formerly known as worldcom see mci inc. this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message worldcom public relations group industry public relations headquarters new york city key people matt kucharski chair website http www.worldcomgroup.com worldcom public relations group is an international network of independently owned public relations firms with 112 integrated communications agencies in 35 countries . 1 2 3 the group was established in 1988 4 to allow independent firms to serve national and multi national clients while maintaining the service characteristic of independent agencies . partner agencies must pass worldcom benchmarks in areas including client services financial operations business and human resource management and partnership cooperation . 5 co operation between partners is fostered by the exchange of knowledge and experience at meetings on international and regional level . the group is governed by an elected board of directors and three regional boards with the support of a chief operating officer . the network also conducts continuing education for partner firms through web conferencing and its worldcom university workshops . in 2002 worldcom pr group was often mistaken for the mci worldcom telecom company that filed chapter 11 bankruptcy . principals which of the network of independent pr firms maintained that the incident was inconvenient but that they would not change the name of their group . citation needed references edit http www.ameinfo.com 135013.html http www.allbusiness.com services business services 4331777 1.html dead link http www.marketingservicestalk.com news kes kes100.html archived september 6 2008 at the wayback machine . http www.nytimes.com 1988 08 03 business the media business advertising public relations firms join new joint venture.html n top reference times % 20topics people d dougherty % 20philip % 20h . http finance.yahoo.com news the pollack pr marketing prnews 15274378.html dead link external links edit worldcom home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title worldcom pr group & oldid 737884181 categories public relations companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2013articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from april 2013all articles needing additional referencesall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from april 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 16 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view