In a speech before the International Public Relations Association 2008 World Congress in Beijing, Ketchum Senior Partner and CEO Ray Kotcher discusses how the rules of competition and communication are changing rapidly in a way that every company needs to pay attention to, if it is to stay around in today’s global marketplace.

The Council of Public Relations Firms has announced the election of Ketchum Senior Partner and CEO Ray Kotcher to a second one-year term as the Council's chair.

Ketchum’s Rob Flaherty, Nick Ragone and Chris Kooluris will discuss how companies can engage enthusiast groups on their terms -- viewing the world through their eyes, not the brand's perspective -- at PRWeek's Next Conference in New York City.

The Washington Group, a Ketchum company, has announced that it will merge with Clark & Weinstock, which along with The Washington Group is an Omnicom Group-owned government relations and lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C.

Ketchum has acquired San Francisco-based Access Communications, a firm known for its high-technology and consumer-technology work, in a move intended to strengthen Ketchum’s Global Technology Practice and further its client work in the consumer-technology segment.

PR News elected Ketchum Partner and Midwest Managing Director Ron Culp to its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington on Nov. 6.

The Public Relations Consultants Association named Rod Cartwright, Managing Director of Public Affairs at Ketchum’s London office, Personality of the Year at its annual ceremony.

In the newest issue of Perspectives, Ketchum leaders and other marketing and research experts look at the latest technologies and techniques that are enabling communicators to better break through today's "wall of noise."