The Museum of Public Relations

Join us on May 12th for this year's critical conversation focusing on what role all of us can play in stopping AAPI hate. Moderated by Bill Imada and Joanne Tabellija-Murphy. Organized by Patrice Tanaka and Angela Chitkara. Free with registration: https://tinyurl.com/wrbs483x #StopAAPIHate #publicrelations #communications

A huge thank you to our event sponsors and participants for making tonight's show possible. Our 2nd annual #AAPIHeritageMonth celebration wouldn't be a (virtual) reality without you! A warm thank you as well to co-organizers Angela Chitkara and Patrice Tanaka for creating this event idea in 2020 and helping to bring it to life another year, and to Fay Shapiro & CommPRO.biz for the immense support with this and every show in collaboration with the Museum. We go live in a few... hours! Have you secured your spot yet? Register here now: https://tinyurl.com/wrbs483x "#StopAAPIHate: The Role of Communicators" starts today at 6pm ET/3pm PT, with notable speakers: Srikant Ramaswami, MS, JD Bill Imada Joanne Tabellija-Murphy Richard Lui Suzy An Stephanie Chang Carolyn Lok Ted Nguyen Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR Rema Vasan Crystal Witter Helen Ames Jennifer Choi Debbie Ebalobo (She/Her) May Lee Elliot Lum Natasha Vuppuluri Sponsors: Bonnie Yablon Hunter Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia Page Society Talkwalker Patrick Ford FINN Partners The Stevens Group Diversity Action Alliance Jim Lukaszewski CommPRO.biz APCO Worldwide Joyful Planet Worldin2020: The Diversity and Inclusion Project Muck Rack

How can communicators help to #StopAAPIHate? Read more now on PR News, and don't forget to register for our 2nd annual #AAPIHeritageMonth event where the conversation will continue. https://www.prnewsonline.com/aapi-heritage-history/

Our favorite story about #EarthDay is the one where it all started. How did #PRPioneer Marilyn Laurie contribute to the inaugural event? Dick Martin gave us an inside look at her vital role in the first ever campaign last year for Earth Day's 50th anniversary (2020), via PR News: https://www.prnewsonline.com/Laurie-Earth-Day-coronavirus Interested in learning more about #MarilynLaurie? Buy Marilyn: A Woman in Charge by Dick Martin here: https://prmuseumpress.com//produ/marilyn-a-woman-in-charge

Happy Birthday to #PRPioneer Inez Kaiser! Today we remember the first Black woman to open a PR firm (1957), and more recently the first Black woman to have her life story published in a #PRHistory textbook. ("Women in PR History" by Anastasios Theofilou) Join us next Tuesday, 4/27 at 12:45pm CT / 1:45pm ET for the introductory event in a series focused on Kaiser’s life and accomplishments as a public relations professional, presented by the Greater Kansas City PRSA Chapter. Register for free now: https://kansascity-prsa.org/meetinginfo.php

Happy #EarthDay! Can #PublicRelations save the planet? #PRPioneers Marilyn Laurie & E. Bruce Harrison certainly tried to make it so... Read more here https://prnewsonline.com/environmental-pr-history/

From the Burson-Marstellar archives: New business guidance that's as pertinent today as it was decades ago.

We are thrilled to present our 6th annual "Celebrating Black PR History" event this year as a free, virtual event! With thanks to our wonderful sponsors, we are able to bring this exclusive and normally in-person event right to your screens just two weeks from today. The show will be hosted by Carmella Glover, moderated by Dr. Rochelle Ford, featuring Charlene Wheeless as our Keynote Speaker and a special presentation by Dr. Denise Hill. Our star-studded panel includes: Sabri...na Browne, Troy Blackwell, Jr., Candace Steele-Flippin, Cedric F. Brown, Emily K. Graham, and Marvin Hill, Jr. Diversity Action Alliance co-chair, Pat Ford will deliver the welcome remarks. Join us then to help honor History-Makers past and present, in collaboration with the Diversity Action Alliance. Celebrating Black PR History: Ushering in a New Era of History-Makers starts Tuesday, February 9th at 6:00pm ET. More information & to register: https://bit.ly/3supMPj

Wow! This ox is feeling that it’s his year!

