PRSA MD WebNotes

Issue #388

May 28, 2009

Spotlight

Back to PR Basics with a Twist: Evolving Your Relationships for the Future

Location and date for the 2009 Chesapeake Conference featuring the Best In Maryland Awards are now set: October 6 at the Sheraton in Towson. Mark your calendar for this year's Chesapeake Conference/Best in Maryland Awards extravaganza!  

PRSA-MD

Social Media Tips From an Obama Campaign Insider & American Red Cross

Pitch Your Ideas in Three Minutes

Welcome Catherine Beck Shoup and Lesley Mason

Last Call for Conference Presenters

PRSA

Upcoming PRSA National Teleseminars

Industry

Milestones Achievement Centers of America Selects Warschawski

Behr Professional Products & Services Selects IMRE For Media Campaign

PRSA-MD

Social Media Tips From an Obama Campaign Insider & American Red Cross

The Changing Landscape for the Public Relations Profession

Join moderator David Harrison, along with industry leaders from the Obama Campaign and the American Red Cross, in a panel discussion on how to successfully negotiate the rapidly changing public relations landscape. Emily Williams will share her experiences as a key figure behind the stunningly successful social media efforts of Barak Obama's presidential bid, and Wendy Harmon will show how one of the world's leading non-profit organizations has gotten so much attention for its ability to effectively implement new technology in its communications.

Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009

Time: 8:30 a.m. Registration; 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Program

Place: University of Baltimore, Liberal Arts & Policy Bldg., Room 308, 10 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Note: this is a change from our old location at JHU.

Parking: Two-hour metered parking is available on the street, or you can get a voucher at the event for $4 parking in the UB garage on Maryland Ave., south of Preston. See campus parking map for these and other parking options.

Registration & Details

PRSA Members: $20 ($35 after 6/12/09); Non-Members: $35 ($50 after 6/12/09); Students: $10 PRSSA Member; $20 Non-PRSSA Member

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Pitch Your Ideas in Three Minutes

Have a story idea worth pitching? Bring it with you to the July monthly meeting, Meet the Press: Speed Pitching, where editors from local media will listen to your crafted pitch. Be quick because you'll only have three minutes before the bell rings. Invited media include major radio & TV stations, key print and electronic press, trade and specialty press.

Confirmed Invitees to date (check www.prsamd.org for updates!):

• Howard Libit, Baltimore Sun
• Michelle Butt, news director, WBAL TV Channel 11
• Meg Jollett, managing editor, WMAR TV Channel 2

Join us on July 16, 2009 at the University of Baltimore's School of Communications Design in the Liberal Arts & Policy Bldg, 10 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201. The cost is $20 for members before 6/12 ($35 after), $35 for members before 6/12 ($50 after), $10 for PRSSA Members and $20 for nonmember students. Go to our events page for registration and details.

Welcome Catherine Beck Shoup and Lesley Mason

PRSA-MD welcomes two new committee chairs this month. Catherine Beck Shoup, owner of Beck Shoup & Associates, will head the Membership Committee, and Lesley Mason, Federal Reserve Bank, takes over the Education Committee. Anyone interested in serving on these or other committees can find contact information on the committee page of our website.

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Reminders

Last Call for Conference Presenters
If you or someone you know would like to be considered as a presenter for the 2009 Chesapeake Conference, please send your name, e-mail address and phone number, along with the title and brief description of your seminar, to Nneka Jenkins at nneka.r.jenkins@kp.org. The Programming Committee will be reviewing all submissions at the end of May.