Last week I launched the new website for public relations magazine Behind the Spin.

The results for the CIPR Diploma planning assignment are out and I’m mighty relieved.

I’ve reached the final hurdle in my CIPR Diploma studies – researching and writing the 6000 word personal project.

Fellow blogger and CIPR Diploma student Simon Collister has just completed his dissertation looking at the influence of political blogs on mainstream media.

Stephen Waddington has tagged me in the “my week in media” meme.

For PR students, and particularly those studying the CIPR Diploma, here’s another of my answers in the Critical Reasoning Test I did earlier this year.

For PR students, and particularly those studying the CIPR Diploma, here’s one of my answers in the Critical Reasoning Test I did earlier this year.

I’ve been studying for the CIPR Online Diploma since June this year and the first assignment results are in.

I’ve not had the time to blog anything like as often as I’d wished to over the past month and a half, but now I’m back.

Check out a new e-book looking at Apple’s approach to marketing.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

Discover how to use free web services to monitor your organisation’s reputation online.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

It’s been almost a fortnight since I last managed to write a blog post – which is pretty much the longest the blog has gone without tending since last Spring.

I went back to school today at a study day for the CIPR online diploma qualification.

I’ve been wading through consultation papers on a new UK law that could affect marketing and public relations people by April 2008.

I presented at the CIPR’s Northern Conference in Newcastle yesterday and enjoyed the opportunity to find out about PR in the north-east.

I spent yesterday up in London at a Delivering the New PR conference once again.

I figured it was about time I got myself a PR qualification, so today’s my first day studying for the CIPR Diploma in Public Relations.

Next month I’ll be running a workshop session at Northern Conference in Newcastle looking at podcasting in the public sector.

At a workshop session yesterday I was asked what was the difference between marketing and public relations.

Here’s the outline of my presentation on business blogging that I prepared for the MIPAA bloggers’ brunch.

The latest white paper from Daryl Willcox makes interesting reading for public relations professionals.

While marketing and public relations aren’t regulated professions, there are plenty of rules and codes to keep to.

Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) president Lionel Zetter reports a busy day of meetings last Wednesday in his latest blog post on PR Voice. He also confirms that the CIPR Council has agreed the new social media guidelines for members.