Efforts in evaluation of our economic impact have so far analysed public relations as an industry, where demand - believed to be mostly originated by the private sector - meets the offer of services provided by agencies, consultancies and solo operators. (ipra.org)
Little, if any, attention has focussed on the economic impact of the profession as such and this would need to include public relations performed in all three sectors of the economy: private, public and social. (ipra.org)
Fourth and finally, this confirms and reinforces that public relations is not merely, nor even mostly, a private sector and/or outsourced consultancy or service based profession. (ipra.org)
Susan Wood (pictured left) and Michelle Hampton bemoan the fact that the Public Relations sector still faces some prejudice and misconceptions. (ipra.org)