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Very Public Affairs is a regular update, examination and exposé of the latest trends and developments in how public affairs is managed in large organsiations globally. Each episode examines an aspect of best practice in corporate public affairs internationally, providing insight and guidance to public affairs practitioners working in corporations.
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Upcoming Events
Webinar: Business Giving: What NPOs & businesses need to know
FREE WEBINAR: Business giving and volunteering - What nonprofits and businesses NEED to know
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Sydney
Masterclass: Advanced Issues Management
This Masterclass will provide participants the opportunity to evolve their issues management capability to international best practice and engage with frameworks and approaches employed in the world’s leading corporations.
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Sydney
2017 Heads of Function and Senior Practitioners DINNER
John Daley, Chief Executive Officer of the Grattan Institute will deliver the keynote address Post-Trump, post-Brexit, post-politics: what does it all mean for Australian policy and politics?
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Online Learning
Online Learning
The online learning portal offers flexible professional development modules, which provide an opportunity for individual practitioners and corporate public affairs teams to gain essential knowledge of concepts, best practice, and case studies in all disciplines of the corporate public affairs profession...
Our Blog
Basic reputation hygiene nose-dives at United Airlines
The Centre's Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs in 2017
Social media in government relations
Trends in Corporate Responsibility reporting
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Expertise & Research
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Latest News
Stay abreast of what’s happening internationally with developments in corporate public affairs. Here is news that you may find useful and interesting:
Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook played part in spread of fake news
Impact of voluntary disclosures on corporate brand equity
The 2017 Sustainability Leaders: A GlobeScan/SustainAbility Survey
Uber has fired 20 employees after investigating hundreds of misconduct allegations
Funeral pricing comparison website targeted with legal threats
Why Harvard Business School is under fire
Qantas boss Alan Joyce to press charges against pie-thrower opposed to same-sex marriage
Newsletters
Scholarship and public affairs theory building
The renaissance of the corporate advocacy campaign
Off-course: the baffling case of MH370 and the crisis management that survived it
What position do you find yourself in?
Going the distance - The State of Australian Public Affairs
Where we are, and how we got here: public affairs in Australia
The business case for proactive government relations
Innovation is not a top priority for many corporate public affairs teams
Stakeholder engagement and innovation in the public sector: insights for business
An increasingly important role for Public Affairs in Asia
Strong ties — Corporate community investment weathers the downturn
Social media and the corporation — friend or foe?
Sand in the gears? Issues and challenges in NFP -Corporate partnerships
Now is the time for all good public affairs executives to come to the aid of their companies
