launched today at the ICCO Global Summit in Helsinki, after […]
The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) has welcomed a new leadership team. ICCO has appointed Elise Mitchell as its new President, who will be supported by new Vice-President Nitin Mantri. Elise is recognised as one of the USA’s top strategic communications and public relations professionals. She leads Mitchell Communications Group, which has achieved over […]
Article by Sarah Townsend for arabian Business Amazon Web Services has unveiled plans to build at least three data centres in the island kingdom, fuelling the cloud computing industry and economic growth. The UAE scored a coup in July when Amazon bought homegrown e-tailer Souq.com. But Bahrain pipped its Gulf neighbours to the post with […]
Article by The Canadian Press A classroom program aimed at teaching Canadian elementary and high school students how to detect fake news in an era in which almost anyone can publish information is under development, groups behind the initiative said Tuesday. Called NewsWise, the idea is to enhance general news literacy among students aged nine to […]
The way young people shop and live their lives has changed radically in the last five years. In advance of Sydney’s Millennial 2020 summit, Mumbrella presents five surprising facts about twenty and thirtysomethings. Australian millennials have the second-lowest rate of home ownership in the world A smaller percentage of Aussie millennials own their own homes […]