Winners of PRCA MENA Awards 2018 announced

The PRCA MENA Awards 2018 celebrated the very best individuals, teams, and campaigns from the PR and communications industry from across the Middle East and North Africa. Leading practitioners attended the awards at the Renaissance Downtown…

PRCA and IABC sign agreement for cooperation across EMENA

The PRCA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) across the EMENA region. The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global…

PRCA MENA PR Young Lions Competition Open for Entries

PRCA MENA is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Cannes Lions for the third year running to be the Cannes Lions PR Partner for the Middle East and North Africa. The MENA PR Young Lions competition is the pre-selection competition…

PRCA MENA Awards Shortlist 2018

We are delighted to announce the full shortlist for the PRCA MENA Awards 2018. Campaign Categories: Regional Campaign of the Year Brazen - Wadi shops for success Matrix PR - Face It All With Himalaya Seven Media – Abu Dhabi …

How to write a winning award entry

I have been helping a number of clients to write award entries recently and noticed one area where everyone seems to have a block.  Passion and excitement over-rides results. It’s not that they don’t mention achievements at all, but they…

GWPR SURVEY REVEALS SIGNIFICANT GENDER GAP AT TOP

Helsinki, ICCO Global Summit, October 6th, 2017 – Leading international networking group GWPR (Global Women in PR) revealed that although women represent two-thirds of the global PR industry, 78% of the CEOs in the top 30 PR agencies worldwide*…

PR 101 Training Session

After spending four hours in this 101 session I must say I felt pretty tired toward the end, but for the better as it had been such an intense crash course in the basics of PR, which I personally had very little prior experience in. Once the…

PRCA announces expulsion of Bell Pottinger

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) announced today that it has imposed its most serious sanctions on Bell Pottinger, following the industry regulator’s investigation into Bell Pottinger’s work for Oakbay Capital…

Over-servicing – five ways to turn losses into profit

By Victoria Tomlinson Earlier this month I delivered two courses for Dubai PR agencies through PRCA Mena – the first was on over-servicing, particularly around how to turn a loss into profit (the second was on business development…

Training terms and conditions

Cancellation Terms PRCA does not offer any refunds on training courses booked, only a transfer (of the same cost value) is eligible. Should a PRCA Member book and pay Non Member rate, a credit note for the cost difference will be issued.…