Multitasking is one of the hardest learned skills. Between juggling clients, your personal life and any outside responsibilities, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. While I have a fulltime job, I am also a co-founder of the blog nyc PR girls (www.nycPRgirls.com) alongside Meg, a best friend of mine I met during my first official job out of college. We […]
This interview excerpt originally ran in the January issue of PRSA’s Public Relations Tactics. Read the full interview. What are the top challenges that PRSA faces in 2013? Advocating for the profession remains a challenge. We’ve made huge inroads with our advocacy program in the past four to five years. The advocacy work that enhances the value of public relations […]
From April 4-7, representatives from PRSSA Chapters around the country will arrive in Albuquerque for the PRSSA 2013 National Assembly – marking the first time in more than 10 years that PRSSA has held a national event in New Mexico. At Assembly, new and upcoming leaders from Chapters big and small gather to participate in programming to support Chapter officers, […]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the February PRSSA Twitter Chat! We had really great feedback from everyone for our “Writing for Whom?” February chat. Specifically, we’d like to thank co-moderators Vice President of Public Relations, Lauren Rosenbaum, tweeting from the @PRSSANational account and the 2011-2012 FORUM Editor in Chief and current @PRSANewPros Social Strategist, Amy Bishop, tweeting from @AmyL_Bishop. [View the story […]
In the past, a hard copy of your résumé may have been enough to get your dream position; now, employers want more. With all of today’s advances in technology, students are able to not only provide a detailed résumé of their achievements, but also an online portfolio that can showcase some of their finest work. Online portfolios allow future employees […]
Every PRSSA Chapter has its own recruitment style. Some use more traditional techniques such as posters, mail inserts and all-campus emails to reach possible members. Others host large-scale parties with pizza and refreshments to bring in prospective members. Whatever methods are used, I would argue that being an effective recruiter is one of the most vital skills for a Chapter […]
Writing is important in public relations and communications and is one of the member benefits from PRSSA. To learn more, visit our member benefits page! This is a guest post written by Lauren Gray, current PRSSA National President and Junior Account Executive at Hunter Public Relations. Follow Lauren at @laurenkgray.
[highlight]The PRSSA 2012 National Conference was held in San Francisco from Oct. 12-16. Over the upcoming weeks, Progressions will provide summaries of select sessions and insights from the presenters. Want to write your own recap of a session? Contact Editor in Chief Ashley Mauder at a-mauder@onu.edu.[/highlight] Kicking off the first round of professional development sessions at the PRSSA 2012 National […]
The basic format of an introductory networking conversation between two public relations professionals is often simple: share who you are and what you do, then swap business cards. As often as we have encounters like this, many people often don’t take the necessary post-interaction steps to sustain a connection with newly acquired relationships. In this industry, who you know is […]
[quote]It’s National Conference time![/quote] There is one thing PRSSA National members are famous for — their epic social media skills. Conference is a great time to get in touch with other members and bring information back to your Chapter to share best practices. There is one other thing PRSSA members are known for: coining hashtags on Twitter. Here are a […]
