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PRA President 2012 takes up office

By on January 26, 2012 in Public Relations

Johanna McDowell took up the role of President of the International Public Relations Association on 1 January 2012. She was elected to the position during 2010 and has served as President Elect during 2011 as well as being a long term member of IPRA since the early `90s. McDowell comments, ” IPRA has been my [...]

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More Categories for PRISM Awards

By on November 9, 2011 in Public Relations

New categories and a new corporate identity for the PRISMs reflect the expanding scope of the industry and growing stature of these achievement Awards for public relations and communication. Entries for the 2012 PRISM Awards are now open and, with 37 categories, public relations agencies, practitioners and corporates have an even wider range of options [...]

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PR company starts training division

By on October 20, 2011 in Public Relations

PR agency marcusbrewster has launched a fully-fledged media training division, extending its already- service offering even further. marcusbrewster media training covers a wide range of subjects, from the basics of understanding media to interview techniques, how to handle difficult questioning, and crisis and reputation management. Training courses will be tailored to meet each particular client’s requirements. For [...]

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M&C Saatchi Abel wins gold

By on September 30, 2011 in Public Relations

Using some of the leading creative minds in the industry in an innovative integrated agency model, M&C Saatchi Abel won the first gold Loerie award for a PR Communications Campaign at the 2011 Loerie Awards held in Cape Town mid September. Walking away with the only gold award in the PR category – introduced for [...]

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Inzalo Communications wins a Stevie

By on August 11, 2011 in Public Relations

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s premier awards for women executives, entrepreneurs and the organisations they run.  South African public relations and event management company Inzalo Communication topped the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Low Budget category, and walked off with a Stevie. “Judging is based on the [...]

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Ogilvy Public Relations appoints social media account director

By on July 20, 2011 in Public Relations

Ogilvy Public Relations (OPR) has appointed prolific blogger, tweeter, writer and general social media fundi, Amanda Sevasti Whitehouse to head up its digital team as Social Media Account Director. The main thrust of Whitehouse’s role will be to drive the creation and execution of social media strategy for OPR’s broad base of clients, as well [...]

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