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Awards, corporate communications, public relations, Reputation Management, Technology

DataComms conference shows how PR and comms must get better at data

Posted onMay 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Last week I was one of the speakers at Communicate magazine’s DataComms conference. It highlighted how important it is for PR and communications professionals to …

Awards, corporate communications, Crisis Communications, Measurement and Evaluation, public relations

DataComms Awards celebrate the excellent use of data in corporate communications

Posted onOctober 7, 2021October 7, 2021

I’ve been passionate about data for almost my whole career in public relations, so I’m excited to be a judge for the inaugural DataComms Awards. …

Awards, public relations

Top 10 tips on how to win a professional PR award

Posted onSeptember 20, 2021July 17, 2025

I’ve judged a lot of PR awards and the most important thing to remember is it’s not always the best public relations work that wins. …

Awards, public relations

Davos Communications Awards celebrate excellent global PR

Posted onMarch 23, 2021March 23, 2021

The Davos Communications Awards recognise exceptional professional work by public relations and communications professionals from around the globe. I’m honoured to be the chair of …

Awards, corporate communications, public relations

PR firms flop again in Cannes Lions PR Grand Prix – so what?

Posted onJune 22, 2018August 30, 2019

Yet again PR firms have ‘failed’ to make much of an impact in the Cannes Lions. I read this in the report from Paul Holmes …

Awards, Case Study, CIPR, corporate communications, Crisis Communications, CSR, public relations

Fearless girl isn’t so equal when it comes to gender pay gap

Posted onNovember 10, 2017August 30, 2019

Today it’s Equal Pay Day. The day when women stop earning relative to men because of the gender pay gap. It’s a good day to …

Awards, Measurement and Evaluation, public relations

How to win a PR or social media award using objectives and results

Posted onOctober 17, 2015August 30, 2019

The secret of winning PR and social media awards is simple. Be excellent. You don’t deserve an award for being good. You’re paid by your employer …

Awards, Government, public relations, Public Sector

UK government communications and PR leads the world

Posted onAugust 17, 2015August 30, 2019

Too many people think of the public sector as being slow to modernise and that the best innovation comes from the private sector. In the …

Awards, Marketing, public relations, Public Sector, social media, Social Networks

Award-winning Romanian tourism PR campaign

Posted onSeptember 25, 2013August 30, 2019

When the UK’s Conservative government decided to run an anti-immigration campaign in Romania to dissuade Romanians from coming to the UK a Romanian advertising agency …

Awards, CIPR, Crisis Communications, PRCA, Public Affairs, social media

UK Social Media Awards

Posted onMarch 19, 2013August 30, 2019

Entries have just opened for the UK Social Media Awards 2013 which are now in their fourth year having previously been known as the Some …

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About the PR Futurist blog

This is the personal blog of Stuart Bruce. I started my PR blog in 2003, so it was one of the first PR blogs in the world. I have maintained it personally while running and working for a variety of different businesses. Its primary purpose is not commercial but to promote new thinking and ideas in the field of public relations and communications.

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