Anderson Reflection Paper 2 Comm 100 November 11‚ 2012 Since the development of public relations in the 1920s‚ its popularity and significance in the world has grown immensely. Public relations opened up a new way of creating an understanding for a companies‚ people and products‚ much different than had been known through advertising. While advertising is a one-way form of communication that costs money‚ public relations is a two-way communication system that is free and cannot control what people
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Defining Public Relations A public relations department works on enhancing a company’s reputation with the use of skilled publicists. These people possess the ability to highlight positive attributes of the business‚ product‚ or person. Business today is extremely competitive. For companies to remain competitive‚ they need to stand out from the crowd and appeal to both the public and the media. The public are the buyers of the product and the media are responsible for selling it. (Crystal‚ 2007)
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Public relation (PR) is active managing of communication of an organization or business to create and maintain a positive image. Public relation involves popularizing successes‚ downplaying failures‚ announcing changes‚ and many other activities. The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807. Today “Public Relation is a set of management‚ supervisory‚ and technical functions that foster an organization’s ability to strategically
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Public Relations and Professionalism The public relations image and professionalism of the private security industry are of grave importance. They must have a very professional image and act very professionally as well. They must follow all guidelines and procedures as they are instructed to so they do not make people turn away from law enforcement or public relations. Having public relations allows the police to have extra eyes at all times which helps them do their job better and more efficiently
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There is a plethora of definitions when it comes to describing public relations. According to www.prsa.org‚ “Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.” Public relations deals with planning. Planning for the promotion of goods‚ services and the images of organizations in the eyes of the public. Public relations professionals work to build long-term relationships among individuals and institutions.
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1.1 Describe the evolution of PR from its inception to today. Public relations can represent the needs‚ interests and desires of the organizations various publics/stakeholders to management and then back from management to them‚ explaining the management’s perspectives. It opens a dialogue between an organization and the publics it affects. The study of public relations has generally been led by the United States and can be viewed through five states: The beginning of PR (1600-1799)‚ Communicating/Initiating
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An introductory paragraph about what your PR company aims to help the client with an executive summary. · Objectives of the PR campaign Change in public perception/attitude‚ Build media relationships‚ etc. · Target audience for your client Know the demographic you¹re targeting. Challenges your client might face - Find out what they are and create ways to solve them. · Situation/Competitive Analysis Know what the competition is doing and your client¹s strengths and weaknesses. · Strategies
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Licensing and The Public Relations Professional: (Will They Ever Be Card Carrying Members?) PR’s Pioneers The public relations field has the opportunity to connect its past and present to garner a powerful future‚ by making the PR profession a licensed one. Since the time of such PR pioneers like Edward Bernays (1891 - 1995)‚ argued to be the "father of public relations" and Ivy Lee (1877 1934) also argued to be the "father of public relations‚ PR practitioners have desperately
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Public Relations Specialist Patricia Butherus 1st Period A public relations specialist’s job is to maintain a person’s or organization’s positive relationship with their customers‚ the public‚ the media‚ and any future customers. Also‚ public relations specialists get the word out to customers and the media. They invite reporters to and plan press conferences‚ plan promotional events‚ and set up factory tours. For grand opening events‚ they coordinate with marketing and advertising personnel
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Financial Public Relations What is Financial PR? Simply put‚ communicating with the financial public is known as financial public relations. But‚ then‚ if all publics are equal in the eyes of PR‚ how do some publics come to gain special importance with the same PR? In fact‚ these special publics are quite sizeable in number and form dominant groups in the domain of financial public relations. They matter more to the organization although no PR and management can ignore any public‚ and effective
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