AMECMM – KIDA conference in Bulgaria

November is not only a time to grow beards but also a month to talk about measurement and evaluation of communication. It is thus a time when under AMEC’s Measurement Month umbrella, communicators around the world, talk (a bit more loudly) about the need for measurement and evaluation, diss AVEs and think about how automation …

PR measurement: AR/ VR/ AI in focus

Augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence are interesting technological developments that PR practitioners could use for their organisations and clients. At the PROI Worldwide meeting in Bucharest (PROI is the longest-running partnership of independent public relations agencies) practitioners were more concerned with how these creative applications can support their work and, most importantly, how …

Science Communication & Measurement – PARI 2017 workshop notes

I am these days in Garching, near Munchen, the home of the European Southern Observatory (an absolutely stunning and inspiring place) and the host of the PARI 2017 Workshop on Public Awareness of Research Infrastructures. This is an event dedicated to science communication (as I understand it) where scientists turned communicators and communicators with a passion for …

PR Measurement interview in Delfi

In preparation of the PR Impact Awards, I also met with JÅ«ratÄ— ŽuolytÄ— from Delfi, Lithuania’s biggest online news platform, to discuss (what else) about PR measurement.  I have to admit that she grilled me on why PR should be measured and how it can be done, teasing out a preview of my talk planned for …