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
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…
Read MoreGrammy Award-Winning Melissa Etheridge Announced as Featured Speaker for PRSA’s ICON 2024
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…
Read MorePRSA Announces Selection of 11 New Members for College of Fellows
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…
Read MorePRSA Announces 2025 Board of Directors Nominations
PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, announced today the nominees for the 2025 Board of Directors who will be presented for election at the Leadership Assembly in Anaheim, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 14. Delegates representing the membership will confirm Officer and Director candidates to serve a term beginning on Jan. 1, 2025. Officers serve a term of one year and Directors serve a two-year term. “This year’s nominees have all served as dedicated PRSA volunteers and distinguished themselves as advocates for PRSA and the profession,” said…
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