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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
Melbourne
2018 Corporate Public Affairs Professional Development Institute
The Institute is one of the world's best public affairs professional development programs, taught by an international Faculty and a Guest Faculty of senior public affairs practitioners.
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Melbourne
2018 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
Incoming Chair of AMP David Murray AO, will deliver the 2018 Corporate Public Affairs Oration What’s gone off the rails in corporate governance in Australia? And how do we fix it?
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Sydney
Best practice in developing the corporate narrative, and the art of corporate storytelling
This module will examine capabilities and tools used in best practice corporations to develop, deliver and steward a company's narrative
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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
The Centre’s new professional award and recognition framework
The Centre’s Top Five public affairs predictions for 2018
Basic reputation hygiene nose-dives at United Airlines
The Centre's Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs in 2017
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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:
As the shaky US-North Korea summit is set to begin, the parties must search for common interest
Italy’s new government wants to deport 500,000 people
There's One Thing Uber Hasn't Disrupted: Work.
Robots creating a wages and employment 'death spiral' warns IMF
Smart traffic lights which always turn green to be trialled on Britain's roads
Netflix partners with Barack and Michelle Obama to produce 'inspiring' films and TV shows
That summer food stand job is no longer just for teenagers
A new policy at Starbucks: people can sit without buying anything
Women are less likely to be replaced by robots and might even benefit from automation
Facebook disabled 583 million fake accounts and millions of spam, sex and hate speech posts
Newsletters
Fake News: all the news that’s unfit to print
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
