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A Stunning PR Conversation

Heather Yaxley is leading an amazing exchange at PR Conversations. I urge you to check it out. Not only is the wonderful Ms. Yaxley displaying her vast knowledge, but Jim Grunig has made several posts as well.

Thanks to Judy Gombita for directing me to the posts.

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5 Responses to “A Stunning PR Conversation”

  1. Heather Yaxley Says:
    September 20th, 2008 at 05:07

    How marvellous to be called “wonderful” - thank you. I feel my knowledge has definitely been improved by engagement with Jim Grunig - so I concur that your readers should visit PR Conversations as they too can gain from his patient explanation of some of the subtleties of his theories that I, like others, have misunderstood.

  2. Jocuri Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 11:08

    Heather Yaxley = How marvellous to be called “wonderful” - thank you. I feel my knowledge has definitely been improved by engagement with Jim Grunig - so I concur that your readers should visit PR Conversations as they too can gain from his patient explanation of some of the subtleties of his theories that I, like others, have misunderstood.

    Realy?

  3. Judy Gombita Says:
    September 27th, 2008 at 13:11

    Hi Bob,

    In the summer I noted your active participation in the conversations on Bill Sledzik’s blog (ToughSledding), so I suspected this post would interest you, too. But I think it’s fair to say I had no idea on just how much! :-)

    It’s great to see your lively defense for “a(nother) radical view of PR”; thanks for continuing to weigh in. (I’m also delighted that Heather and you have connected, as you are equally passionate about interacting with students (and practitioners) of public relations.)

    Judy

  4. Bob Batchelor Says:
    September 27th, 2008 at 13:40

    Hi Judy, thank you for alerting me to the conversation. It’s still fairly early in the semester here, so I’ve been locked up in grading papers, teaching, etc.

    I just see the reliance on so-called Excellence debilitating. Its followers have sucked the life out of any criticism. So, rather than write this up for academic journals, why not have the discussion in an online environment? To me, it’s a perfect way to use blogs.

    I also really, really enjoy the non-North American perspective. I taught in Vienna for a week this past spring and it was really eye-opening. I hope to do more in the future. [Which, by the way, is another easy criticism of the Excellence study. It claims to be “international,” but relied on relatively little global information]

    Take care, and thanks again.

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