McDougall & Lewis Selected as U.S. Representatives for World PR Forum
Tapped as Featured Speakers at Biennial Event in Toronto in May 2016
ROCHESTER, N.Y., February 26, 2016 -- Two Rochester-area executives have been tapped to represent the United States at the World Public Relations Forum 2016 (WorldPRForum.com), the biennial gathering of the global communications industry's most respected leaders and visionaries.
Mike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSA, president of McDougall Communications, and Aimee J. Lewis, an independent communications and marketing consultant based in Avon, N.Y., will address professional and academic peers from Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas from May 29 – 31 in Toronto. Their discussion focuses on the exploding role of visual communications in a digital-centric society, especially in bridging language divides and cultures.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EYES ON THE PRIZE / WORLD PR FORUM SESSION HIGHLIGHTS (PDF)
Only two other Forum sessions are led by U.S. professionals. Speakers represent a diverse mix of voices from across the public relations spectrum, including executives from GlaxoSmithKline (UK), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Switzerland), Procter & Gamble (UAE), Telnor Group (Norway) and Ketchum (UK).
The World Public Relations Forum 2016 is expected to be one of the year’s largest assemblies of public relations and communications professionals. The Toronto gathering marks the ninth time the event has been held, and the first time it has been hosted in North America. Madrid, Melbourne and Stockholm served as the venues in 2014, 2012 and 2010, respectively.
McDougall has provided communications and public affairs counsel to some of the world’s most prominent organizations. In 2011, he founded McDougall Communications, a reputation and communications management firm serving clients across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. He previously served as global vice president of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs for Bausch & Lomb, and as worldwide director of product and service public relations for Eastman Kodak Company’s consumer digital division.
Lewis has two decades of communications experience working with independent schools, higher education institutions, and other non-profit organizations. She is an independent public relations and marketing consultant for clients in the education, medical and cultural sectors. She held executive leadership roles at the Harley School, where she transformed outreach using innovative, award-winning communications strategies and tactics, and has held positions in media relations, publications management and website development at the University of Rochester, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the University of Tennessee, and Dickinson College.
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Founded in 2011, with offices in Rochester and Indianapolis, McDougall Communications offers strategic public relations, crisis management and reputation management counsel, internal communications development and social media management to a range of organizations from start-ups to some of the world’s best-known national and global brands. The firm maintains active programs in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Mike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSA, president of McDougall Communications, and Aimee J. Lewis, an independent communications and marketing consultant based in Avon, N.Y., will address professional and academic peers from Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas from May 29 – 31 in Toronto. Their discussion focuses on the exploding role of visual communications in a digital-centric society, especially in bridging language divides and cultures.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EYES ON THE PRIZE / WORLD PR FORUM SESSION HIGHLIGHTS (PDF)
Only two other Forum sessions are led by U.S. professionals. Speakers represent a diverse mix of voices from across the public relations spectrum, including executives from GlaxoSmithKline (UK), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Switzerland), Procter & Gamble (UAE), Telnor Group (Norway) and Ketchum (UK).
The World Public Relations Forum 2016 is expected to be one of the year’s largest assemblies of public relations and communications professionals. The Toronto gathering marks the ninth time the event has been held, and the first time it has been hosted in North America. Madrid, Melbourne and Stockholm served as the venues in 2014, 2012 and 2010, respectively.
McDougall has provided communications and public affairs counsel to some of the world’s most prominent organizations. In 2011, he founded McDougall Communications, a reputation and communications management firm serving clients across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. He previously served as global vice president of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs for Bausch & Lomb, and as worldwide director of product and service public relations for Eastman Kodak Company’s consumer digital division.
Lewis has two decades of communications experience working with independent schools, higher education institutions, and other non-profit organizations. She is an independent public relations and marketing consultant for clients in the education, medical and cultural sectors. She held executive leadership roles at the Harley School, where she transformed outreach using innovative, award-winning communications strategies and tactics, and has held positions in media relations, publications management and website development at the University of Rochester, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the University of Tennessee, and Dickinson College.
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Founded in 2011, with offices in Rochester and Indianapolis, McDougall Communications offers strategic public relations, crisis management and reputation management counsel, internal communications development and social media management to a range of organizations from start-ups to some of the world’s best-known national and global brands. The firm maintains active programs in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.