PRWeek TV: CIPR move to educate youngsters given thumbs up
01 Mar 2013 | by John Owens
In this week's podcast we discuss the CIPR's initiative to boost schoolchildren's awareness of what public relations is with a CIPR 'missionary' and a PR student.
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In this week's podcast we discuss the CIPR's initiative to boost schoolchildren's awareness of what public relations is with a CIPR 'missionary' and a PR student.
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