Back to the future of public relations - 10 rules for PR professionals

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BACK TO THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Stuart Bruce MCIPR Croatian Public Relations Association May 2014 @stuartbruce #HUOJ15
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PR is far from dead, in fact the future is brighter than ever as the internet, mobile and social media make it more important than ever to practice professional management of relationships and reputation. Real public relations has always been two-way and conversational, but finally we can practice what we preach. These are 10 of the rules for a successful future for public relations.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

OF PUBLIC RELATIONSStuart Bruce MCIPR

Croatian Public Relations Association

May 2014

@stuartbruce

#HUOJ15

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STUART BRUCE MCIPR

• Winner of the 2013 Outstanding Contribution to Social Media Award

• PRWeek Power Book of UK’s top 1% of most influential PR people – 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011

• Lecturer in post-graduate digital PR and communications strategy at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

• Founder of PRWeek Top 150 Consultancy and Top 30 Digital Consultancy

• Co-author of Share This: The Social Media Handbook for PR Professionals and Share This Too: More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals

• Elected to UK CIPR National Council

• Founder member of CIPR Social Media Panel

• International advisory council member of World Communications Forum in Davos

• Former Director of Communications for two UK government cabinet ministers

Public Relations | Public Affairs

Corporate Communications

Digital | Social | Online

Consultant | Trainer | Speaker | Author

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SOME CLIENTS I’VE WORKED WITH

EU BORDER AGENCY

BAHRAIN TELECOM COMPANY

BAHRAIN DEFENCE FORCE OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

OF PUBLIC RELATIONSTEN RULES OF NEW PR

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RULE 1

Public Relations is

about reputation

- the result of what you do

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RULE 2

Nobody trusts you anymore

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RULE 3

Mainstream media is not dead

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RULE 4

If it doesn’t

work on

mobile…

…forget it

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RULE 5

Tell good stories

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RULE 6

Public relations

is applied

social science

Edward Bernays

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RULE 7

Learn to like maths…

… big data matters

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RULE 8

Every Company

is a Media CompanyEC = MC

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RULE 9

If it matters you can

measure it

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RULE 10

Public relations is…

… the relationship business

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PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

STUART BRUCEPublic Relations | Corporate Communications | Public Affairs

Digital | Social | Online

Consultant | Trainer | Speaker | Author

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