Two weeks ago, the Public Relations Network (PRN) celebrated its 10th anniversary at its semi-annual member meeting in Zurich. Communiqué PR is the exclusive partner of PRN in the United States, and I was fortunate to attend the bi-annual meeting and 10-year celebration along with 12 other PRN members representing boutique PR agencies from across the globe.
PRN had a lot to celebrate at the meeting in Zurich: In addition to turning 10, the organization announced a new member agency in Canada, Boulevard PR, and the appointment of regional chapter heads for the Americas and Africa to help intensify activities in the regions.
Jonathon Rees, director of Proof Communication (Africa), has been appointed head of the Africa region and I have been appointed head of the Americas region. As part of my role, I will be working to recruit partner agencies in Mexico, as well as other countries in Central and South America. Also I will be responsible for fostering relationships and sharing knowledge between partner agencies in the Americas region.
I am honored to be chosen for this position and am excited to help expand PRN’s presence in the Americas. In order to best serve clients with global needs, it’s important to have partners across the Americas who understand the unique media landscape of their region.
The addition of Toronto-based Boulevard PR to the Network will help strengthen our presence in the region as well. Boulevard PR is a full-service PR agency focused on tech and mobile across several industry verticals. The agency has worked with a variety of clients, from startups and emerging growth companies, to venture capital firms, to global enterprises. Its services include strategic planning, media relations, analyst relations, executive positioning and thought leadership, speaker’s bureau, product and corporate awards programs, content development, turnkey event management, digital marketing, and more. The team at Boulevard PR is positioned to support PR efforts in English and French in markets across Canada.
Communiqué PR was selected as the U.S. agency in late-2013 after working with several of the member agencies to secure results not only for our clients around the world but to help garner attention in the U.S. for PRN member clients. More recent projects included the support of a worldwide innovation competition held by the Siemens foundation in Germany, where the organization was on the lookout for low-tech products to help people in developing regions access basic services.
PRN is a global collective of like-minded public relations agencies providing consultancy and local support for worldwide PR campaigns. PRN has affiliate PR agencies in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Columbia, China, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, USA and Venezuela. To learn more, click on www.pr-network.biz.
PRN will be launching a new website in the coming months and continuing its recruitment efforts in not only the Americas, but Africa and Asia as well. PRN’s next member meeting will take place January 2017 in Berlin.