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Archive for October, 2010

Excellence Theory 2010

By: Robert W. Grupp on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 at 7:16 am

I had the privilege of chairing the Grunig Lecture on Sunday afternoon, October 17, in Washington DC. This was the third in a series of lectures by major figures in public relations practice or education, addressing topics of importance to our profession. This year, PRSA joined the Institute for Public Relations and the University of Maryland in co-hosting the event. The 2010 “lecture” was delivered by none other than Dr. Jim Grunig and Dr. Laurie Grunig, both now retired and still giants among educators in our field. The challenge to Jim and Laurie was to link their Excellence Studies and research ...

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The 8th North American Summit on Measurement

By: Robert W. Grupp on Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 4:25 am

More than 70 public relations professionals, academics and measurement experts gathered in Portsmouth, NH on October 6-8 for the Institute’s 8th annual Summit on Measurement. If you want the links and highlights, visit the social media hub created for the event by Tim Marklein and his digital team at Weber Shandwick. More on the Barcelona Declaration of Research Principles Among the sessions was a panel moderated by Peter Wengryn, CEO of VMS, and including Marklein and Mike Daniels, director at Report International. They provided an update on the Barcelona Declaration of Research Principles – including several recommendations to advance these new global ...

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