"Celebrating Black PR History 2021," the video: https://youtu.be/czeRSXxjNKY

Happy 112th Anniversary to the NAACP! W. E. B. Du Bois was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Director of Publicity and Research during his time on the org's Executive Board (1910-1934). Ida B. Wells, considered a PR Pioneer, was also famously part of the founding of the #NAACP. Du Bois started the committee's official publication "The Crisis," editing in creative pieces from African Americans and news about race is...sues. The NAACP has long advocated for African American civil liberties, and continues to be a strong, vital civil rights organization today. #BlackHistoryMonth #PRHistory

It's about time!

We've got a record-breaking sized audience registered for tonight's event! Will you be tuned in at 6:00pm ET? Not too late to save your spot & join us in Celebrating #BlackPRHistory: https://bit.ly/3supMPj

The #PRMuseum needs YOUR help! We are fundraising for our digitization project. With your support, we will be able to continue to bring the Museum to YOU in 2021. Learn more and donate here: https://charity.gofundme.com//digitizing-a-century-of-pr-h

1956--Once the polio vaccine was made available to the public, thousands of children throughout the US lined up to get their shots. But teens--under the impression that only young children could get polio-- were refusing the vaccination. The March of Dimes (aka-Foundation for the Prevention of Infantile Paralysis) launched a public awareness campaign using teens themselves to create and implement programs focused on changing their attitudes. Their ideas included rebranding "Sock Hops" as "Salk Hops," a tribute to the vaccine's inventor. Another was a publicity campaign urging girls not to accept a date with a guy unless he could prove he had gotten the vaccine. But the idea that truly moved the needle was arranging for Elvis Presley to get the shot live on the Ed Sullivan show, then the most popular variety program on TV.

Communications with the public during the polio pandemic took place over the radio, newspapers and newsreels. By the 1930s, despite the Depression, most American households had a radio in the home, large cabinets that the family would sit around to hear soap operas, the news, FDR's fireside chats, as well as, classes over the air, as this photo depicts.

The reviews are in! Our first-ever #virtual tour was a HIT. Watch or re-watch it now: https://www.prmuseum.org/video-and-audio and read about it here: https://www.press.org//museum-public-relations-virtual-tou. Many thanks to Danny Selnick and the Communicator Team at The National Press Club for this opportunity to share the Museum with you all digitallyand there is still so much more that we can show you! Check out our digitization project fundraiser to learn more: https:...//charity.gofundme.com//digitizing-a-century-of-pr-h #publicrelations #history #ushistory #prhistory #publicity #museum #prmuseum #virtualtour #digitalmuseum #pressclub #nationalpressclub #DC #fundraiser #gofundme

The Trump Administration has tested our political norms like none other in recent history. As the Trump presidency draws to a close, the Biden presidency about to begin, two special senatorial elections that will determine the balance of power in the Senate on the horizon, and the prospect of precedent setting presidential pardons a daily threat, it’s time to look back on where we have been these past four years, distill the lessons to be learned, and project where we will b...e heading. #ThatSaid join Michael Zeldin as he speaks with CNN’s Abby Phillip, Political Correspondent, and Manu Raju, Senior Congressional Correspondent, to break down what to expect at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and on Capitol Hill. How will this divided government work, if at all? Who will hold the keys to success or stalemate? How will centers of power shift if the Democrats win the two Georgia Senate seats, win one, or lose both? Featuring an Introduction by Lawrence J. Parnell, Associate Professor & Program Director, Masters in Strategic Public Relations GSPM, Adjunct Professor School of Business, The George Washington University Register here: https://tinyurl.com/y48jnx7r

Looking forward to presenting (virtually) at India's premier PR conferences!

