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Dates to
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Sept. 5
Chapter Meeting - 10 Things you Must
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Oct. 3
Professional Development Workshop
Nov. 7
Into the Wild annual
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September Chapter
Meeting
10 Things You
Must Know
Have you ever wondered
whether the skill sets you have are transferrable to
other industries? Have you wondered what your colleagues
in other industries do to pitch stories to the national
media, handle crisis communications, or what activities
comprise their day-to-day work schedules?
If you're a young
professional hoping to break into the field in a
specific industry, or a veteran PR pro hoping to apply
your skills in a new area, the September program is for
you. "10 Things You Must Know" will feature a panel
presentation of PR professionals from various industries
discussing PR in their fields. It will provide
valuable information that may help you advance your
career to the next step.
Panelists:
Chuck
Applebach
Media and Communications
Manager, City of Virginia Beach
Sharon Riddick
Hoggard
Acting Executive Director for
Communications, Norfolk State
University
Felicia Blow, APR
Director of Communications,
SPSA
Frank S.
Brown
AVP Corporate Communications,
Norfolk Southern
Chris
Mordi
PR Account Group Co-Director,
BCF
Wednesday, September 5,
2007Holiday Inn Select, Norfolk
Airport 1570 N. Military Hwy. Norfolk, VA
23502 11:00 a.m. - Networking and
registration 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. - Lunch and
program Cost: $20 for members $30 for
non-members $15 for students $20 for
military Reservations /
Registration
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Take a Journey "Into the
Wild"
It's 100
degrees outside right now and Labor Day is fast
approaching. But come November, when the leaves are
changing colors and your tan has long faded, that summer
vacation will feel like it was a very long time ago. So,
why not, just for one night, get away from it all?
You'll have that chance at the PRSA annual Social. Take
a journey "Into the Wild" and escape from civilization,
even if it's for just a few hours. Mark Wednesday,
November 7 on your calendar today!
This year's Social has a new feature: a
Silent Auction. The committee is looking for great
items, and if you work at a company that offers services
or a product, YOU can help. We are looking for items
large and small. Tickets to your venue? We'd love to
have them. Have a service you can offer? Great! We are
looking for products, gift certificates, services--you
name it! Of course, there is something in it for you,
too. Each donor will have its name listed on the PRSA
Web site prior to the event, as well as listed in the
printed program and on signage the evening of the event.
To donate an item/service, please contact
Becky Lawson at becky@behindthescenespr.net. If you'd really like to get
involved, we are also looking for a Bar Sponsor for
$300. The Bar Sponsor will have its name printed on
drink coupons, and also printed in the program and
signage, and listed on the PRSA Web site in advance.
Contact Amy Cobb at arcobb@cox.net if you are interested in being the
Bar Sponsor.
Would you like to win a free ticket
to the event? You'll have your chance at the PRSA
luncheon on September 5th. A winner will be picked,
"Survivor"-style. Come wearing your WILDEST outfit
(could be just a crazy hat (a safari hat, perhaps?) or
an "out there" shirt, whatever). If you'd like to
compete, come up to the front at the announced time, and
the rest of the luncheon attendees will vote for the
lone "Survivor," who will win a free ticket!! This is
one time you'll want to be voted "onto-not off-the
island."
Here's the 411 on the event:
Date: Wednesday, November
7
Time: 6 - 8
p.m.
Location: Distinctive Event
Rentals in "exotic" Chesapeake
Price: TBA (watch for more details
later!)
So don't monkey around, mark your
calendars NOW!
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Chapter has new sponsorship
program
Businesses
now have the opportunity to heighten their visibility
before the professional membership of Hampton Roads PRSA
through a recently announced sponsorship program.
There are
a variety of categories for potential sponsors, each
designed to meet specific needs:
$50
Sponsorship
For a
given month, the sponsor's logo and a brief message of
their choice appears on the electronic version of our
Chapter newsletter. The newsletter
is e-mailed to nearly 200 members and is also posted on
our Web site. (See
sample ad on left.)
$100
Sponsorship
The
sponsor's logo appears on the PRSA Hampton Roads web
site for one quarter, with a live link back to their own
Web site.
$500
Sponsorship
The
sponsor is personally recognized at a regularly
scheduled meeting which includes the following:
- Company logo on
all meeting notices and publicity associated with the
event. Our meeting notices are distributed to more than
200 communications
professionals.
- A display table
to distribute promotional material at the
meeting.
- The opportunity
for the sponsor to personally introduce themselves and
their business before our
membership.
The sponsor's support of our
meetings are publicized for one year via:
- E-mail messages to members
- Press
releases to business publications and calendar editors
A
"Friends of PRSA Hampton Roads Chapter" sign posted at
each chapter meeting and event with sponsor's logo.
