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A selection of recent coverage...

Keith Johnston, chair of CIPR Government Affairs Group drafted a letter to PRWeek (5 Mar 10) in response to an article they published entitled ‘Secretive lobbyists face expulsion from CIPR.’ The article indicated that lobbyists who refused to disclose their clients would be forced to leave the CIPR and that we were poised to make a crucial amendment to our code of conduct.

Coverage of Emma Diamond becoming the new Chair of the Scotland group was published in The Drum (5 Mar 10), Business 7 (5 Mar 10) and on allmediascotland.com (4 Mar 10)

A profile of Chartered Practitioner Major Paul Smyth appeared in PRWeek (3 Mar 10)

A social media conference organised by CIPR student representative Michael White featured in The Citizen (Gloucester) on 2 March

Coverage of the Grand Prix winners continues to be published. Coverage has appeared in the Western Mail (3 Mar 10), Northern Ireland Travel News (1 Mar 10), Knaresborough Post (26 Feb 10), Newtownabbey Times (25 Feb 10), and Wetherby, Boston Spa & Tadcaster News (26 Feb 10).

Kevin Taylor spoke to Motor Transport (22 Feb 10) about crisis communications and the importance of having a crisis communications plan in place prior to an incident.

“You have to put it together and hope you will never use it. But you’ll need someone at the incident relaying up-to-date information, someone who is the central point of contact and a designated spokesperson. “

President-elect Paul Mylrea spoke to CorpComms about procurement. (1 Feb 10)

“As the economy emerges from recession, the value of PR and marketing input is going to be more and more critical and, to get it right, a procurement process is going to be key. It’s going to be even more important to do procurement of PR well so clients can see the value they are getting.”

A letter drafted by Adrian Wheeler, Chairman of the CIPR Professional Practices Committee, was published in PRWeek on 19 Feb. The letter was in response to a survey published were respondents felt that the Code of Conduct should be more explicit in the area of truthfulness and falsehood.

CIPR Past President Kevin Taylor took part in a Communicate Magazine debate with Matt Stewart, associate director of Bite Communications about PR qualifications. (18 Feb 10)

“There is always room for the entrant from left field, and for those that can learn on the job and excel. But we do need both and we also need – through programmes such as the Chartered Practitioner scheme – to recognise the skills and experience acquired ‘on the job’ in the same way that we recognise the knowledge acquired through formal education.”