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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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Melbourne
2019 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
2019 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
Alison Watkins, Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil, will deliver the Centre’s 2019 Oration In an age of high distrust in corporations, what is the social contract that corporations need to forge with the community?
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Melbourne
Corporate Public Affairs Leadership in the 21st Century
A four-day intensive executive education program for emerging corporate public affairs leaders - the next step for graduates of the Centre’s Institute program, and/or for public affairs practitioners who aspire to be leaders in the function
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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...
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Key Insights: Trends and Developments in Leadership Communications
What can we learn from Boeing’s crisis response?
The Centre’s top five predictions for 2019
The Centre’s new professional award and recognition framework
The Centre’s Top Five public affairs predictions for 2018
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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:
Social media are ruining political discourse
Europe sets strict conditions for return of 737 Max
Future-proof your climate strategy
Virgin Australia cuts 737 Max 8 order
Regulators around the world are circling Facebook
Google 'retaliating against harassment protest organisers'
Burger King pulls 'racist' chopsticks ad after outcry in China
Britain proposes broad new powers to regulate internet content
As Boeing confronted a swelling crisis, it had little to say
EU decides against bloc-wide ban of Huawei in defiance of US
Newsletters
In search of the Holy Grail of trust
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
