{"id":10222,"date":"2019-10-20T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2019-10-28T00:27:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T04:27:17","slug":"international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/20\/international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 International Conference Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is the first of two blog posts sharing the experience at the PRSSA 2019 International Conference in San Diego, California, taking place October 18\u201322, 2019. Read the second post <a href=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/27\/international-conference-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLet\u2019s take a journey,\u201d PRSSA National President Nicholas Goebel sang to 700 students while kicking off the Chapter roll call alongside the National Committee at the 2019 International Conference in San Diego, California. A journey indeed; the Conference\u2019s first full day of events has already involved a number of opportunities for members to enhance their education, broaden their network and launch their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students spent Friday morning on careers tours across the birthplace of California, including the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDConventionCtr\/status\/1185316711332896768?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Convention Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliveStrategies\/status\/1185311854681309184?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive Creative Strategies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Riva Goldberg, who serves as director of Syracuse University\u2019s Nationally Affiliated Student-run Firm, visited J Public Relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Had a great visit with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jprpublicity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jprpublicity<\/a> this morning! Learned all about the luxury travel &amp; hospitality industry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PRSSAIC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PRSSAIC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUoodikaCZ\">pic.twitter.com\/cUoodikaCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riva Goldberg (@riva__goldberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riva__goldberg\/status\/1185273745667026944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Dunay, PRSSA 2019\u20132020 vice president of professional development, then led a workshop for firms like Goldberg\u2019s Hill Communications. Attendees learned about the various aspects of running a Student-run Firm. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/prssa.prsa.org\/prsa-board-of-directors-liaison\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle Olson, APR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/prssa.prsa.org\/prsa-board-directors-liaison\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert \u201cPritch\u201d Pritchard, APR, Fellow PRSA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who serve as PRSA Board Liaisons to PRSSA, shared their advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10223\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10223\" src=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/collie-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Collie speaking with Conference attendees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/apps-prssa.prsa.org\/events\/Conference\/Program\/Speakers\/19Speakers\/WillCollie\">Will Collie<\/a> of Edelman\u2019s Southern California office inspired attendees with a presentation that led with a slide titled, \u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a clever title, so this is it\u2026\u201d Charity Monroe of Brigham Young University\u2019s Chapter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monroe_charity\/status\/1185327805724147712?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tweeted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> her appreciation for the \u201cgolden rule\u201d that Collie shared with the audience: \u201cWe all mess up. And you will too.\u201d Look out for full coverage of this session on Progressions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student leadership was fostered next, with four Chapter development sessions hosted by the PRSSA Chapters at Waynesburg University, DePaul University and Stockton University, as well as a collaborative effort between the Latin American Chapters at Universidad de San Mart\u00edn de Porres in Peru and Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Argentina. These Chapters shared tips on relationship building, networking and professional development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Publications Committee\u2019s Zach Ferenchak spoke with Emmanuel Tanap, a member of the California State University, Long Beach Chapter who attended Stockton University\u2019s session. \u201cBeing open to networking and having the LinkedIn activity [was great,] having everyone being open to connecting,&#8221; Tanap shared, referring to the Chapter\u2019s convincing attendees to utilize LinkedIn\u2019s \u201cfind nearby\u201d functionality to connect with one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ferenchak also spoke with Western Carolina University\u2019s Ruth Dahl after the Latin American Chapters\u2019 presentation. Titled \u201cHow To Stay Connected Internationally,\u201d the Peruvian and Argentinian students aimed to build attendees\u2019 ability to relate not only to our international Chapters but to one another. Dahl definitely felt this, saying that, \u201clearning about getting to know people from different Chapters and working with other Chapters helps you get new ideas of what to do for yours.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter presidents had the honor of hearing from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps-prssa.prsa.org\/events\/Conference\/Program\/Speakers\/19Speakers\/Cheryl%20Procter-Rogers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheryl I. Procter-Rogers, APR, PCC, Fellow PRSA, MBA, MA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Middle Tennessee State University Chapter President Anthony Czelusniak appreciated the session, believing that, \u201cYou can\u2019t be a good leader if you don\u2019t recognize what makes you a good and bad leader.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday morning started with an energetic address from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/apps-prssa.prsa.org\/events\/Conference\/Program\/Speakers\/19Speakers\/KayeSweetser\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Kaye Sweetser, APR+M, Fellow PRSA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a professor at San Diego State University. Speaking about the state of the public relations industry and how students like us are the future, she shared her belief that, \u201ccreativity is fundamental to how we do our job.\u201d She began her address pointing out the electricity in the room stemming from our Conference-inspired energy and her words supercharged that energy. Sitting at the head table, I personally saw people perk up as Dr. Sweetser motivated students to do their best and take initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Chapters, National Gold Key and President\u2019s Citation recipients were recognized following the speech. Chapter roll call, led by the National Committee\u2019s PR-themed cover of Katy Perry\u2019s \u201cCalifornia Gurls,\u201d gave attendees a chance to show their school spirit and channel their excitement for the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The morning session ended with an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/public-relations-student-society-of-america-prssa-_prssala-activity-6591387896169721856-f37e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the newly created PRSSA Leadership Assembly, merging the two national events previously hosted in the spring \u2014 National Assembly and Leadership Rally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad \u201cMZ\u201d Mirzan of California State University, Fresno, shared with Ferenchak one benefit of Conference attendance fairly simply. \u201cThe best part of this event so far has been seeing all the other Chapters and how they lead their Chapters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/27\/international-conference-2\/\">second post<\/a> covering the later parts of the International Conference, as well as a number of posts covering individual sessions more in-depth. Also, keep up with the conversation by following PRSSA National (@<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prssanational\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRSSANational<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and the International Conference Committee (@<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prssaic\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prssaic<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and using the hashtag #PRSSAIC.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Terrell-F.-Merritt-City-College-246x300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10148 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Terrell-F.-Merritt-City-College-246x300-e1567461242400-150x150.png\" alt=\"photo of Terrell F. Merritt\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Terrell F. Merritt is the PRSSA 2019\u20132020 vice president of brand engagement and serves as the editor in chief of Progressions. They are a senior studying advertising and public relations at City College of New York\u2019s Department of Media and Communication Arts. Follow them on Twitter @<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terrellfmerritt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">terrellfmerritt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and connect with them on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/terrellfmerritt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of two blog posts sharing the experience at the PRSSA 2019 International Conference in San Diego, California, taking place October 18\u201322, 2019. 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