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Sunday 18 November
The Research Colloquium at this year’s World PR Forum was a great success with 100 people turning out to hear the newest ideas and research in public relations in the beautiful surrounds of the Melbourne Convention &...
World PR Forum delegates found out that with the rapid development of the PR industry over the last few decades, an assumption that most practitioners have ‘done their time’ in a newsroom is far from safe.
The public relations industry tou...
How do you top the first day of a World PR Forum that ends with dinner for 500 people? Particularly when dinner is at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Grounds with a spectacular sunset.
The answer is a program bursting with content and i...
Richard Edelman
Richard Edelman
President and CEO
Edelman
Richard Edelman joins the pool of high calibre public relations and marketing professionals presenting at the World Public Relations Forum, in Melbourne from 18-20 November 2012.
Richard was named President and CEO of Edelman in September 1996. Under Richard's leadership the agency has garnered many of the industry's top accolades. In 2012, Edelman was added to the Advertising Age's Agency A-List for a second consecutive year. Only one year earlier, Adweek named the firm PR Agency of the Year. Edelman also earned comparable awards from The Holmes Report (2011 Global Agency of the Year) and PRWeek (both 2011 Large PR Agency of the Year and 2011 Large UK Consultancy of the Year). In 2009, Edelman was Advertising Age's top-ranked PR firm of the decade and in 2010, The Holmes Report named it "Agency of the Decade".
Richard has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management with current assignments for Hewlett-Packard, SAP and PepsiCo. He has counselled several countries, including Egypt, Israel and Mexico on their economic development programs.
Do not miss your chance to hear Richard sharing his experience and insight acquired from his impressive public relations industry experience, spanning more than three decades.
Stay tuned for more exciting program announcements coming soon!