No Free Wifi at PRSA International Conference – Here’s Why
This may seem like a nitpicky post, but trust me it’s not. It’s 5pm on the first day of the PRSA International Conference and I’m sitting in the lobby bar blogging on the ‘net, rather than sitting in a session, ironically, on using online tools to do and manage PR programs. My colleague Sandra Fathi [...]
PRSA Delegates Not Ready for the Future Yet
The PRSA National Delegate assembly voted down a non-binding resolution today asking the association’s Board to regularly consult the elected delegates on “issues of concern” by submitting them to the assembly’s electronic discussion group. The vote was 95 for, 118 against. Unfortunately for PRSA, this vote told me that the association is even more entrenched [...]
PRSA Fails to Strike APR Requirement for Board Service
The PRSA Delegate Assembly today voted resoundingly against removing the requirement that potential national board members hold an Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) in order to stand for election. The vote, which required a two-thirds majority, failed to even garner a majority, falling 104-172. The voted ended a passionate and looong debate this year for [...]
PRSA Looks to the Future
The PRSA National Delegate Assembly is coming up next month, October 17 in Washington, D.C. I’ll be there representing the Silicon Valley Chapter. The assembly is a requirement of PRSA’s bylaws, and past assemblies have been mind-numbing affairs in which delegates from around the country were asked to consider and vote on administrative minutiae regarding [...]
Vote Yes on PRSA Bylaw Revisions and Move on to What’s Really Important
The PRSA National Delegate Assembly will take place this Saturday in San Diego. I’m a delegate but I can’t make it, so I’m sending a proxy voter. She asked how to vote and I told her she was free to vote as she pleased. But I wanted to go on the record to the industry [...]