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Public Relations and Media Relations Sonny Barber, IEEE Corporate Communications POCO – Prague – July 18, 2009 Who am I? Member of IEEE Corporate Communications Team 15 years with IEEE; 37 years in Public Relations Experience in range of Public Relations activities
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Public Relations and Media Relations Sonny Barber, IEEE Corporate Communications POCO – Prague – July 18, 2009
Who am I? • Member of IEEE Corporate Communications Team • 15 years with IEEE; 37 years in Public Relations • Experience in range of Public Relations activities
Using Public Relations & Media Relations • Public Relations, Media Relations Defined • Using PR (and MR) For Your Conference • More Support for Your Conference: IEEE Public Visibility Initiative; IEEE 125th Anniversary • Brand Identity • Public/Media Relations In A Crisis
Public Relations • Builds relationships with “publics” • Often confused with advertising • Advertising controls messages/media through paid placement • Informs, educates, persuades to action
Media Relations • A Subset of PR • Communicating through a journalist • Provides credibility that other forms of communications cannot match
Using Public Relations & Media Relations For Your Conference • Tell Your Conference “Story” • Tell Your “Story” In As Many Places As Possible • Use Web site to AttractAttendees and the Media MORE at the Breakout!!
More Support for Your Conference: IEEE Public Visibility Initiative • 5-year public relations program to • Raise IEEE’s visibility; create global “voice” • Increase public understanding of how engineering, computing & technology benefit humanity • Position IEEE as the world’s trusted source
More Support for Your Conference: Public Visibility Initiative • Raising awareness of IEEE supports all IEEE marketing and promotion activities • Creates positive environment for other PR, marketing/advertising messages
Public Visibility Highlights – 2009 mid-year • Global PR Campaign – 334 stories in media in 10 targeted countries • 573 Global Technical Experts ID’d • 60% increase in interviews yr-over-yr • Interviews: BBC TV, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, CTO (China), EE Times (India), Network World (US), among others.
Public Visibility Highlights – 2009 mid-year • Revamped Newsroom to better serve public and journalists
Public Visibility – ‘09 Tech Topics • Consumer Electronics & Gaming • Sustainable Energy/World • Global Security Activities • International Space Programs • Education & Engineering Innovation • Global Healthcare Initiatives
More PV: “IEEE -- One Voice” Video • Individuals in the video are all IEEE members • Conveys pride to be part of IEEE • Audience – Technology Community • One Voice Website: www.ieee.org/go/brand_videos • Downloads and information
“IEEE -- One Voice” Video • Four messages: • IEEE single “Voice” for Engineering, Computing & Technological Innovation • Advancing innovation and technological excellence • Engineering a Better Tomorrow • Inspiring Innovation for a Global Community
Public Visibility--Moving Forward • Top-Tier Media Focus • Local Markets Across 10 Targeted Countries • Relationship Building with Journalists • Thought Leadership Positioning • Positioning IEEE as Thought Leader on Prominent Issues • Social Media • Social Media Pilot: Sustainable Energy/Smart Grid • Online dialogue monitoring of blogs
IEEE: Celebrating 125 YearsWhat Does Success Look Like? • 200 + attend media event • 200 submit competition entries • 2,000 attend in Munich, Austin and Boston • 180 members post local events on anniversary calendar • 57,000 visit 125th web site • 15,000 Flickr visitors view more than 250 anniversary photos • 5,500 sign on as friends of IEEE 125th Anniversary on Facebook • 1136 articles mention 125th
IEEE President’s Change the World Competition: Top Prize Winners Student Humanitarians Supreme Drew Hall & Richard Gaster $US 10,000 Stanford University, California, USA Project Title: NanoLab Distinguished Student Humanitarians Kartik Kulkarni & team of 18 $US 5,000 B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Eng and Tech, India Project Title: Electronic Aids for Handicapped Children Exceptional Student Humanitarians Kevin McGarvey & team of 4 $US 2,500 Rowan University, New Jersey, USA Project Title: Engineering Innovators without Borders All top team members and six other prize winners listed on the web www.ieee125.org Students from India, Nigeria, UK, USA
Media Events Media Roundtable 7 speakers & 50 reporters Engineering the Future Day Media Campaign 20 Radio Interviews and 270 articles
Update on IEEE Anniversary EventsMunich, Germany 27 April 09 Keynote Speakers: Martin Zeil, Bavarian State Secretary of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Felicitas Pauss, coordinator for external relations, CERN
Update on IEEE Anniversary EventsAustin, Texas USA 30 April 09 Event: 3rd Annual Brain Party and Tech Fair Celebrating our anniversary and thanking local engineers for their contributions Partnered with: Austin Goodwill Center and Computer Museum & Recycling Center Austin Chamber of Commerce
Update on IEEE Anniversary EventsBoston, MA, USA 11 May 09 Keynote Speaker: William Kiczuk, Technical Director - Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and Director - Strategic Architecture Held in conjunction with the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST)
Upcoming IEEE Anniversary Events • 29 Aug Bangalore, India • Speakers: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam(former President of India & Aeronautical Engineer) • 16 Sept San Jose, CA, USA • Speakers: Vint Cerf/Google & TJ Rogers/Cypress • 22 Sept Beijing, China • Speakers: TBD Chinese Academy of Science/Microsoft • 6 Oct London, UK • Speakers: Chris Toumazou/Imperial College London and Dame Wendy Hall/University of Southampton, UK • 23 Oct Tokyo, Japan • Speaker: Dr. Mamour Mohri/JAXA Astronaut
Brand Identity Guidelines • Goal: stronger, more consistent, unified visual presentation of the IEEE brand • Visual Identity Guidelines • 125th Anniversary Mark Guidelines • Visual Identity Guidelines Quick Reference Guides • Web Guidelines • Use of the letters I-E-E-E • www.ieee.org/go/brand
Today’s key messages • Numerous opportunities to build relationships with your specific publics • Build relationships with the media that cover your technologies • Corporate PR efforts help you • Report a crisis to Technical Activities so we can help you manage the communications
Public Relations and Media Relations Thank you!