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PRCA MENA is pleased to announce that the Hill+Knowlton Strategies team of Mohamad Saber and Peter Hermina have won the MENA Young Lions PR Competition with their campaign ‘Half a Million Dollars.’ They will go on to represent the region in the PR Young Lions Competition at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, sponsored by the International Communications […]

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 in Dubai on the evening of Wednesday, 21st February. The event, hosted by broadcaster and journalist Katie Fielder, saw […]

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 don’t link closely enough to what the client was trying to achieve. As a judge, […]

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 group had introduced themselves a brief introduction was […]

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 techniques).  While both were tailored to the issues of PR companies, the points are relevant to any service […]

PRCA MENA launches Matchmaker Service to help match clients with agencies PRCA MENA is launching a service to help clients find PR and communications support across the region, and to guide them through the pitch process. The Matchmaker service is available for use by client organisations, procurement professionals, business owners and in-house teams whether they […]

PRCA MENA has partnered with the Media Network, the news, networking and data centre for the Middle East media community, to provide half day face-to-face training courses in Dubai. The face-to-face training is in addition to over 40 online training webinars that PRCA MENA currently offers. All trainers have completed a rigorous assessment process and […]

Shooting photography for social media can seem a little daunting because your posts are basically going up against those of influencers – who have tens of thousands of followers – and seem to get an unachievable amount of likes on each post. These influencers also have a lot more time on their hands than the […]

PRCA MENA has announced the shortlist for the Young PR Lions MENA competition to find the best young PR professionals in the country. Six teams have been shortlisted to win the accolade this year and one of them will be heading to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to take part in the international […]

It was on April 1st 2010 that the journey of Seven Media began in the unlikely setting of a portacabin in Ras Al Khaimah. As co-founder Matt Slater and I stood in the prefabricated building (the makeshift headquarters of RAK Media City), signing our first ever business license, it would have been impossible to predict […]

The great and the good of the local public relations and communications industry descended on the H Hotel last week to celebrate and award the leading lights and most compelling campaigns of the past 12 months at the inaugural PRCA MENA Awards. The PRCA, led in the region by Leanne Foy, the General Manager of […]

PRCA MENA is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Cannes Lions for the second year running to be the Cannes Lions PR Partner for the Middle East and North Africa. The competition will see teams of two individuals aged 30 and under enter the competition. The region’s competition will open for entries on […]

Silent Influencers 2017 will see the return and rise of silent influencers. A set of high net worth individuals or authorities, who among their peers, will be able to create far reaching awareness for your brand purely through word-of-mouth recommendations. Embrace Video With the growth of engagement via smartphones comes an increased focus on real-time, […]

Whether you call it PR, communications, content services, whether you are a freelancer, boutique agency or multinational, the industry around us will change faster than ever before next year. We are seeing a unique dichotomy building within the role of PR and communications professionals demanding real versatility. With a rapidly changing media scene across the […]

We are delighted to announce the full shortlist for the PRCA MENA Awards: Campaign Categories: B2C Campaign Sponsored by HAVOC Creative Golin MENA Baby shop-Moment of a lifetime H&K Strategies Lenovo- #HelloMoto Matrix The London Sleep Centre Dubai gives media sleepless nights and its solution too! Q Communications Atkins Diet: Challenging Brand Perceptions in the UAE […]

2017 will be the year of consolidation in terms of communications, customer-centricity and capital expenditures. My topline predictions for the regional communications industry for 2017 are as under: Doing less but doing it well Consultancies will increasingly be faced with the rather rare situation of having to concentrate their efforts on conceptualizing and executing fewer […]

The Greek philosopher Socrates once quoted: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not fighting the old, but on building the new”.  This is a sentiment that applies to our rapidly changing industry which has had to evolve and adapt so much over the past few years with the rise of social […]

2016 has been a year of flux for the MENA landscape. From influencers growing their followers, to long established radio stations and print publications sadly closing their doors and the likes of Expo 2020 live streaming its logo launch onto the Burj Khalifa, it’s been an interesting year. Here are a few predictions for next […]

From mobile video explosion to emerging social media platforms, like Instagram Stories and Snapchat, 2016 has bought a content-related revolution that has changed the landscape of the public relations industry in the UAE. And just as communications evolves and the needs and preferences of audiences shift, so should the practice of public relations. Based on […]

As we look ahead to the trends impacting communications in 2017 the need to get personal has neer been greater. New frontiers of individualization put people at the heart of tailored and connected products and services and generation Z comes of age demanding intelligent platforms and personal assistants that enable them to do their own […]

PRCA MENA is pleased to announce its new 12-month partnership with LexisNexis which will provide members with best practice, market insights and special offers on their range of media monitoring and analysis tools. LexisNexis Media Intelligence solutions help businesses drive communication and business strategy through deep media insights across all forms of media including print, […]

PRCA MENA is pleased to announce that it will be partnering with Dubai Lynx. Dubai Lynx is launching a new Young Lynx competition for PR in 2017. Teams of two have 24 hours to show how PR can be used creatively and strategically to engage audiences in response to a brief set by a charitable organisation. […]