Fred
Cook
Fred
Cook
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Fred Cook has worked at Golin for over 30 years, during which he has had the privilege to work with a variety of high-profile CEOs, including Herb Kelleher, Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. He has also managed a wide variety of clients, including Nintendo, Toyota and Disney. In 2014, Cook published Improvise: Unconventional Career Advice from an Unlikely CEO, which shares the wisdom he gained as a cabin boy on a Norwegian tanker, doorman at a 5-star hotel and chauffeur for drunks. In 2015, after speaking on college campuses around the world, Fred accepted an additional position with the University of Southern California as the director of the USC Center for Public Relations at USC Annenberg, whose mission is to shape the future of public relations and those who will lead it — through research, education and thought leadership.
Awards and Honors:
Silver Anvil, PRSA
Professional of the Year, PR Week
Lifetime Achievement Award, Holmes Report
50 Most Powerful People in PR, PR Week
Gold Anvil, PRSA
Articles
“Global Communication Report: Politics and Purpose,” author (2021)
“Global Communication Report: New Activism,” author (2020)
“Global Communication Report: PR: Tech, The Future of Technology in Communication,” author (2019)
“Global Communication Report: The Evolution of Ethics,” author (2018)
Books
Improvise: Unconventional Career Advice from an Unlikely CEO, author (2014)
Reports
The Relevance Report 2021, editor (2020)
The Relevance Report 2020, editor (2019)
The Relevance Report 2019, editor (2018)
Media Coverage
Fall 2021
PR 250: Strategic Public Relations: An Introduction
PR 490: Directed Research
PR 537: Public Relations and Branding
PR 590: Directed Research