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There's a lot of news in this
issue! Not only can you see our usual recap of the previous meeting
and a preview of our November meeting, but you'll want to learn more
about two new programs designed to further enrich our group.
Scroll
down for more information!
Please join us for our next meeting
on Thursday, Nov. 13th, at the Clark Alumni House at Coe College!
 
"The Wild, Wild Web"
with Keith Hindman, Metro Studios
Clark Alumni House - Coe College Campus
(Map)
Thursday, November 13,
2008
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
Reservations are required and due by
Noon on Friday, November 7.
The meeting will conclude at approximately 1
p.m.
About the meeting:
Keith
Hindman, Chief Operations Officer at Metro Studios, will share
with us the many ways we all can and should be using the
Web to our advantage: email blasts, social networking/media, ad
words, Web optimization--both nationally and internationally--
and reputation management. Metro Studios has recently survived a
brand facelift and Keith will share more with us on that as
well.
Reservations are
mandatory and
are due by Noon on Friday, November 7th.
Submit
your reservation online
or
you may call Carol Myers at
393-1781 ext. 249.
View the 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule
by Sher Jasperse
October 2008:
"Low Budget PR - Crappie Fishing - Flood Mitigation" with
Rich Patterson
Indian Creek Nature Center Executive
Director Rich Patterson gave us much food for thought in a
three-part talk on October 9. First he explained how the Nature
Center has been able to garner regular media attention with limited
expertise or marketing funds. The keys: Always have interesting
things going on, "treat people fairly and honestly and
respectfully," and make sure they know that if you call them, you
have something substantial to offer. Next Rich entertained us with
tales about his successful side career as a free-lance outdoor
writer (who knew there was such a demand for articles about crappie
fishing?), suggesting that if you have a good niche, you can find
outlets for your work. Lastly, he reminded us that this year's
catastrophic floods were a disaster of our own making. Floods are
not caused by rain, he pointed out, but by the actions of people to
change the natural environment. When you take away the river's
ability to drain - through pavement and field tiling - it will
eventually overrun the surrounding communities. So are flood walls
the answer, or are we only pushing the problem downstream to the
next community?
Two New Programs to Benefit the
Associates of CRPRA!
Networking/Information Table
Beginning with our next meeting on November 13th, 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/recycle at the end of our meetings. It also provides an
opportunity for anyone to share information about their
event/business/organization with the group.
Bring a Guest Prize Drawing
From November through April this meeting season, bring a friend
or colleague who has never attended a CRPRA meeting, or someone who
has previously attended, but 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.
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