Mark Silvey, manager at Burson-Marsteller, is featured in PRSA Pittsburgh's September Member Spotlight. This piece appears monthly to showcase our talented members. To nominate a colleague, friend or yourself for a future Member Spotlight, email Shilo Raube at sraube@andrew.cmu.edu.
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Save the Date! The 2011 PRSA Renaissance Awards will be held January 27 at the Fairmont hotel. Download the Call for Entries here!
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Submit your best work today to the PRSA East Central District Diamond Awards! The Call for Entries is now available.
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Are you on Facebook? Do you tweet? Then you could be rewarded!
PRSA Pittsburgh has launched a new Social Media Mentions Rewards program that encourages those attending programming events to share them with their own social networks. Click here to learn more!
With more than 200 members, we offer many programs, resources and opportunities. All are created to develop and enrich the professional lives of the public relations practitioners in this region. The Chapter promotes the highest standards of professional competence and ethics, fosters professional education and development, and seeks to build an understanding and support for public relations throughout the business community.
Receive a FREE one-year Pittsburgh Chapter membership when you join PRSA in September 2010. It's a smart way to expand your network and your knowledge.
With PRSA Pittsburgh membership, you will:
Become a visibly engaged member of the local public relations community while expanding your circle of colleagues and contacts.
Attend local seminars, meetings, luncheon, receptions and programs.
Gain opportunities to get involved with the chapter from planning award banquets to public service initiatives.
Earn recognition through industry awards.
Step into leadership roles and advocate for the public relations profession.
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Registration for the 2010 PRSA Pittsburgh Professional Development Day Conference ends Sept. 8, so sign up today! The conference will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Sept. 15.
With the dynamic speakers scheduled, this is sure to be a great learning experience for PR professionals of all levels! Topics for the conference cover ethics, measurement, social media and crisis communication among others. This year's stellar speaker line up includes:
Christopher Bauer- Owner of Bauer Ethics Seminars
Anthony DiResta- Partner, Advertising, Marketing & Media at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Tim McIntyre- Vice President, Communications at Dominos, Inc
Patrick McMahon- Vice President, Corporate Communications/Director of Public Relations at The PNC Financial Services Group
Katie Paine- Founder and CEO of KDPaine & Partners LLC
Jeaneen Zappa- Director, Green Business Development at Green Building Alliance
For speaker bios and additional details click here.
The East Central District of the Public Relations Society of America is calling for shining examples of public relations campaigns and tactics for its 33rd annual Diamond Awards competition. The Diamond Awards are presented to public relations practitioners who have successfully addressed a communications challenge with exemplary professional skill, creativity and resourcefulness.
The Diamond Awards are open to any public relations professional who is a member of the 16 chapters in the PRSA East Central District or any nonmember whose place of business is within the district’s boundaries. For more information, please see the Call for Entries. Entries will be accepted through Sept. 17, 2010.
Nationally-recognized writing coach Ann Wylie will share her four-step process for making your message and your organization more relevant, valuable and rewarding to your audience during the October 7 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of PRSA.
“Think Like a Reader” will be held in the JPL Media Center, 471 JPL Wick Drive, Harrisburg. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The program will run from 9 a.m. to noon. A continental breakfast will be served.
Wylie is the author of more than a dozen learning tools that help people improve their communication skills, including RevUpReadership.com, a toolbox for writers. Her manual, Planning Powerful Publications, published by the International Association of Business Communicators, has been called “the bible” of publications planning.
The cost for the event is $105 for PRSA members, $145 for non-members and $45 for students. Register by September 1 and receive a $10 Early Bird Discount. Seating is limited and registration is required. No registrations will be accepted at the door. Email your registration intention to
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or register now at www.centralpaprsa.org. Payment can be made online with PayPal or with cash or check at the door.
