Tag: CIPR

New 2024 CIPR Board announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has announced the line-up of its Board of Directors for 2024. The new Board comprises senior public relations and marketing professionals with vast experience working within in-house teams, consultancies, academia, the public sector, not-for-profit organisations, and as independent practitioners. Honorary officers President: Rachael Clamp, Chart.PR, FCIPR Vice President: Advita Patel Chart.PR, FCIPR Vice President: Steve Shepperson-Smith Chart.PR, FCIPR Elected members Noha Al Afifi, MCIPR Anne Gregory, Hon FCIPR Dan Gerrella Chart.PR, FCIPR Hayley James Chart.PR, FCIPR Anne-Marie Lacey Chart. PR, FCIPR Avril Lee, MCIPR Co-opted members Rebecca…

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Iprovision allocates full 75 Fund to support disadvantaged PR practitioners

Stuart Mitchell

Iprovision, the benevolent fund of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), has allocated the full £75,000 of its specially created 75 Fund. The fund was created to support people from financially or socially disadvantaged backgrounds to advance or begin a career in the public relations profession.  The 75 Fund aims to foster a more diverse and inclusive PR community. It was launched to help celebrate in the Institute’s 75th anniversary year. Over the course of six months and two application windows, the Fund allocated its full total of £75,000.  More than 150 people applied to…

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Episode 16 of CIPR’s Engage Podcast out now; PR in the Age of AI

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Engage podcast returns with a new episode reflecting on artificial intelligence’s origins and its impact on the future of public relations.  Episode 16 – PR in the Age of AI – comes one year after the launch of ChatGPT. Host Andrew Bruce Smith, marks the natural language processing tool’s first birthday by looking at the unprecedented technological advances in AI and examining how future developments will impact PR’s landscape.  This episode explores both the practical and ethical aspects PR and comms teams have to…

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CIPR works with Carbon Neutral Britain to achieve Carbon Neutral Status

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has officially achieved Carbon Neutral status.   Working with Carbon Neutral Britain (CNB) – the UK’s leading Carbon Offsetting initiative – the Institute has gone through a four-step accreditation process to measure and offset some 453.00 Tonnes of Carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) and achieve Carbon Neutrality.  Throughout the year, CNB will purchase carbon credits based on the number of tonnes of CO2e purchased from the Institute and match the purchase into an offsetting portfolio that will see the CIPR fund and support sustainable…

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CIPR’s Horizon event leads PR profession into the future

Stuart Mitchell

Over 200 public relations professionals and students gathered at London’s iconic Ham Yard Hotel recently to explore the evolving landscape of PR at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Horizon event. Headline sponsored by Notified – the world’s only communications platform for public relations, investor relations, and event experiences – speakers and delegates delved into the challenges and opportunities faced by the industry across a range of critical topics. Alex Partridge (founder of UniLad and LadBible) and Jay Richards (Influencer and co-founder of Imagen Insights) explored the constantly changing…

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