2010 Vol. II
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1.) Registrations
due for Friday's PRSA Luncheon "A Tale of
Two Sides - The
Future of
PR"
With Gary
McCormick new PRSA National CEO/Chair |
If you have
not done so already, please make your reservation by noon
Wednesday to be assured a seat at our PRSA-St. Louis monthly
luncheon, this Friday, Feb. 19 at Maryville University in west St. Louis
County.
Gary McCormick, APR,
Fellow PRSA and PRSA National's new CEO/Chair, will speak on the state
of the union of our profession and how current and new public relations
practitioners can still get a place at the table, in a less than
favorable economy. When he is not
traveling around the country speaking to PRSA chapters, McCormick serves as director, partnership
development for HGTV, Scripts Network, Knoxville, Tenn.
At Maryville, our presenter will combine two interests - the
professionals in the field, and the inquiring college student preparing
for a career in PR - as he addresses a crowd of area professionals and
more than 60 students from nearly a dozen area universities and
colleges. It's the annual Pro-Am Day, sponsored by PRSA St. Louis and
hosted by Maryville University and the PRSSA Chapter of Southeast
Missouri State University.
The February luncheon is sponsored by Burrelles/Luce. Click
on their logo and visit their Web site.
(L-R) PRSA- luncheon speaker Gary McCormick and 2010 Pro-Am
Day co-chairs, Barb DeSanto, Maryville University, and Susan Gonders,
Southeast Missouri State University.
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2) Not A Member? Join in February 2010 and save $65
Once a year PRSA National makes an offer you just can't refuse. If you are not a member, you can have the $65 initiation fee for full-time membership waved. It's that simple. Visit
PRSA.org and spark your career and get on the inside track to a bright future. See National's latest membership special and how it works best for you. If you are new to PR you may also qualify for other discounts.
Benefits of being a PRSA Member
- Member discounts to chapter meetings and events as well as national seminars, conferences, and awards programs.
- Free use of the PRSA St. Louis Job Bank along with PRSA national career resources
- Free use of the PRSA Professional Resource Center
- Award-winning, informative professional pubs Public Relations Tactics and The Strategist
- Great networking opps and much more.
Not sure if you can join but would like to know more about our programs and people? Then sign up for a luncheon or two. Visit as much as you like. But you won't find a better price break this year then right now.
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3) Membership Update
a) Say Hello to these New or Reinstated PRSA Members
- Patricia K. Beck, Commun Dir, National Children's Cancer Society
- Dawn DeBlaze, DeBlaze & Associates
- Beth Felice, Dir of Commun, Diocese of Mo, Offices of the Bishop
- Randy Jones, Director, PR, Joyce Meyer Minstries, Inc.
- Kellie Sheehan Pellechia, VP, Bliss PR
- James Thomas, Graduate Student
b) And Welcome Back These Renewals - James Altemus, APR
- Wm. Anderson, APR, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
- James Braibish, APR, Braibish Communications
- Debra Carpenter, Webster University
- Sonia Coleman, Coleman Unlimited
- Tamara Craig Schilling, Monsanto
- Mike Drohlich, Drohlich Associates, Inc.
- Cathy Dunkin, APR, Standing Patnership, Inc.
- Melanie fahrner, Coventry Health Care/GHP
- Pat Feeney, APR, Executie Expression, Inc.
- Angela Fletcher-Mabry, METRO
- Sarah Guckes, Transworld Systems, Inc.
- Trudy Hamilton, Ascenson Health
- Toni Hatch, Vatterott Educational Centers, Inc.
- Jim Heine, Editorial Solutions
- Arthur Hoffman, Hoffman Creative, Inc.
- Valerie Hughes, APR, USPS
- Charlene Johnson, BKD, LLP
- Heather Kemper, Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
- Cathy Levendoski, Constant Communications
- Jessica Martin, APR, Washington University
- Beth Minnigerode, Standing Partnership
- Brenda Murphy-Niederkorn, Murphy Communications
- Jennifer Petroff, Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.
- Rebecca Ray, Allsup, Inc.
- Victoria Stamps, APR, Stamps Communications
- Julia Steininger, Standing Partnership
- Donna Vandiver, The Vandiver Group
- Loren Wassel
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| 4) January Co-Op Leadership |  |
 (L-R) CSPRC rep Janet Vigen Levy;
Gagen MacDonald's Sherry Scott and Maril MacDonald; IABC-St. Louis rep
Rhonda Sciarra, and PRSA-St. Louis rep Les Landes. To download a recap
of "Becoming an Architect for Change" visit our Programs
Page and scroll down to the Jan. 19 listing. |
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5) Future Programs
Mark your calendars for these future PRSA-St. Louis luncheons and visit our Programs Page for more details.
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6) What Others Are Doing