NEW YORK: Catherine Bolton has resigned as executive director and COO of the PRSA after almost six years. Her resignation is effective December 31.
NEW YORK: The leadership of the PRSA last week said that the economic impact of the cancellation of the 2005 international conference will be largely mitigated by insurance, although the group will be forced to swallow other associated costs.
NEW YORK: Helen Ostrowski, CEO of Porter Novelli, will serve as chair of the Council of Public Relations Firms' Board of Directors for 2006.
NEW YORK: Business leaders who are most familiar with PR professionals are more likely than congressional staffers and the general public to view the industry favorably, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive and the PRSA.
WASHINGTON: PR professionals are mounting an impassioned campaign at the National Press Club (NPC) for passage of a constitutional amendment giving their two representatives on the club's 14-member board of governors the right to vote.
NEW YORK: Five global industry leaders have been chosen to join the International Communications Consultancy Organisation's (ICCO) International Hall of Fame.
LOS ANGELES: As part of an ongoing plan to grow into a national organization, the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) is searching for volunteers across the country to help it found chapters and eventually form a national board.
As one friend of mine has commented when speaking about efforts to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina, "it's a marathon, not a sprint."
I admire Ted Pincus' toughness and creativity, but I disagree with his ideas for correcting this country's global unpopularity ("Fixing US' image requires human touch," PRWeek , August 22).
WASHINGTON: PR firms and advertising agencies are not keeping pace with other business sectors in implementing measures to increase employee diversity, according to a key-note speaker at a conference on diversity.
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