Programs

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^{Unless noted luncheon sign-in and networking begin at 11:30 a.m. Lunch at noon. Presenter 12:30-1:15 p.m. Lunches are held at Ces & Judy's, 10405 Clayton Road, Frontenac, Mo.63131, across the street from Plaza Frontenac in Le Chateau Village, just west of Lindbergh Road. Get directions here.}

2009 Programs

Jan. 22 (Thurs) - "PR's New Paradigm: Synchronous Communications Management." Our annual joint luncheon program with CSPRC and IABC at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza. Our speaker is Ronald G. Actis. His planning process became the worldwide communications model at General Motors and the topic of his new book. Go here for details and to register.

2008 Programs

Dec. 17 - Kathryn Cramer, Ph.D., helped us take a new look at 2009 and especially where we see ourselves going with "Change the Way You See Everything" but most of all yourself. Sharing the aspects of "Asset-Based Thinking," she challenged participants to annouce to another what they excited about in the coming year, how they planned to get there and what they would do if they were in charge. See Kathy Cramer. For a Media Watch copy of her presentation go here.

Recent Programs

Nov. 7 -Is there any room for good news? A panel of area business editors/reporters: Chris Boyce, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Joe Dwyer, St. Louis Business Journal; Sean McLaughlin, KMOV-TV (CBS-4) and Jim Salter, the Associated Press, addressed this question and others. Moderated by John Boul, global director of media relations for Edward Jones. Pro-Am Day luncheon at Saint Louis University. Go here to view the panel discussion, courtesy of Media Watch.

(L to R) - Al Wiman, former Missouri Governor Bob Holden, Larry Baden and Christine McCarty discuss the 2008 election campaign and the presence and absence of good ethics. Also participating in the October program were Jeff Rainford and Gary Ford, narrator.	More than 200 PRSA-St.Louis members, friends, and students, most of whom were present for the 2008 Pro-Am Day, our November luncheon. At the far end of the room is the panel of business-focused editors with moderator John Boul (at podium).

Oct. 15 - Bob Holden, former Missouri governor; Jeff Rainford, former chief of staff of the St. Louis City Mayor's office and his re-election campaigner; former St. Louis TV news reporter and media consultant Al Wiman; former U.S. congressional media relations representative Christine McCarty, and Webster University professor of ethics and former journalist Larry Baden took a hard look at the effects of the current presidential campaign, ethical behavior, negative approaches and how it often backfires in "Ethical or Not." Gary Ford, Webster University professor and Chapter Ethics Officer served as moderator. If you attended or had to miss, it's all recorded (streaming video) for your viewing courtesy of Media Watch (just double click on the screen so start viewing).

Sept. 18 - Kathie Thomas, Fleishman Hilliard put on her work belt and pulled out all of the tricks out of her toolbox for Think with Innovation: Be Ahead of the Trends (encore presentation of the workshop she did at the PRSA International Conference). Sponsored by Cision.

Aug. 20 - Dale Furtwengler addressed "7 Steps to Becoming INVALUABLE." He looked at a key to becoming a go-to person as developing the skill of counter-intuitive thinking and looking at things contrary to what our human nature normally suggests. Check out his link for a recap and blog.

July 16 - "Helping Americans Save Billions With Generic Medications." Steve Littlejohn, VP of Public Affairs, Express Scripts, Inc. explored the path and choices made by his department in preparing the various publics - employers and employees for a major switch in their health care plans.

June 18 - "Getting Credit for the Good You Do," Community Relations. Panelists Ed Bryant, Associate Director Science Policy & Public Affairs, Pfizr Inc.; June Fowler, VP, Corporate Communications, BJC HealthCare; Kelly Malone, Communications and Events Manager, CitiMortgage; Maria Palumbo, Worldwide Communications Director, MasterCard Worldwide, and moderator Sheldon Ripson, News Director, KPLR-TV. For references to our panel go here.

May 21 - Leslie Gaines-Ross, Weber Shandwick, New York, shared how recent corporate crises show that a company's reputation can be destroyed in seconds and what is involved in "Reputation Mangement - Safeguarding and Recovering Reputation." Gaines-Ross offers 12 steps to recover tarnished reputations and to move on with growth and prosperity. Sponsored by PR Newswire.

April 16 - Steve Bast, Nucleus Marketing Lab, Phoenix, Ariz. helped us look at a key element of any PR plan, making it easy to use reasearch to ignite PR programs, in "Look Before You Leap." He pointed out the need to define audiences, issues, the format of research one uses and techniques - simplifying and demistifying the process.

March 19 - Go to State of the Profession - Recap, the presentation by Monsanto's Glynn Young, APR, PRSA Fellow. You'll find a list of blogs and you can download Young's presentation (pdf).

Feb. 22 - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER. Pro-Am Day, Saint Louis University. Luncheon program rescheduled for March 19.

Jan. 17 - "Communications and Web 2.0: 2008 Trends and Forecasts." A panel discussion with Jay Byrne, v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations; Kate Kromann, United Way of Greater St. Louis, and Brian Powell, Widget Realm. Joint meeting with St. Louis Chapter of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and Community Services Public Relations Council (CSPRC) at the Crowne Plaza Clayton. See Communications & Web 2.0 Panelists" for contacts. Sponsored by Burrelle's/Luce and Marketwire.

See Speakers for previous years' presenters and some of their presentations.

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