We are working hard to keep bringing the #PRMuseum to YOU! Don't miss this FREE virtual tour, the first ever the Museum has done, hosted by The National Press Club this Wednesday 12/9 at 12:00pm ET. To register, visit: https://www.commpro.biz/join-us-for-a-virtual-tour-of-the-/

For professionals managing crises, or scholars analyzing them, this book will be an invaluable guide and resource. Produced by the UGA Crisis Communication Coalition, this book brings together both professionals and scholars to explore the theories and best practices of crisis management in the real world. The book is available now for pre-order.

When Sherry Goldman brought her LIU PR class to the Museum a few years ago, the students had a chance to get a hands-on lesson on the history of Edelman and its... campaigns. Thanks to the generosity of Renee Edelman, we were able to exhibit more than 40 different artifacts documenting the success of the firm and its most famous programs. Students saw clippings from the Toni Twins media tour; the press kit from the California Wines campaign; and releases announcing the Butterball Turkey hotline. Most exciting was Dan's huge clipping book, with hundreds and hundreds of Burrelles clippings from the 50s-70s. The students also got to hear from Dan and Ruth themselves from the videos we shot in 2002. See more

October 30: Today marks 114 years since the first press release was published! #PRPioneer Ivy Ledbetter Lee first introduced the press release in 1904. The idea was to encourage accurate reporting and give a corporationor figurethe opportunity to share their news in their own words. It was meant to be the bridge of communications between the company and the public. In October 1906, he put the idea into practice when retained by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the company... experienced a train wreck. Rather than hide the details as the company was used to, Lee gave an inside look from the scene via press release and successfully generated good press from an unfortunate incident. The NY Times even published the release verbatim, something that was not normal in those times. The line that stuck out most: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is leaving nothing undone to get at the cause of the accident. Ivy Lee’s life and development of public relations in America is written in detail in Courtier to the Crowd by Ray Eldon Hiebert. The Museum of Public Relations’ publishing house, PRMuseum Press published a 50th Anniversary Edition of the biography on Ivy Lee in 2017. It can be purchased at prmuseumpress.com. #PRHistory #PRMuseum #PublicRelations #PR #PRPros #PressRelease

We are excited for the upcoming #DiversityAwards presented by PR News, featuring categories that celebrate diverse #communicators, organizations, campaigns and their efforts in solidifying an inclusive future for the industry! For more info, including entry requirements, visit bit.ly/PRNDiversityAwards.

This book will have a treasure trove of insights and case studies for any PR professional managing a crisis (and who isn't these days?)

Who do we believe, who do we trust? How do we maintain security while building trust? How do we have confidence in the character, strength, or truth of someone of something? Join us tonight at 7:00pm ET for Trust on Trial, where Richard Levick, CEO of LEVICK, will lead a lively panel discussion among experts in communication, news, political science, and security. Register for tonight’s free event here: https://tinyurl.com/yyolh3zk

This looks like a wonderful, and much-needed, program. Congrats to Bill Imada for yet another great idea!

Attention please! It is not too late to register for our Navy Public Affairs event happening soon. April 2, 1948, the U.S. Coast Guard reorganized its entire enlisted structure by creating, eliminating and combining several enlisted ratings. As part of that initiative, the Coast Guard established and renamed the yeoman (PI) sub-specialty as its own rating, which became known as journalists. In the summer of 1949, Alex Haley, the most famous Coast Guard journalist to date, rec...eived a transfer into the rating and would become the first chief journalist of the Coast Guard later that year. Haley and his fellow journalists continued to support Coast Guard missions by writing articles and press releases to inform the public for the next two and a half decades. (Photos courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) Join us today at 6pm ET/3pm PT for our first ever webinar highlighting military public affairs and how you could pursue a career in communications within the Navy, and largely the U.S. Armed Forces. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf #photojournalist #militaryhistory #publicrelations #uscoastguard

