Day: 20 November 2018

#StateOfPR launches for 10th year

Stuart Mitchell

The PR industry’s biggest survey is back for 2018/19. The CIPR has launched its annual State of the Profession survey to investigate the issues, trends and challenges facing public relations. Now in its tenth year, State of the Profession gathers industry-leading data on issues including salaries, skills, recruitment trends and diversity. This year’s survey features an increased focus on mental health, after last year’s data revealed a 10% annual rise in the number of PR professionals living with a mental health condition. Sarah Hall Chart.PR, FCIPR, CIPR President said: It is more…

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Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment

Stuart Mitchell

The 21st meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended in Bahrain,by approving over one billion dollars of new projects and programmes to support climate action in developing countries, and formally launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment from GCF of USD 1,038 million, and including co-financing the projects will channel over USD 4,244 million of climate finance for low-emission, climate-resilient development. GCF now has a portfolio of 93 projects amounting to over USD 4,605 million of GCF resources. At the close…

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JustGiving removes fees for crowdfunding, disasters and major incidents

Stuart Mitchell

JustGiving, the world’s leading online giving platform, today announces major changes to its fee structure: JustGiving will not charge platform fees for its popular Crowdfunding product—allowing the site’s 24 million users to use the personal crowdfunding service without paying platform fees—only a third-party processing fee on card payments. JustGiving’s Crowdfunding product allows individuals and communities to raise money for personal causes and receive funds directly. Instead, users will have the option of making a contribution to support the operation of the platform. As a result, more funds raised via the…

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Five top tips on our new rules on the use of data for marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The CAP  have released a post which gives: ‘Five top tips on our new rules on the use of data for marketing’. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. After public consultation, CAP has introduced new rules on the use of data for marketing. These rules update CAP’s ‘Database Practice’ rules (contained in Section 10 of the CAP Code) to remove “pure data…

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BBC launches huge new international anti-disinformation initiative

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has launched the Beyond Fake News project with the release of findings from original BBC research into how and why disinformation is shared. Around the globe, disinformation has been seen to cause social and political harm, with people having less trust in the news, or in some cases being subjected to violence or death as a result. The BBC’s Beyond Fake News project aims to fight back with a major focus on global media literacy, panel debates in India and Kenya, hackathons exploring tech solutions and a special…

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