Global PR Week was, to me, quite stunning to watch. Trevor Cook conceived, organized and led this event in a very professional manner.

There were postings on Corporate Blogging, Crisis Management and the State of PR.

Really good stuff from a variety of angles, including posts by “non PR folk” like Trudy Schuett and Wayne Hurlbert.

For a directory of the bloggers involved (and a listing of their posts) view the blogroll.

PRWeek did an interview with the organizers and a couple of participants which really shows where this is coming from and the impact they believe this will have:

Trevor Cook: I think blogging has enormous potential to help PR people discuss some big issues facing our profession: Where do blogs fit in and the whole question of ‘spin’ and the public reaction against it? A blog conference is the cheapest and easiest way for people to participate on a global scale.

Cook: I don’t know if we will have reached too many people who are still skeptical about blogs, but the site will stay up and I think it will be a great resource for anyone coming online.
Basturea: I think it’s important to notice that we had about 1,000 visitors a day, and, from watching the statistics, it’s clear that people coming from diverse organizations, including PR agencies, but also from government, non-profit orgs and corporations.
Rubel: I received several e-mails from agencies this week that are beginning to talk to clients about blogs because of what they heard about this event. They were asking for guidance and links.
Ochman: Me too.

Overall the event was very well done, and the hope of all the participants is that it will be a well of knowledge at least until next year’s event.

Congrats all!