The
sponsor's logo appears on the PRSA Hampton Roads web
site for one year, with a live link back to their own
website.
If you are aware of a potential
sponsor who is seeking such opportunities, have them
contact Edward M. Novi, APR, at enovi@netzero.com |
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New magazine to promote Hampton
Roads Cultural Arts
Hampton Roads Bravo!, a
new regional cultural arts publication, has been
launched by The Cultural Alliance of Hampton Roads and
Darden Publishing. The premiere issue will be published
in January 2008.
The magazine, scheduled to publish every January
and July, in addition to a smaller spring festival
supplement, is the result of a non-profit/profit venture
to promote the arts in Hampton Roads across all venues,
political boundaries and artistic disciplines. It will
foster public and private arts funding, arts education,
and community and individual participation, as well as
encouraging membership in the Cultural Alliance, which
has served as the arts and culture community's advocacy
organization for 25 years.
Paul Darden, president of Darden Publishing,
which has published the lifestyle guide Living in
Hampton Roads and its predecessor Living on the Virginia
Peninsula since 1994, is publisher. PRSA Hampton Roads
member Gail Kent, who has more than 30 years of
experience as a writer, editor and business
communicator, is executive editor.
The glossy, four-color magazine will be
distributed free of charge at arts venues, businesses,
select retail and municipal locations, airports,
Chambers of Commerce and hotels, and to local and state
dignitaries and legislators.
Each issue will include features and interviews
on Hampton Roads arts and artists; stories that address
cultural arts topics such as arts and the law,
sustainability, regionalization and funding; a venue map
and arts organization list; dedicated sections on each
of the major arts; and short news
items.
To submit news items and story
ideas, or to obtain more information on advertising,
contact Paul Darden at darden.publishing@cox.net or
(757)596-3638, or send releases to P.O. Box 11023,
Newport News, Va., 23601 or fax to (757)596-5791.
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Hampton Roads Media Directory
PayPal option is
here!
Thanks to the hard work of chapter members Sid
Bridge, APR and Rob Chapman, APR, members and
non-members can now purchase the Hampton Roads Media
Directory with PayPal. This new and
improved feature allows for nearly
instantaneous access to the area's
most complete media list. For more
information visit http://www.prsahr.org/mediaDirectory.shtml.
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Listen Up!
Helen Thomas to Speak at
CBDA The Central Business District
Association of Virginia Beach invites PRSA members to
hear Helen Thomas, legendary journalist and best-selling
author, speak at the Women's Review Luncheon Series on
August 23. Details and
registration form here. (PDF)
Blue Ridge
Chapter: "Media Relatons Maven" Takes the Panic Out of
Pitching
The Blue
Ridge PRSA chapter in Roanoke,
Va., is
hosting nationally recognized speaker Margo Mateas at a
half-day professional development seminar on
Sept. 13. Margo is a
20-year public relations industry veteran who writes the
popular "Media Relations Maven" monthly column in PRSA
Tactics. A former newspaper and radio journalist, Margo
trains PR practitioners to secure coverage in The Wall
Street Journal, the New York Times, CNN, Oprah,
USA Today,
Time and more.
Margo will take the panic out of pitching in an
interactive seminar on Sept. 13 from 8
a.m. to
noon at the
Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke. Details
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New
Members - Welcome!
Monica Davis
Public Information
Specialist
Norfolk Community Services
Board
Sandra R. Johnson
PR Coordinator
Norfolk Community Services
Board
Sally M. McConnell
Director - Marketing
Products
The Colonial Williamsburg
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Member
Milestones
Rubin Communications Group
recently won a Silver Certificate of Merit in Community
Relations Award during the Virginia PR Awards for a
campaign on behalf of the Hampton Roads Partnership
titled "Hampton Roads, America's First Region."
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AV Wish List
In an effort to save chapter funds,
we are looking to our membership to volunteer audio
visual equipment for upcoming chapter meetings and
events. If
you are able to loan any of the following items, please
contact Becky Lawson at becky@behindthescenespr.net.
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Projector
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Screen
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Laptop
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Wireless microphone
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Podium
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Quote of the Day
When you hire people who are
smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than
they are.
- R.H. Grant
Looking for the perfect quote? Check out http://www.quotationspage.com for a
searchable database and "Quote of the
Day." | |
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July 2007 Treasurer's
Report
Harry Kenyon,
APR, Treasurer
Income: $1,793.38
Expenses: $1,429.05
Year-to-date Income: $13,395.21
Year-to-date Expenses: $18,121.82
Total Assets: $9,097.55
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News & Views is published monthly for members
of the
Hampton Roads Virginia Chapter of PRSA.
Feedback please! Your opinions are important.
Please e-mail questions, comments, suggestions, story
ideas or concerns about News & Views to Jennie Burge.
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