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The Institute for PR, shopping for a new staff head, has a chance to fill two vacuums—lack of anyone who can do "PR for PR," and lack of a place for New York PR people and the press to meet.
Ray Kotcher, chairman of Ketchum, will receive the Alexander Hamilton Medal of the Institute for PR Nov. 13 at the Yale Club, New York. Richard Dobbs of McKinsey will give the 53rd Distinguished Lecture.
PR Council president Kathy Cripps, answering those who believe the PR industry needs a new name, says Council research indicates otherwise.
Katharine Weymouth, granddaughter of Katherine Graham, longtime head of the Washington Post who died in 2001, will address the Spring Seminar of the Arthur W. Page Society Thursday at the Conrad New York.
New York PR people are sending about $350K each year to PR Society of America and the Int'l Assn of Business Communicators -- two groups whose practices bring discredit to PR rather than improve its image.
The new generation of writers and PR people who are unable to find jobs are joining groups, going to school, and starting their own websites in a bid to carve out a living.
Christopher Sorek, who joined the International Assn. of Business Communicators last June as executive director, has resigned the post.
Neville Hobson reviewed the new digital bi-monthly magazine of the International Association of Business Communicators, commending the group for its transition but noting it has "some major work to do" on the format and app itself.
The International Association of Business Communicators has published the first digital-only edition of its now-monthly Communication World magazine.
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