1. GA News
Global Alliance Newsletter: February 28, 2011
PublicAffairsAsia Presents GA Thought
GA NEWS
Leadership
‘World-First’ in Integrated Reporting Launches
GA Summary Report 2010 - 2011
in Johannesburg
A guidance document that could take organisations permanently
towards the discipline of integrated reporting of financial and
Industry News sustainable development data has been published in
Communication Directory: Newsletter for Johannesburg by Professor Mervyn King. [Read More]
Corporate Communication and Public
Relations Timely Insights into Middle East
As events across the Middle East continue to unfold, significant
Global Reporting Initiative Issues insights into the internet and its impact on society have been
shared in a Global Alliance interview with David R.
January 2011 UN Global Compact Bulletin Holdridge. [Read More]
Conferences and Events EARLY EVENTS
USI - Thought Leaders in Brand
PublicAffairsAsia
Management: A Meeting of the Minds, 11-12 PRISA - PRISM Conference: Winning
March 2011, Lugano, Switzerland Awards, 24 Through Strategic
March 2011, Communications
Cape Town, and Corporate
PRISA - PRISM Awards, 24 March 2011, South Africa. Affairs, March 30,
31 in London.
Cape Town, South Africa
PublicAffairsAsia Conference: Winning
Through Strategic Communications and
Corporate Affairs, March 30, 31 in London
MEMBER NEWS
PRINZ – Annual Conference, 26 – 27 May SPRA Promoting Development of the Public Relations
2011 in Rotorua, New Zeland Industry
The Shanghai Public Relations Association, having joined the
MEPRA - Ethics Symposium, 1 - 2 June Global Alliance For Public Relations and Communication
2011 in Dubai Management late last year, reports on programs advancing the
profession in its region, especially a new Code of Business
CPRS – Annual Conference, 5 – 7 June Conduct emphasizing ethical practice. [Read More]
2011 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Tightening up on the Numbers
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched
AMEC - 3rd European Summit on
a Best Practice Guide for Using Statistics in Communications,
Measurement, 8-10 June 2011, Lisbon,
supported by The Market Research Society (MRS) and the Royal
Portugal

2. Portugal
Statistical Society. It provides guidance on using statistics
effectively, both to achieve day-to-day campaign objectives and
PROCOM - ProCom Day, 9 June 201 in
to contribute over time to the enhanced reputation of
Helsinki, Finland
organisations. [Read More]
IABC - 2011 World Conference, 12-15 June
2011 in San Diego CA
PRISA - Climate of Change: Public INDUSTRY NEWS
Relations and the Environment, 13 – 14
Tackling the New World of Risk
June 2011, Durban, South Africa
A new, provocative and detailed World Economic Forum report
suggests that the “frequency and severity of risks to global
DPRG - PR Gala 7 October 2011 in
stability have been amplified, while the ability of global
Wiesbaden, Germany
governance systems to deal with them has not”.
PRSA - International Conference, 15 - 18 Delegates at the Global Alliance’s June World Public Relations
October 2011 in Orlando, Florida, US Forum will recall the stirring address on public relations given by
WEF executive chairman Klaus Schwab. GA chair, John
PRIA - Annual Conference, 22 – 25 October Paluszek, suggests that this latest WEF report might well be
2011 in Sidney, Australia read in the context of the observation by the late Walter
Annenberg that: “Every human advancement or reversal can be
AUSACE – “Digital and Media Literacy: understood through communication”. [Read More]
New Directions”, 28 – 31 October 2011 in
Beirut, Lebanon
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