Please join PRA and Peoria Ad Club as we present roundtable discussions on hot topics in the PR and advertising/marketing industries.
What: PRA and Peoria Ad Club Roundtables
When: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Where: Barracks Cater Inn
Lunch begins at 11:30 AM
Roundtables begin at 12PM
Roundtable topics:
Mobile Apps & Websites
Michelle LeFebevre, DLA Creative & Appitudez
Building a Multifaceted Campaign Including Client Engagement
Amy Lambert, Heart Technologies
Message Consistency
Layne Brown & Amy Coleman, The Design Farm
How to Write and Think Like a Newsroom to Get the Most Out of Your News Release
Renee Charles, The Heartland Partnership
PR & Marketing for Non-Profits
Meg Newell, South Side Mission
Facebook for Business
Tammy Finch, Web Services, Inc.
Public Relations Association of Central Illinois
2010 Conference
Peoria - On Wednesday, September 22, the Public Relations Association of Central Illinois
(PRA) will host its 2010 Conference. The conference is 9:00am - 3:00pm at the Par-A-Dice
Hotel, 21 Blackjack Blvd, East Peoria. This year’s conference will feature keynote speaker Peter
Shankman, who is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about social media,
public relations, marketing, advertising, and customer service. Shankman is the founder of Help
A Reporter Out, (HARO) which connects thousands of journalists to sources. He is the founder
and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique marketing and PR strategy firm located in New
York City and author of Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work and Why Your
Company Needs Them.
The PRA 2010 Conference will include a continental breakfast, workshops, lunch, vendors, and
networking opportunities for public relations, marketing, communications, and business
professionals. Breakout session workshops will include a variety of topics from measuring
success, budgeting, small business topics, media relationships, and communication. Attendees
will be able to choose from nine breakout session topics, along with the keynote presentation.
The cost to attend the all-day conference is $75 for PRA members, $95 for non-members, and
$40 for students. Anyone interested in joining PRA to receive the reduced conference rate may
join at any time. The cost of membership is $45.
PRA is an organization of public relations and marketing communication professionals from
Central Illinois. PRA offers monthly presentations (September through May) by top
professionals in their fields who share the latest information on ways to move public relations
confidently into the 21st century.
For more information about the PRA 2010 Conference or membership, please call (309) 636-8017.
The Public Relations Association of Central Illinois (PRA) will have its next meeting on Wednesday, April 21, 2009 at Barrack’s Cater Inn in Peoria, IL from 11:45 a.m-1 p.m. Cost is $17 for members or $22 for non-members.
The meeting will feature the presentation of the annual PRA awards. This year’s awards categories include, the Pat Landen Award, the Gold Star Media Award, Internal Campaign Award, Shoestring Campaign, Stand Alone Piece and a Better World Award.
For more information on the awards please visit www.pracentillinois.org/pra-awards-program.
Please RSVP by Friday April 16 by emaling pracentillinois@gmail.com.
We will also have a door prize for 1 FREE admission to the PRA Conference in the fall. Only those that attend the April PRA meeting are eligible to win.