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A Former Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Marine Corps on Why He Pursued His APR

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Marine Corps public affairs conference in New Orleans in 2011. I sat in the audience of roughly 200 Marine Corps public affairs officers and observed a debate on the value of sending them to a newly-formed, yearlong master’s degree program in communications, and if having the APR really added credibility.

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Facebook And The Perils Of Opposition PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But one detail that interested communicators was that it brought on PR agency Definers Public Affairs to run political-style oppo against competitors like Google and Apple. As Bob Pickard of Signal Leadership Communications reminded us, Facebook was caught running a “whisper campaign” against Google in 2011.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

I have seen many government relations and public affairs manager positions that have caught my eye quite a bit in the private sector. “Services Credentials Issued in California 2006-2007 to 2010-2011″ (PDF). I was thinking about maybe volunteering for an organization where I could supervise individuals.

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M3 Communications Group, Inc. with 6 BAPRA Bright Awards

Maxim Behar

Since the establishment of BAPRA Bright Awards, the company has traditionally been in top 3 and has been a first place winner three times so far – in 2011, 2016 and 2018. was selected among the final five international projects , competing for the award in the Public Affairs category of the prestigious international EMEA SABRE Awards 2021.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

I have seen many government relations and public affairs manager positions that have caught my eye quite a bit in the private sector. “Services Credentials Issued in California 2006-2007 to 2010-2011″ (PDF). I was thinking about maybe volunteering for an organization where I could supervise individuals.

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Austria’s proposed lobbying register

PR Conversations

In March 2011, the Sunday Times published an article on how their journalists posed as lobbyists and successfully bribed Members of European parliament in return for amendments to proposed EU regulations that would suit the interests they claimed to be representing. Guest post by Feri Thierry. Follow Feri Thierry on twitter.

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PR Rock Stars: Life Time Fitness’ Ava Beilke

Communications Conversations

When I was in undergrad, pageantry was my project, which I retired in 2011. Working on the Vikings stadium solution also piqued my interest in public affairs… never say never. Once I started working at Carlson full time, I needed something else, and I decided at the time that an MBA was the answer.