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2008 EAPRA Conference rescheduled

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:25:00 +0200

The planned 2008 EAPRA conference that was due to take place on December 4-5, 2008 has been rescheduled. A new date will be communicated by the end of December. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ugandan PR practitioners to be honoured

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:28:00 +0200

Public relations officers are to be rewarded for excelling in their profession, following the introduction of the first Public Relations Excellence Awards in Uganda. The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) in Kampala unveiled the awards, last week. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Exploring the role of PR at EAPRA 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:11:00 +0200

The 3rd East African Public Relations Conference by the Public Relations Association of Rwanda (PRAR) will be held from 4-5 December, 2008 at the Kigali Serena Hotel in Rwanda. The conference, tagged EAPRA 2008 will bring together about 200 PR professionals and practitioners from all member states of East Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Effectively manage internal communications throughout the African continent

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:54:00 +0200

When organisations deal with staff compliments of several hundreds across different countries on various levels of hierarchy and from different cultures, educational background, language preferences and demographics, effective internal communication becomes a major challenge. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mauritius launches new PR and communication association

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:13:00 +0200

The Public Relations and Communication Professionals Association (PRCPA) was officially launched by the president of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth G.C.S.K during an event held on Friday, 7 November 2008 at the Gold Crest Hotel Quatre Bornes. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Winning entries require skills to prepare

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:20:00 +0200

South Africa has a wealth of talent and the projects that communicators throughout the country implement have been proven to be on par with the rest of the world. This can be seen through the numerous awards won by many South African business communicators down the years - notable amongst them winners of International Gold Quill Awards. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Beyond PR: what's your point of view?

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:41:00 +0200

The past few years in the Nigerian marketing, communications industry has been exciting as the status-quo has become radically bent, with the young seeking to diferentiate themselves from the ‘old masters.' In seeking to be creative for creativity-sake, they fail to encourage clients to create, promote, project, advance and endorse their points of view. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Quo Vadis to handle CAF Southern Africa's Conference on Sustainability

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:56:00 +0200

CAF Southern Africa has appointed Quo Vadis Communications (QVC) to work on media liaison and public relations for its two-day conference titled Innovating for Sustainability - ‘Africans investing in Africa' to be held on 17th and 18th September 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Can PR save the arts?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:37:00 +0200

It is through the arts and culture sector of our society that people can be brought together and be given hope, a touch of magic, and a little escapism for a brighter life. The arts is a part of everyone's life, but the perception of the industry in South Africa needs a radical shift if it is to survive. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Deadline for writing course on doorstep

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:42:00 +0200

The days are ticking by before the highly interactive and exciting Organisational Communications Course run by Quo Vadis Communications begins in Durban. Read full story... | Send to a friend