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Reconciling Definitions: PR Is Not A Communication Process | Copywrite, Ink

Reconciling Definitions: PR Is Not A Communication Process | Copywrite, Ink | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

It didn't hit me until I tried to teach it, but the most recent definition of public relations offered by the Public Relations Society of America is wrong. It isn't a little bit wrong. It's a whole lot wrong.

 

 It's wrong because public relations is not a strategic communication process. There is much more to it than that. Even my students crinkled their brows when the full force of comparison was offered for consideration. And then I gave them a working definition I've been crafting  for some time....

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Rich Becker on why PRSA's definition of PR is way wrong. 

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‘Aren’t you tired of it by now too?’

That was the question posed by PRNewswer Editor Tonya Garcia in an article about what she called the "ongoing feud" between the J.R.

 

To answer Ms. Garcia’s question, yes, I am tired of it. PRSA members also are tired of it, especially those who have been personally targeted by Publisher Jack O’Dwyer, but more on that later.

 

The latest shotgun blast in this “feud” stems from PRSA’s decision not to extend press credentials to Mr. O’Dwyer, which would have allowed him to “report” on our Leadership Assembly meeting and International Conference, which took place Oct. 15-18, in Orlando, Fla....

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PRSA Speaks Out Against Utah Mayor’s Unethical Actions

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) today issued a statement condemning the unethical communication practices of Mike Winder, mayor of West Valley City, Utah. Mr.

 

[Speaking of bad PR... JD]

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The Case of Jack O'Dwyer vs PRSA - Forbes

Most of us are familiar with the old adage that you “don’t pick fights with people who buy their ink by the barrel.” And indeed, as someone who’s worked with reporters for a long time, I try not upset them. Elephants have long memories and heavy feet under which you don’t want to get stuck....

 

PRSA and O'Dwyer talk? Call me when hell freezes over ;-)

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