World Mental Health Day is celebrated annually on October 10, under the responsibility of the World Health Organization. In anticipation, the Global Alliance ran in September, the first truly global Health & Wellbeing Month through a social media campaign aimed at increasing awareness to the theme, this year even more prominent by the issues associated with COVID-19.

The last few months have been challenging for us all. We’ve had to come to terms with a disease that has devastated families and communities. At the same time, changes at work have meant that public relations and communication has been put front and centre of the agenda for many organisations. How can the relationships with those who really matter be maintained when face to face is impossible? Who needs to be prioritised when everyone is a priority?

The Universidad San Martin de Porres (Peru) hosts a webinar on Virtual education and student’s mental health: study tips to improve our learning. As part of the webinar cycle “Social Harmony”, launched by the Sustainability Office, the webinar will be discussing about the new educational skills that are required in this virtual education era, such as autonomous learning and time management, in order to prevent anxiety and stress crisis in students.

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations hosts a 2-day webinar as a unique contribution to the health and Well-being Month promoted by the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management on September 19th & 20th from 19:30 – 21:00 WAT- West Africa Time (Nigeria). The webinar includes varied and vibrant ideas from a special breed of PR practitioners and Communicators from Africa whose training, work exposure and professional career combine health care and communication.

The Global Alliance launches the first ever global Health & Wellbeing month this September 2020. The impacts of the pandemic have changed social interaction between people all over the world and it is important to maintain a good mindset and behavioral balance of the physical, emotional or psychological, social, spiritual, intellectual and economic dimensions.

In June and July, the Global Alliance ran the first truly global Diversity & Inclusion Month. The social media campaign aimed at increasing awareness and change around disparities between genders, ethnicities, sexual orientation and more in both the workplace and society at large.

Silvia Arto converses with Carola Salvato on the issues of Diversity & Inclusion in the world of communication and public relations, but not only ...
International Ferpi Talks returns on July 29 from 18.00 to 18.45 (CEST) with an episode on one of the most debated topics at an international level. Global Alliance for PR & Communication Management announced the month of Diversity & Inclusion in June and July.

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management will extend its Diversity and Inclusion Month into July in the interest of continuing an important and timely conversation. This decision follows on from the pivotal events in June that have united people around the globe, and demonstrated the importance of communicating the impacts of these events to society, to business and to government.

China’s Opening and Reform brought many opportunities and challenges for many industries. The public relations industry has also entered China with this trend, and it rooted and sprouted in this soil with the unique culture of China and has gradually grown and matured.

Following the phenomenal success of a series of initiatives held by Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management supporting our global profession during Covid-19, we take the opportunity to announce the Mental Health & Wellbeing Month this September 2020. Starting past February with Global Ethics Month that advocated to raise the awareness of ethics in business, March and April with Global Education & Training Month that turned out to be the only Public Relations Association that offered more than 50 free webinars to the global PR Community.