I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve had to tell my non-PRSSA friends that I can\u2019t make a party or hang out because I\u00a0have\u00a0a PRSSA meeting. Their response is usually something along the lines of \u201cit seems like you have PRSSA meetings almost every night of the week\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n When you scroll down your Twitter feed and all you see are PRSSA posts and re-tweets, you know you\u2019ve got it bad. But when the monthly Twitter chat starts and you realize the PRSSA Nationals account re-tweeted you, it\u2019s like you\u2019ve won an award.<\/p>\n After attending any of the PRSSA National events, you will instantly expand your network to the ends of the country. Heck, the whole world! But one of my favorite parts about new long-distant friendships is that it\u2019s a great excuse to go travel somewhere new and see great friends.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure we\u2019re all a little guilty of putting PRSSA before homework. I\u2019d be lying if I said school work came before PRSSA, because nine times out of 10 there was always something PRSSA related to distract me from the piles of homework, tests and group projects that I had.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every #PRSSbAe loves the feeling of fresh business cards in their hands right before they attend\u00a0a PRSSA National event. We trade them like candy. We keep them not only to remember the hundreds of faces we\u2019ve met, but also to get really cool ideas for our\u00a0next round of business cards.<\/p>\n Probably the most important thing of all are the life-long friendships you make, both in your Chapter and with friends from national events. I\u2019m so lucky to have met such amazing people with the biggest hearts. It\u2019s great when you can make friends with so many like-minded, ambitious and supportive people.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n This article was originally posted on Erica Everett’s personal blog, Global Girl in a PR World<\/a>. Erica Everett is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida. Connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a> or follow her on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After spending three years in as a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America, I\u2019ve had plenty of time to spot a \u201cPRSSA phrase\u201d when I hear one. So this goes out to all my #PRSSbAes who can probably relate to the quirky things that make us #PRassionate. 1. \u201cI can\u2019t hang out tonight, I have a PRSSA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[568,1569,576,2416,1472,15,1619,18],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7000,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6990\/revisions\/7000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Courtesy](\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/giphy.gif\")
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2. \u201cDid you see National re-tweeted me?!\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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3. \u201cOh you\u2019re moving to _____? I have a PRSSA connection there if you want me to introduce you.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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4. \u201cI can\u2019t finish my school work until I get this PRSSA work done.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a>5. \u201cHere\u2019s my business card. Let\u2019s exchange!\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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6. \u201cPRSSbAes for life.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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