Did you know that in 2003 the term embedded journalism was coined? Embedded journalism refers to news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflict. While the term could be applied to many historical interactions between journalists and military personnel, it was used first in the media coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The U.S. military responded to pressure from the country's news media who were disappointed by the level of access granted during... the 1991 Gulf War and the 2001 conflict in Afghanistan. (Photos courtesy of Daily Mail, PBS and Variety) Join us today at 6pm ET/3pm PT for our first ever webinar highlighting military public affairs and how you could pursue a career in communications within the Navy, and largely the U.S. Armed Forces. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf #photojournalist #militaryhistory #publicrelations #usnavy #marines #usairforce #usarmy #uscoastguard

A U.S. Army public affairs soldier conducting aerial photography and videography simultaneously. Demand for individual public affairs practitioners to both take photos and collect and edit video imagery has increased in recent years. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army) We are just days away from our first-ever webinar celebrating and discussing the role of public affairs in the U.S. Armed Forcesspecifically the Navysince World War II, as well as the effectiveness of strategic an...d tactical approaches of Department of Defense public affairs. Join us this Monday, October 26th at 6:00pm ET. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf #photojournalist #militaryhistory #publicrelations #photographers #usarmy #aerialphotography #salutetoservice

This photo takes us back to #WWII, and to a #publicrelations professional not only known for her beauty as a model, but for her skills as an accomplished #photojournalist. Meet Elizabeth Lee Miller. As a photojournalist for #Vogue, Lee Miller's documentation of WWII and other conflicts informed the American public at the time, and she is now a part of #USHistory. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Center of Military History) ... Join us on Monday, October 26th at 6:00pm ET to celebrate and discuss the role of public affairs in the U.S. Armed Forcesspecifically the Navysince World War II, as well as the effectiveness of strategic and tactical approaches of Department of Defense public affairs. Register for free now: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf #militaryhistory #usmilitary #publicaffairs

Did you know that the poster of Uncle Sam pointing an accusing finger of moral responsibility was created as a recruitment poster for the American forces during World War I? The image in which more than 4 million copies were printed between 1917 and 1918 was later adopted by the U.S. Army. ... (Photo courtesy of Department of Defense) Don’t miss our first-ever webcast highlighting military public affairs and how you could pursue a career in communications within the Navy, and largely the U.S. Armed Forces. Begins Monday, 10/26 at 6pm ET/3pm PT. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf

The first underwater photo was taken in 1856 by William Thompson using a camera mounted to a pole and the world’s first underwater self-portrait is said to have been taken by #photography pioneer Louis Marie Auguste Boutan in 1899. Camera #technology has come a long way since then and the #military uses these advances in everyday #PR work. Seen here are Louis Marie Auguste Boutan (left), as well as a Navy mass communication specialist training to take underwater photos (rig...ht). (Photos courtesy of Louis Marie Auguste Boutan and U.S. Navy) Join us on Monday, 10/26 at 6pm ET/3pm PT as we highlight the role of public affairs in the U.S. Navy since WWII, and how the field has developed today from advancements in technology and communications. Register for FREE now: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf #underwaterphotography #photojournalist #militaryhistory #publicrelations #photographers #usnavy

Often, we don’t see who takes the award-winning photo or sets up the livestream video that feeds to our TVs and other devices. For more than a century, combat #photographers and #publicaffairs practitioners have been the eyes, ears and voice of the #USArmedForces. It is the policy of the Department of Defense that public affairs practitioners provide timely and accurate information to the public, the Congress and news media. Those public affairs practitioners both behind the ...camera and in front do a superb job of keeping us informed. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps) Don’t miss this first-of-its-kind webcast to learn more about public affairs and how you could pursue a career in communications within the Navy, and largely the U.S. Armed Forces. Register for this free webinar event here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf

This photo of U.S. #marines raising the U.S. flag atop #mountsuribachi during the #battleofiwojima in #WWII may be a familiar sight. The photographer, Joe Rosenthal, took the iconic photo on Feb. 23, 1945 with the #historic Speed Graphic camera. (Photo courtesy of Joe Rosenthal) Join us on Monday, 10/26 at 6pm ET/3pm PT as we highlight the role of public affairs in the U.S. Navy since WWII, and how the field has developed today from advancements in technology and communicati...ons. Register for this free webinar event here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ygy2yf