The widespread availability of generative AI models such as GPT-4 presents significant ethical challenges for public relations and communication professionals. This session addresses the challenges and looks at how we can steer an ethical course in turbulent times - and make sure our organisations don’t get lost along the way.
Cyber threats are a high priority on all board risk radars today. But what actually happens if your organisation is in the firing line? And how can the communication function contribute to best practice cyber risk management? In this session, Brendon and Campbell will share their insights from being on the front lines of New Zealand cyber threats in recent years. This session is for senior leaders in consultancies who are interested in managing their own business risks, and/or leaders of communications functions in organisations that need to prepare for cyber risk.
The world of digital has completely changed the PR/Communications game in recent years. Audiences are more reliant on digital than ever before and are now using multiple devices and channels to get information about brands and who to trust. Add to that the AI revolution and the only thing that is constant is change. This course is for PR and Communications professionals (both in-house and agency) who are serious about stepping up their PR game.
Working closely with Māori is critical for Government – to get outcomes for both Māori and the Crown. Through that, ensuring Treaty obligations are honoured. But even if you don’t work for the Crown, understanding the fundamentals of partnering with Māori to lift wellbeing is vital to operating effectively in Aotearoa. Join kaimahi from Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Justice | Te Tāhū o te Ture at this special breakfast event to learn about the fundamentals of engaging with Māori, through a Crown lens.
Join us for the first Taranaki PR and comms networking event. Local comms practitioners will take us through their winning entries in this year’s PRINZ Awards There’s a chance to meet PRINZ CEO Susanne Martin and hear about the role of the institute – as well as network, korero and gather for refreshments. Kindly sponsored by Powerco.
The workplace is dead. Long live the workplace. The tectonic plates of COVID19, automation and artificial intelligence have collided and changed the workplace for good. This session looks at the emerging approaches, trends and technologies reshaping internal communication and considers future best practice as organisational landscapes reform.
Calling all Auckland-based PRs – this is a great chance to catch up with your peers informally over a drink, to talk all things PR or otherwise. If you’re not a PRINZ member and want to find out more about the benefits of joining, there’ll be members of the northern committee around to ask any questions, so feel free to pop down … just look for the table of the smartest people in the room! Look forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP to ensure we book sufficient space
Join us for a celebration of our local PRINZ Award Winners and APR graduates at Robert Walters' stunning offices with a beautiful harbour view. There will be networking with drinks and nibbles followed by presentations from several winners about their outstanding campaigns
Come and enjoy delicious breakfast bagels and hear political guru Barry Soper talk about his long and remarkable career as a political journalist plus his prediction for the pending election. Google's amazing Head Office is the perfect venue. Barry will delight with fantastic insider anecdotes about working with 11 Prime Ministers as this country’s longest serving political journalist, including a three term stint as chair of the press gallery. Fresh bagels, with an assortment of toppings, plus tea and coffee all part of the ticket price. A perfect opportunity to meet Barry and other politically curious PR professionals. The location is Google Wynyard Central, 10 Madden St. Plenty of parking. See you there and feel free to bring a friend!
Join us for another Friday Members Only learning lunch. In this online symposium we are delighted to host Kate Hannah from The Disinformation Project to gain an insight into how mis- and disinformation operate, how they interact with existing inequities and information voids, and the ways in which the compelling nature of some of the most popular disinformation narratives presents critical challenges for Aotearoa New Zealand and the international landscape. In particular, how this impacts our roles as PR and communications ethical practitioners.
Waikato PRINZ members, PR, marketing and communications professionals, and students are invited to our next networking breakfast at The Pā, the new architecturally designed facility on the University of Waikato’s Hamilton campus. We are very excited to be partnering with MCSA – the Management Communication Student Association at the university – for this networking event.
Does pitching to media fill you with fear? Come along and hear tips and tricks to get your pitch across the line – straight from two of Canterbury’s chief reporters, Claire Sherwood (NZME, Newstalk ZB) and Blair Norton (TVNZ)