Jackie Brock-Doyle, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games (LOCOG), is to speak at the European Summit on Measurement in Dublin in June. She will present to the three day event just 43 days before the Games begin on 27 July, bringing 15,000 athletes from more than 200 countries to the United Kingdom [...]

Each year at the European Summit AMEC establishes a strategic framework to drive forward new thinking on communications research and measurement. In a flagship session at the Dublin Summit, we will be revisiting the Barcelona Principles to debate and propose a major plan to finally embed the importance of communications research and measurement within corporate communications [...]

“The Future of the Media” is a 2-hour Debate held on our Workshop Day led by Jeremy Thompson, Managing Director of the Gorkana Group and Chair of AMEC’s Content Committee [...]

The AMEC Summit in Barcelona kicked off the debate with the declaration in the Barcelona Principles that “Social media can and should be measured.” Following work at the 1st Asia Pacific Summit in Hong Kong, in Dublin, a special session will aim to agree a framework for global standards in social media measurement [...]

Our Workshop Day programme has a full schedule of 8 workshops featuring international speakers and tailored to subjects requested in pre Summit research. We have separately announced the panel line-up for “The Future of the Media” workshop. Wherever possible workshops have been designed in line with what AMEC members said they wanted to see in Dublin [...]

Marion McDonald, Managing Director, Strategy & Measurement for Asia Pacific at Ogilvy Public Relations, has become Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Chapter of the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) [...]

NEWBASE liked the AMEC Asia Pac Summit experience so much it decided to exhibit at Dublin Summit, proving that companies come to AMEC events because they provide great business networking events [...]

The Knowledge Share Site is gaining momentum as we gradually build up the Champions Group’s commitment to generating knowledge and communication amongst members. We are encouraging everyone involved to promote the Knowledge Share Site by providing new thinking and ‘buzz’ around our sector.

See slider story on the home page for the companies who have made the AMEC Awards shortlist! [...]

Details of the 8 sessions in our Workshop Day programme (day 1 of the Full Summit) have been published on the European Summit website. The workshops are led by international speakers with the emphasis on practical, “how to” approaches. A further a breakfast workshop planned on the Thursday of the Summit. A conference to action [...]

Our Workshop Day programme has already been published for the European Summit in Dublin with a full schedule of 8 workshops featuring international speakers. The programme includes workshops specially requested in pre Summit research. News is coming soon about an exciting panel for a “Future of the Media” session. [...]

What has been hailed as “a major step forward” in the development of new global standards to measure the effectiveness of social media was taken at the inaugural Asia Pacific Summit on Measurement in Hong Kong. Delegates voted to approve a series of principles which will now go forward for further worldwide discussion.[...]

We have already registered a strong response rate for the main financial benchmarking study in this year’s International Business Monitor – but we can do better. Please read on. [...]

At its European Summit in Portugal last year AMEC made a commitment to professional education as part of the Lisbon Agenda 2020 strategic plan. We have now contacted a number of international public relations member bodies to help identify the key measurement competencies that should be an essential part of a) a PR professional’s skillset; or b) the competencies for a research and measurement company professional [...]

A special speaker at the 1st AMEC APAC Summit was Mr. Dali Zhao, Executive Vice President & Secretary-General, of the China International Public Relations Association. In an exciting development, Mr Zhao extended a formal invitation to AMEC to run an Asia Summit in Beijing with CIPRA’s full support [...]

AMEC members are invited to attend a one day event held in Brussels on May 10th on broadcast media at a special conference rate [...]

AMEC’s inaugural Asia Pacific Summit reached agreement on 12 key competencies that would give the communications professional a good understanding of communications research and measurement techniques.

What has been hailed as “a major step forward” in the development of new global standards to measure the effectiveness of social media was taken at the inaugural Asia Pacific Summit on Measurement [...]

Today….the European Summit in Dublin from 13-15th June takes a step nearer, with the launch of the Summit registration website, letting you book your EarlyBird registration at AMEC member prices and accommodation at our Summit Hotel, again at a special rate [...]

AMEC has led the media intelligence market for four years with the International Business Monitor benchmarking study. This year it has expanded to provide valuable intelligence for all members. Kantar Media: National Partner [..]

AMEC has appointed the PR Academy as it new AMEC College partner as part of its plan to take its AMEC online College international.

Look out for the AMEC Awards shortlist to be published on the AMEC website w/c Monday 26th March, 2012. We are already taking bookings for the Awards event, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the European Summit, at a special Awards and Summit Dinner on Thursday 15th June. Special discounts are available to encourage companies to bring members of shortlisted teams to Dublin just to attend the Awards event. [...]

A long-running legal case between the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) and Meltwater over licensing for newspaper web content ended this week [...]

It’s the conference Asia has been waiting for with a speaker programme that has got stronger and stronger! The latest speaker to confirm is Sam Flemming, founder and Chairman of CIC, and has been an important figure in China’s digital (r)evolution for over 15 years. [...]