Keith Burton

Institute For Public Relations is a non-profit organization which researches in, on, and for public relations. It focuses on research that matters to the practice, providing insights, and applied intelligence that professionals can put to immediate use. It offers behavioral insights research center, digital media research center, issues management, crisis management and communications, and employee communications. The organization was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Gainesville, FL.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

GOLIN operates as a public relations agency. It specializes in consumer marketing, corporate communications, crisis communications, internal communications, public affairs, and multicultural marketing. The company was founded by Alvin L. Golin in 1956 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.