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Happy New Year!

In this issue:
- Read about our next meeting with Maureen Osako from
- Use our NEW Meeting Registration Process to sign-up for the next meeting;
- Review the December meeting presentation;


Maureen Osako

 
"What You Need to Know about Online Social Networking"
with Maureen Osako


Clark Alumni House - Coe College Campus
(
Map)
Thursday, January 15,
2009  
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Cost: $15.00


Reservations are required and due by Noon on Friday, January 9.



About the Meeting & Guest Speaker:

The popularity of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and others is growing. Do you participate or ignore this technological tidal wave? An enlightening look at a current online trend and what it means on a business and personal level.

Maureen Osako is the owner of Informatics, a downtown Cedar Rapids technology development company that specializes in the design and development of websites and internet applications. Informatics is celebrating its 10th year in business.

Maureen is a graduate of Mt. Mercy College and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with marketing major. She is an alumni of Leadership for Five Seasons, and a member of Professional Women's Network, CR Advertising Federation and downtown Rotary. She is currently on the Steering Committee for Iowa Women's Leadership Conference and is serving on the boards of Planned Parenthood and Brucemore.  

Reservations are required and are due by Noon on Friday, January 9th.  

***NEW PROCESS***

Please use the new online form to make
reservations for the next CRPRA meeting.

The information you submit online populates a database that will
reduce the manual work involved for meeting preparation.

* * * Submit your reservation online HERE * * *

If you do not have Internet access or have technical issues using
the Web form,
you may call Carol Myers at 393-1781 ext. 249 to register.

View the 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule


 
        by Sher Jasperse

December 2008: "Identity Theft"

Long-time CR PLong-time CR Police Department investigator Lt. Ken Washburn provided a wealth of information and advice about avoiding identity theft. Although, numerically speaking, few people are victimized by this crime, its effects are devastating and long-lasting, so take basic precautions to make sure you're not among them. In spite of the growth of Internet-based scams, he noted, most identity theft is perpetrated by people known to the victims (family members, friends, co-workers) or is a result of car theft. Other key advice: use a shredder to dispose of all credit card offers and financial documents, avoid carrying or giving out your Social Security Number, and never respond to requests for account verification information via phone or Internet. For more of Lt. Washburn's tips, visit a site he recommends: Visa's Identity Theft web pages.
 


Two Programs to Benefit the Associates of CRPRA
(originally announced in the November 2008 Newsletter)

Bring a Guest and Win a Prize!
From
now through the April 2009 meeting, bring a friend or colleague who has never attended a CRPRA meeting, or someone who has not attended a CRPRA meeting for two or more years, and we'll put your name in a drawing for a $50 Community Gift Certificate to be awarded at our May meeting. There is no limit to the number of guests you may bring along in any month, but please be sure your guests have a reservation for the meeting.

Networking/Information Table
At each meeting a table will be provided outside the meeting room where you can provide any printed materials about events or products you wish to share. Be sure to arrive a little early to place your items on the table. We ask that printed items now be placed on this table, rather than on the dining tables. At the end of the meeting, please pick up and take with you any items that may be left. Our hope is that this will reduce the amount of paper we (and the Coe staff) need to clean up and recycle at the end of our meetings.
 


"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."
- Mark Twain

 


Changing jobs? Adding a new certification to your resume?
Win an award?

Please email Member
News to Eric Wylie at:

eric@ewproductions.com

We'll include your news
in future newsletters!

 


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!

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.

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 33 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 - Visual Images Productions, 360-7567
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
Wilma Shadle - Retired Communications Professional,
363-6254
Eric Wylie - Eric Wylie Productions, 832-2916

 

 

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.


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www.crpra.com

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