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Community Relations

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Strategic Public Relations

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I start with two statements which the Institute of Public Relations Board of Management has decided will supplement its long-standing definition of public relations:

Public relations is about reputation — the effect of what you do, what you say and what others say about you.

Public Relations Practice is the discipline that looks after reputation — with the aim of earning understanding and support, and influencing opinion and behaviour.

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Norman A. Hart MSc, FCIM, FCAM, FIPR (Managing Director of Norman Hart Associates)

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© 1995 Norman A. Hart

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Newman, W. (1995). Community Relations. In: Hart, N.A. (eds) Strategic Public Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13481-6_6

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