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PRSA Wins Global Alliance World Public Relations & Communication Award for Global Public Relations Association of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA, the leading professional organization serving the public relations and communications community, has been recognized as the Global Public Relations Association of the Year by the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management during the World Public Relations Forum 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. “For 75+ years, PRSA has been a leading advocate for the communications profession in the U.S. and around the world, and we are thrilled to be recognized as the Global Public Relations Association of the Year,” said Joseph Abreu, APR, CPRC, 2024 PRSA Chair. “PRSA fosters a community…

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Gary F. Grates, President, GConsulting Group and 120/80 GROUP, Receives PRSA’s 2024 David Ferguson Award

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA Educators Academy, a Professional Interest Section of PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, presented Gary F. Grates, President of GConsulting Group and 120/80 GROUP, with the 2024 PRSA David Ferguson Award during an awards ceremony at the Educator’s Academy Summit, taking place in Anaheim, CA. The award recognizes a PRSA member and practitioner who has made outstanding contributions to public relations education. “Having worked with Dave Ferguson early in my public relations career, I feel confident that he would be pleased to know that Gary…

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PRSA Honored with ASAE Power of Association Silver Award

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA has been honored with a 2024 Power of Association Silver Award for Promise & Pitfalls: The Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners. Announced today by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), this Power of Association Award recognizes PRSA for its work to advance industry standards. Promise & Pitfalls is an extensive framework that follows PRSA’s Code of Ethics, and provides best practices for preventing and managing potential ethical challenges that may arise from the improper use of AI tools. PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS) authored…

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Grammy Award-Winning Melissa Etheridge Announced as Featured Speaker for PRSA’s ICON 2024

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA announced Grammy Award-winning rock artist Melissa Etheridge as a featured speaker at ICON 2024, taking place in Anaheim, Calif. October 15-17. Etheridge will participate in a conversation about her career journey and life’s advocacy work.   Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singers for more than two decades. She stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. Etheridge received “Songwriter of the Year” honors at the ASCAP Pop Awards in 1996, and celebrated a career milestone with a…

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PRSA Announces Selection of 11 New Members for College of Fellows

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA announced recently the 11 new members selected to the College of Fellows. Established in 1989, the College of Fellows includes more than 750 professionals and educators who have made a significant impact on the public relations and communications profession.  “This class of Fellows represents the best of the best in communications,” said Joseph Abreu, APR, CPRC, 2024 PRSA Chair. “We are pleased to recognize these 11 members for their incredible body of work over the past several decades and all they’ve done throughout their careers to represent the profession…

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