Programs

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Upcoming 2009 Programs

July 15 (Wed) - Building Killer Committees and Teams. What do you do really well? Too often people don't recognize their talents as committee members and sometimes they do not even know their own talents. Professional speaker Phil Bruno will help demystify the team process, help you discover what you do best in a team atmosphere and help you learn to recognize and value the talents other bring to a group process. Click on the title for more info and to register.

Aug 19 (Wed) - "Overcoming Business Blogging Challenges." Do you have a colleague or client who yearns to be a blogger, but needs a lesson in what it really takes to keep the blog healthy and successful? Join Standing Partnership VP Amber Morris and Maritz Director of Public Relations Jennifer Larsen as they share insights and best practices for overcoming corporate blogging pitfalls in a review of MaritzHealthBlog.com.

Sept 16 (Wed) - "News Coverage on the Go - the New News." Jim Spencer, founder of Newsy, tells about launching his $2 million start-up that provides multi-perspective news coverage delivered through mobile devices.

Oct 21 (Wed) -
Nov 13 or 20 - TBA (Fri)
Dec 16 (Wed)

Jim Spencer	Phil Bruno	Doug Terfehr	David Johnson	Josh Hogan	Jeffrey Black	Tim Marklein	May Wu	Ron Actis	Chuck Reitter

Completed 2009 Programs

June 17 - Doug Terfehr, Fleishman-Hillard St. Louis senior VP, shared best practices and breakthrough PR campaigns from Silver Anvil winner Papa John's Pizza. To view his presentation go to this Media Watch site and double click on the TV screen.

May 19 - "Integrating Digital Media Effectively." Coolfire Media's David Johnson and Josh Hogan demonstrated how PR pros can capitalize on new trends in digital video and the right way and wrong way to execute digital media campaigns. See examples and new media links in Coolfire Media 09 (a PPT).

May 15 - SPECIAL Half-day Seminar - "Jeffrey Black", noted media trainer, led a half-day morning seminar on "Executive Media Training," to nearly 40 area PR professionals at Webster University. Focus was on being prepared to get your message across any time - good or bad - when media come calling. Several video samples were shared on people missing their opportunity and the resulting perceptions left with viewers. For some photos and links to others see 2009 eNews Vol. III.

April 15 - "Measurement in a Difficult Economy." Tim Marklein, executive vice president, Weber Shandwick shared best practices and new ideas that will improve the value, focus and precision of communications and help measure ROI across online and offline PR campaigns before a crowd of 115 PR professionals and students from area colleges. Check out his bio for a copy (PDF) of his presentation and key links to measurement sources and tracking tools. Sponsored by Media Watch.

March 19 - Our Multi-Culture Media. Do we miss the boat locally by not understanding or addressing non-English or bilingual media? Aida Fuentes, El Mundo Latino; May Wu, Chinese American Press; and Ertana Dzidzovic, SabaH, shered information about their publications and tips for pitching stories to non-traditional media. Video recap.

Feb. 18 - Do you tend to avoid financial information because you are intimidated by numbers when planning your PR activities and justifying programs before executives? You don't have to be. Chuck Reitter, director, Unison Consulting, encouraged practitioners not to run from numbers but rather embrace them in "I Hate Algebra."

Jan. 22 - Our annual joint luncheon program with Community Service Public Relations Council (CSPRC) and the St. Louis Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) drew 207 to hear Ron Actis address "PR's New Paradigm: Synchronous Communications Management." Actis' planning process became the worldwide communications model at General Motors and the topic of his latest book.

See Speakers for previous years' presenters and some of their presentations. Our October, November and December 2008 programs were preserved for viewing.

Have a program idea? Share it with as at programs@prsastlouis.org. For a program or activity for those newest in the field send your inquiry to youngpros@prsastlouis.org