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Program: "Organized PR Professionals Wanted"
Thursday,
12.13.2007
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM,
Clark Alumni House, Coe College
(Map)
Cost: $15.00
Reservations are
required and due by Noon on December 7.
Parking is available near Clark Alumni House, on the street and in
nearby parking lots. The meeting will conclude at approximately 1
p.m.
Reservations are
mandatory and are due by Noon on
Friday, December 7.
Submit
your reservation online
or
you may call Carol Myers at
393-1781 ext. 249.
View 2007-2008 Meeting Schedule
 "Organized
PR Professionals Wanted"
Becky Esker,
President,
Get Organized! L.L.C.
Are
you totally organized? Is there room for improvement? Looking for
ways to reduce the piles of paperwork and middle-of-the-night
stress? The job responsibilities for PR professionals vary, but all
positions require candidates to have exceptional organizational and
time management skills. The ability to juggle many projects at once
is a must. Join us in December as Becky Esker, President of Get
Organized! L.L.C., covers basic tips and strategies for
prioritizing, organizing the mounds of paperwork and improving
efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.
by Sher Jasperse
October meeting
topic: "How Iowans Help Shape the National Dialogue"
How do political strategists plan
their candidates' messages? In her November talk on "The Use of
Research and Focus Groups to Create Political Marketing Strategies,"
Monica Vernon, President of Vernon Research Group, explained the key
role played by her company - and people like you and me - in that
process. Vernon Research is a 20-year-old Cedar Rapids firm that
conducts sophisticated and often highly secretive research for
political consultants who are shaping candidates' messages. Vernon
conducts surveys and assembles carefully selected focus groups of
individuals who provide input on current issues and offer reactions
to potential campaign ads. If you'd like to be considered for
participation in a focus group (which pays $70 for a couple hours of
your time), you can register online by joining Iowa's Opinion Panel
at
www.vernonresearch.com.
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Cedar
Rapids Public Relations Associates is an informal organization
of professionals dedicated to sharing information on
effective
practices and future trends affecting the public relations
field.
Are
you looking for
a great way to meet other area Marketing, Communications and
Public Relations professionals and learn
about
exciting programs and people in Eastern Iowa? Then CRPRA is for
you!
"Words give you
a medium, if you will, and make your message part of the human
thought process. Words are as portable as the human being who
hears them."
- James J. Jordan, Jr.
Please email member
news to Kandi Behnke at:
Kbehnke@fouroaks.org
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 Want
some free PR? Donate a door prize! Door prizes can be any items such
as coffee mugs, notebooks, candles, the ever-popular food items
(especially chocolate!), etc.
We'll
draw names each month and hand out the door prizes and spotlight the
businesses and individuals who donated. It's a win-win situation for
everyone! To donate an item, please contact any CRPRA steering
committee member, and thank you in advance for helping us celebrate
32 years of CRPRA!
If you have a suggestion for a guest speaker or topic you would like
to see offered at a future meeting, or have any questions about
CRPRA, please contact
any of the Steering Committee members listed below.
You may use the
online email form or call
the numbers listed.
Warren Byerly, Treasurer,
Visual Images Productions, 360-7567
Kandi Behnke, Newsletter Editor, Four Oaks of Iowa,
364-0259 ext. 2011
Connie Fullmer Dunkin, Dunkin One, 396-0185
Sher Jasperse, Writer/Editor, 364-2535
Carol Myers, J&A Printing Inc., 393-1781 ext. 249
Amber O'Connor, Erb's Business Machines Inc., 364-5159 ext.
126
Debra Salz, Prevention Services & Strategies, 378-4640
Wilma Shadle, Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association,
363-6254
Eric Wylie, Webmaster, Eric Wylie Productions,
832-2916
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