Posts Tagged ‘HPRA’

List of Public Relations Diversity Resources

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A friend sent me this Ad Age article about the “sorry state of diversity” in the advertising field that address the layered problems with recruiting and retaining people of color.

The one thing that struck me and my friend about the article was the list of resources at the end. My friend at the bottom of his email about the story asked, “Is there a list like this for PR?”

I couldn’t find such a list, so I created this one. This will be an on-going project of the Diversity Committee for the next year to modify and update this list. If you have any organizations, scholarship, or awards programs that have been omitted, let us know.

Better together: Preparing for an increasingly diverse world

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The following post was originally published in the October, 2010 issue of Public Relations Tactics.

By William M. Murray, CAE
President and COO, PRSA

Back when I lived in sunny Southern California, a neighbor told me that to really make my rose bushes blossom, I should prune them — cut them back carefully, so that when they rebounded, they would be stronger, healthier and more vigorous.