Resources

In addition to those online and print information sources provided by the Library, a list of Internet-based resources has been collated to assist students studying Public Relations:

Public relations groups and associations

The Public Relations Institute of Australia (National Body)  - the peak organisation for communications professionals in Australia. Public Relations Society of America - the world's largest organisation for public relations professions, including a wealth of interesting links to other sites.
International Public Relations Association (IPRA) - an international association of senior-level public relations practitioners in more than 60 countries worldwide.  Geographically the most representative public relations body in the world, the IPRZ has been active since 1955 as a network for communication among members on issues of ongoing professional concern. The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management - an alliance of associations which helps  provide access to information regarding regional or international conferences and seminars, case studies, awards programs, benchmarking research, and other pertinent communication and enhances networking opportunities for professionals.
The Institute for Public Relations - pioneers involvement in the field of public relations through publications, lectures, awards, competitions, professional development forums and other programs. The Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS) - serves Singapore's PR industry through knowledge acquisition, networking, and exchanging of new ideas.
PRiNZ - the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand  

Related groups and associations

The International Association of Business Communicators - the leading resource for effective communication providing products, services, activities, and networking opportunities to help people and organisations achieve excellence in public relations, employee communication, marketing communication, public affairs and other forms of communication.

Association for Community Organization and Social Administration - a membership organisation for community organizers, activists, non-profit administrators, community builders, policy practitioners, students and professors representing a variety of disciplines and professional fields which strive to strengthen community organisation and social administration in social work practice and education.

The International Centre for Research in Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change - links international researchers who share an interested in developing and applying discourse methods in the study of organizations.

PR Influences - seeks to show the role PR plays in influencing awareness, opinions, attitudes and behaviour amongst audiences as diverse as staff, partners, consumers, investors, media, government and communities.

Boston College Centre for Corporate Citizenship - provides research, executive education, consultation and convening on issues of corporate citizenship.

The Community Development Society - an international professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.

Public relations companies - Australian sites

Media Link  Epublicrelations
Fenton CommunicationsThe Blackie McDonald (BMcD) Communication Group The Rowland Communications Group
WMC Public Relations  

Public relations companies - international sites

Burson Marsteller Edelman Public Relations
Fleishman-Hillard Ketchum Public Relations
Pinnacle Worldwide The Capital Group
International Public Relations Expertise Hill and Knowlton


Public relations case studies

Golden Target Awards Collection at UTS - a collection of winning Australian case studies awarded annually by the PRIA WordWerx Public Relations (click on Case Studies link)
  Please contact Alison Feldman if you wish to add your case study link here.

Other resources

Join the Australian PR Network - an email discussion and networking forum for Australian public relations professionals or those interested in the public relations industry in Australia pr place - the quick-find internet source on public relations and marketing communications including addresses and hot links to PR organisations and publications, on-line news services and databases.
Public Relations FORUM - a collection of newsgroup forums in which public relations professionals and students from around the world participate. PUBLIC RELATIONS by Nerd World Media - a useful directory of links to communications and public relations companies and specialists.
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship - useful cross-section of resources including a full text index to more than 12000 communications-related web resources, bibliographical indexes and abstracts.  

 

Evaluation societies, associations and groups

UK Evaluation Society - exists to promote and improve the theory, practice, understanding and utilisation of evaluation and its contribution to public knowledge, and contains links to other evaluation sites and resources. European Evaluation Society - promoting theory, practice and utilisation of high quality evaluation especially, but not exclusively, within the European countries.
American Evaluation Association - an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and other forms of evaluation. The Evaluator's Institute - the Institute has a mission to increase the number of evaluators who deliver evaluations that are relevant, of high quality, and have great utility.
Centre for Program Evaluation, University of Melbourne - an evaluation and research centre located within the Department of Education Policy and Management in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne