PR-e-Sense
PR-e-Sense, India's first corporate ezine, is published by Prime Point Foundation
Background
An Ezine is a periodic publication distributed by email or posted on a website. Ezines are typically tightly focused on a subject area. The Inaugural issue of PR-e-Sense was launched during March 2006 by Dr Y S Rajan, Principal adviser to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and an eminent Indian scientist.
PR-e-Sense is a monthly corporate ezine (e-Magazine) published on the last day of every month, focussing on one unique corporate theme every month. Every issue is Guest Edited by one eminent person having expertise in the 'theme of the month'. Every issue carries Guest Editorial, InterViews from eminent people and few other expert views on the related theme. The lead article / interview is integrated with podcast in every issue.
All the issues of Ezine are in pdf format with less than 500k in file size.
Editorial board
K. Srinivasan, founder and chairman of Prime Point Foundation and a senior communication professional, is the Editor-in-Chief of this ezine. He is supported by a voluntary team of communication professionals across the globe.
Few important themes covered
- April 2009 - Computer vulnerabilities and protecting your computers
- March 2009 - Celebrate Democracy - Vote India
- Dec 2008 - Cartoon is a Global language
- October 2008 - Cyber crimes, cyber security and protecting your computers
- August 2008 - Challenges faced by working women
- July 2008 - Proceedings from 5th World PR Conference, London
- June 2008 - International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
- May 2008 - PR online resources
- Apr 2008 - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Mar 2008 - Chartered Institute of Public Relations, London @ 60
- Feb 2008 - Change
- Oct 2007 - Marketing Communication
- Aug 2007 - Public Relations 2.0 (PR 2.0)
- Feb 2007 - Power of Wikis
- Dec 2006 - HR Branding
- Oct 2006 - Corporate Press Releases
- June 2006 - Internal Communication
- April 2006 - Corporate governance and communication
Guest editors and contributors
- S. K. Kharventhan, Member of Lok Sabha
- Triambak Sharma, Editor, Cartoon Watch
- Michael G. Cherenson, APR, 2009 Chair & CEO, Public Relations Society of America
- N. Vittal, Former Central Vigilance Commissioner of India, Central Vigilance Commission
- Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India
- Dr Y S Rajan, Principal Advisor to Confederation of Indian Industry
- T S Krishna Murthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Jimmy Wales, co-founder, Wikipedia
- Mr Kishore Chaukar, Managing Director, Tata Industries Limited
- Mr Colin Farrington, Director General, CIPR, London
- Mr Todd Hattori, Chair (2007-08), IABC, USA
- Mr Yogesh Joshi, President, Association of Business Communicators of India
- Ms K. Bhavani, President, Institute of Public Relations, Singapore
Awards and honours
- Golden Award from Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI)
- Communicator of the Year Award from Public Relations Council of India (PRCI)
- Media Partner for 5th World PR Conference held at London during June 2008
- Media Partner for International PR Conference to be held at Detroit (USA) in Oct 2008 by PRSA