EuroBlog2008

Strong abstracts promise exciting line-up

The Symposium programme committee has almost completed the selection of papers for Brussels. We were delighted not only by the number of abstracts submitted but also their range and depth. Selection has been quite a challenge and we have had some very difficult choices to make. Thanks to everyone who put forward suggestions - we will be letting people know our decisions over the next few days.

Fittingly for the European Public Relations and Education and Research Association, there was a healthy mix of papers offering insights into the way universities should teach social media as part of their PR and communications programmes, as well as useful case study insights into how a range of organisations are using the new technologies, balanced by papers seeking to offer theoretical insights into what some characterise as 'the New PR'.   

Full details of the Symposium programme, how to book, and recommended hotels will be available very shortly.

Finally, anyone who is interested in EuroBlog - as a speaker, presenter, delegate, or who just wants to discuss the impact of social media on PR is invited to email a link to philip.young@sunderland.ac.uk and I will add it to this site's blogroll.

How the EuroBlog message spreads (3)

In the week to Dec 27 the EuroBlog Facebook group gained 18 new members and 6 replied to my email asking what prompted them to join: 2 came through Facebook channels, and 2 through blogs/ websites.

Here are the totals with joiners in the week to Dec 27 in brackets: Personal invite from administrators 16 (1); saw it in Facebook feed 8 (1); invite from Facebook friend 4 (0); Facebook group list 2 (1); EuroBlog blog 4 (1); PR Blogs 7 (1);  academic website 1 (0); Don't know 2 (0); Twitter 1 (0); Mailing list 2 (1).

There is now a Facebook group for Euprera which is open to anyone interested in PR education and research.