New PR Professional’s Guide to Measurement launched

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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 three months of development.

The new easy-to-navigate Guide is available online at http://prguidetomeasurement.org/, and can be accessed on all platforms, including PC, tablet, and smartphone.

The Guide is the third edition, which was first launched in 2013 and then went to second edition in 2015. The Guide features case studies and best practice on PR measurement, top tips and latest global thinking.

The guide’s authors are senior PR experts and measurement experts, who include:

Elise Mitchell, CEO, Mitchell Communications Group; CEO Dentsu Aegis Public Relations Network; Jonathan Hughes, Global CEO, GOLIN; Antoine Harary, Global Managing Director, Edelman Intelligence; Alex Aiken, Executive Director for Government Communications, UK Government (GCS); Richard Bagnall, Chairman of AMEC; Global Strategy Consultant, Prime research; Khali Sakkas, Managing Director, Insights, Isentia, andAMEC Board Director; Fritz Quinn, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, Asia, American Express; Giles Peddy, Senior Vice President EMEA Operations & UK Managing Director, LEWIS.

Francis Ingham, Chief Executive, ICCO, said:

“The international PR and communications industry faces two key challenges: ethical professionalism, and evaluation.

“Both are at the heart of both the opportunities and the challenges that we face.

“This publication is yet another collaborative piece of work between ICCO, the PRCA, and AMEC as we work together in this area.

“It’s not only interesting and innovative, but also highly practical. So. If you believe as we do that evaluation is vital, read this publication, use it, and indeed feel free to copy it. Imitation is, after all, still the sincerest form of flattery.”

Barry Leggetter, CEO, AMEC, said: “The PR Professional’s Guide to Measurement is an important collaboration with ICCO and the PRCA that puts the AMEC message of the importance of measurement and delivers it to the heart of the international PR community.

“We know we are making real progress in educating PR professionals of the business benefits of using measurement. The new Guide is an important part of that work and we hope AMECmembers will find it helpful too.”