The new PR International Business Handbook was developed through a collaboration between Creative Culture’s network of over 2,000 cultural experts in 110 countries and ICCO’s network of over 3,000 agencies across 66 countries. DOWNLOAD Melanie Chevalier, CEO, Creative Culture writes: In the globalised world of PR, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate different business […]
Share your views on challenges, growth and skills and receive a free copy of the report in advance – complete here The World PR Report is the definitive study of the global public relations industry, conducted annually by ICCO and The Holmes Report. Published together with The Holmes Report’s Global Top 250 Agency Rankings, the […]
Grzegorz Szczepanski has been elected as Vice-President of ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organisation). The long-time industry leader fought off competition from four rivals to win the position which he will assume in October 2019. He will serve as Vice-President for two years before becoming ICCO President in October 2021. Szczepanski is currently CEO, Hill + […]
Francis Ingham, Chief Executive, ICCO The year 2019 may well be remembered as the one when PR rediscovered its Cannes mojo. Let’s be candid. The last few years have been years of disappointment for the PR industry at Cannes. The number of wins has been low. The ratio of PR firms entering compared with advertising […]
On Thursday 6th June, ICCO European members gathered in Rome, with the theme of combating misinformation running throughout the day culminating in an open debate. PR association leaders from fifteen countries were represented and have all agreed to work collaboratively on tackling this issue through affiliations with international institutions, journalism bodies and lawmakers. More detail […]
Jon Meakin – Chair, AMEC Agency Group, and Global Head of Strategic Services, Grayling PR agency people are a strange breed – and I say that as a longstanding member of that tribe myself. We are full of contradictions: Fiercely competitive with one another, and with rival agencies, but at the same time extremely fickle, […]
Elise Mitchell, ICCO President provides a round up of all the newly latest member benefits, projects and events for 2019! Highlights include *NEW* ICCO Resource Library Launch – here *Biggest Ever* Cannes Lions #HouseofPR , June 17th -21st here *NEW* Agency Finder – coming soon! #PowerofEthics – September 2019 ICCO Global Summit, 9th -10th October […]
The first meeting of the ICCO Africa Group (IAG) took place on Monday 13th May 2019, ahead of the APRA Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The group comprised of representatives from national PR associations, institutes and societies across Africa with the purpose of discussing opportunities for collaboration, sharing of information, ideas and resources. The next aim […]
Don’t Cry Wolf have become the first ever start up agency to be a platinum sponsor of ICCO’s House of PR at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. They join WE Communications and FlieshmanHillard as the first three to confirm for the 2019 festival. Francis Ingham, Chief Executive, ICCO said “For the past five years, […]