April 2005 Issue of

E-LINK - THE COMMUNICATIONS TOOL FOR PHILADELPHIA PRSA CHAPTER MEMBERS

 

 

In this Issue:

 

*               May Program

*               Three Saturdays to Professional Excellence/ APR Prep Class

*               PRSA Health Academy

*              2005 Pepperpots

*               New Members

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Philadelphia PRSA May Program

 

"Tuning into Diversity-Best Practices in Multicultural Marketing"

 

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Union League

140 South Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA

 

11:30 AM - Registration

Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch & Program

 ($35 Members - $45 Non Members)

 

 

This program will focus on the growing importance of multicultural markets and their  enormous buying power - more than $900 billion annually in the U.S. - represented by African-American, Hispanic, and Asian consumers.

 

Nationally recognized panelists will explore some of the "best practices" for developing brand building initiatives aimed at multicultural audiences, offering a summary of best practices in multicultural marketing, and discussing the applicability of these best

practices and other factors important in their use and suggestions on how to integrate multicultural marketing as a core brand-building discipline.

 

This is a not-to-miss session. 

 

Our moderator is:

David W. Brown, President/Principal, Brown Partners, Philadelphia, PA

 

Our panel includes:

Rosanna M. Fiske, APR, Principal & Partner, Communique Group/Rise Strategies, Coral Gables, FL

Marc Curtis Little, Partner, BrooksLittle Communications, Jacksonville, FL

Kenneth Wong, Principal, CIG Asia Ltd/Combined Insurance Group, Philadelphia, PA

 

Registration Form

 

Name: _____________________________ Company:___________________________

 

Phone: _____________________________ Email:____________________________

 

Method of Payment: _____ Check _____ Visa _____ MasterCard

 

Credit Card # _____________________________________________ Exp._____/_____

 

Cardholder's Signature:___________________________________________________

 

Cardholder's Address/Zip Code:____________________________________________

 

 

Please send reservation form and payment to: PRSA, P.O. Box 38, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 or fax form to 215-295-3652 or send email to cmucci@netcarrier.com Reservations can also be made by calling Chris Mucci Stewart at 215-295-0729

 

PRSA has a 48 hour cancellation policy. No-Shows will be billed.

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Three Saturdays to PR Excellence: A professional development primer and refresher for all levels of expertise

 

Once again the Philadelphia Chapter of PRSA will host Three Saturdays to PR Excellence beginning April 9, 2005. This professional development primer and refresher for all levels has been extremely popular the previous two years; it is highly  recommended for professionals just starting out in their PR careers; professionals from other disciplines who have been asked to take on a PR role; or more senior executives who are looking to sharpen their skills in areas such as communications theory, research, ethics, and media relations.

 

Three Saturdays also serves as the Chapter's review course for APR candidates.

 

Dates:          April 9, 16 and 23, 2005

Time:           9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day

 

LOCATION: TattarRichards-DBC Public Relations

                     655 Business Center Drive

                     Horsham, PA 19044

 

 

*  Need to review how to do a strategic plan that gets results?

*  Like another view on how to deal with the media?

*  Searching for advice on managing crises?

*  Need grounding in the legal and ethical implications of public relations practice?

 

 

All practitioners, whether new to the field or seasoned executives, can benefit from a review of the principles that support the day-to-day practice of public relations. Three Saturdays to PR Excellence will cover the basics from the definition of public relations to the four-step planning process, from qualitative vs. quantitative research to the legal/ethical arena in which public relations operates.

 

Three Saturdays leaders:

 

* Carole Gorney, APR, Fellow PRSA; Professor, Lehigh University & Past President, PRSA/Philadelphia

* Suzanne D. Fitzgerald, APR; Professor, Rowan University & PRSA/Philadelphia Accreditation Chair

 

 

Three Days of Thorough Grounding in the Basics of the Profession!

Cost: $99 per day or $225 for all 3 days (includes Lunch)

 

Day 1: What is public relations?, where public relations fits with other disciplines (HR, IR, advertising, marketing), research, and planning (including goals, objectives,  strategies, tactics and evaluation)

 

Day 2: Media relations (including benefits & risks of using the internet) and legal and ethical review (including SEC regulations for publicly-traded companies and recent changes to the Code of Professional Standards)

 

Day 3: Crisis planning and crisis management, from basics to cybercrises, and dealing with opposition audiences

 

 

Registration Form:

 

YES! I would like to attend the Three Saturdays program. I plan to attend (check all that apply):

 

__  All 3 days   __ Day 1   __ Day 2   __ Day 3

 

 

Name:  _____________________________________________

 

Company: ___________________________________________

 

Phone: _____________________________________________

 

Email: ______________________________________________

 

Method of Payment:    _____ Check    _____ Visa        _____ MasterCard

 

Credit Card # _____________________________________________ Exp. _____/_____

 

Cardholder's Signature:___________________________________________________

 

Cardholder's Address/Zip Code:____________________________________________

 

Please send reservation form and payment to: PRSA, P.O. Box 38, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 or fax form to 215-295-3652 or send email to sparks@rowan.edu  Reservations can also be made by calling Suzanne Fitzgerald at 856-256-4265.  You can also bring payment with you to class.

 

PRSA has a 48 hour cancellation policy.  No-Shows will be billed.

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PRSA Health Academy 2005 Conference
Rebuilding Public Confidence in the Health Care Industry


The health care industry today finds itself in the midst of a crisis of reputation. Our industry now "enjoys" a level of confidence in the eyes of the American public akin to the tobacco, oil and firearms industries. The tangible and intangible repercussions of this perception among Americans is having an increasingly adverse psychological and financial impact on the way we do business.

Join the PRSA Health Academy and keynote speaker Dr. Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health and head of the American Red Cross at our 2005 Annual Conference, as we discuss Rebuilding Public Confidence in the Health Care Industry May 5-6 in Washington, D.C. A Pre-Conference session will be held on May 4, 2005.

 

For more information:

http://www.prsa.org/_News/press/pr032905.asp

 

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2005 Pepperpots

 

Save the Date - 2005 Pepperpots are December 1st

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New Members

 

Please join us in welcoming our new members to the Chapter:

 

* Jennifer Cawley, Southern Union Company

* Donna Marie Gillis, Southern Union Company

* Sean Patrick Murray, Buckley Global Communications

* Robert Sperling

* Catherine Catanach, APR, VF Outlet, Inc.

* Monica Hallman, Navy Recruiting District Phila.

* Kathleen Keenan, ARAMARK

* Sally Orth, Caron Foundation

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Keep checking our chapter Web site for the latest PRSA news, events and public relations resources!

 

www.prsa.philly.org

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