Tag: ICCO

UNDP Call in Top PR Talent to Tackle Climate Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO), the global membership body for PR agencies, to take on the climate crisis and tackle persistent communications challenges. UNDP is the largest United Nations agency leading the fight against climate change with 6000 projects across 170 countries. ICCO is a federation of national and international PR membership bodies, with over 3000 agency members across 82 countries. The UNDP’s partnership with ICCO is headlined by the creation of a special Climate…

Read More

Industry confidence remains high as PR leaders embrace AI tools – PRCA ICCO Confidence Tracker

Stuart Mitchell

PR leaders remain confident about market conditions, and are increasingly exploring the potential of AI tools such as ChatGPT, according to the latest PRCA and ICCO Confidence Tracker published recently. 73% of leaders say that they are ‘very confident’ or ‘quite confident’ about the future of their organisation, and 16% are ‘not very confident’ or ‘not confident at all’, compared with 83% and 16% respectively in the last Tracker published in February 2023. While there has been a fall, the overwhelming majority of leaders remain positive about market conditions. Over…

Read More

PR leaders predict increased profitability in face of global challenges

Stuart Mitchell

PR agency leaders in every region of the world expect increased profitability over the next 12 months, according to the new ICCO World PR Report 2022-2023. The expected profitability score was 7.0 out of 10, up from 6.7 in 2021. PR leaders, directors, and agency owners who took part in the survey indicated a growing demand from clients for a range of services beyond traditional PR, with a score of 6.5, up from 6.1 in 2021. The findings point to increasingly more companies paying closer attention to corporate purpose (7.2…

Read More

More than a half of PR agencies to increase fees – PRCA ICCO Confidence Tracker

Stuart Mitchell

    More than a half (56%) of PR agencies across the world will increase client fees in the next six months, according to the latest PRCA ICCO Confidence Tracker research published today. CEOs, Directors, and Department Heads across five continents took part in the latest PRCA and ICCO quarterly Confidence Tracker, which assesses market confidence in public relations around the world. Of those increasing fees, 46% of respondents expect to increase fees by up to 10%, while 8% plan to increase fees by as much as 20% in the…

Read More

Hotwire Global Communication CEO announced as ICCO President-Elect

Stuart Mitchell

Heather Kernahan, Global CEO, Hotwire Global Communications, has been announced as the next ICCO Vice-President, a term that will run from October 2022 to 2024. Heather will also succeed incoming ICCO President, Grzegorz Szczepanski, CEO, Hill + Knowlton Poland, when his term ends in 2024. Heather Kernahan said: “I am excited to take on the role of Vice President and work alongside Grzegorz and the rest of the ICCO Board and Executive Committee to make sure ICCO continues delivering value for its members in all regions of the world. I…

Read More