CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
March Networking Lunch
Interested in knowing what it takes to build a champion? Join us for the next PRSA Salt Lake networking luncheon at Rio Tinto Stadium — home of Real Salt Lake, 2009 MLS Cup champions. Trey Fitz-Gerald, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Real Salt Lake will share how the organization has overcome some significant challenges over the past five years associated with establishing a fan base, building a stadium, and putting a competitive team on the field.
Topic: Real Salt Lake - Building A Champion
Speaker: Trey Fitz-Gerald, RSL Communications Director
Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010
Club Real, Rio Tinto Stadium 2nd Floor, 9375 S. State Street, Sandy
PARKING: Attendees should park on the West side of the Stadium, enter through the double-glass doors and then take elevator/stairs up to the Club Real on the 2nd Floor
* Networking & Lunch Start at 11:45 a.m.
* Speaker Begins at Noon
Click the event below to register and RSVP for the luncheon.
* $20 PRSA Members or $25 at the door without an RSVP
* $30 Non-PRSA Members or $35 at the door without an RSVP
* $5 Students or $10 at the door without an RSVP
No shows who RSVP and do not cancel within 24 hours will be invoiced.
New Member Breakfast on Thursday, Mar. 18 at 8 a.m.
Location: Little America, 500 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City
All chapter members who have joined within the last year are invited to come to a free breakfast at Little America. Members of the PRSA Greater Salt Lake board will be there to discuss the value of national and chapter membership, available resources, upcoming programs and more. It’s a great way to learn the pulse of our chapter. We hope to see you there. Please register with our Membership Chair, Jason Carlton, at 801.662.6591 or at jason.carlton@imail.org.
Free Teleseminar - Writing for Social Media - Thursday, Mar. 25 at 1 p.m.
Writing for Social Media: How to write blog posts, posting, tweets and other status updates. We’ll meet at the University of Phoenix, 5373 S. Green Street, Salt Lake City. The presenter is Ann Wylie. This teleseminar is a $150 value that the PRSA Salt Lake chapter is offering for free to members and for only $5 for Friends of PRSA.
Utah State University PR Conference March 25-26
This conference is held for the purpose of showing both students and professionals how to create a winning self, organization, and business. Following this year's theme, "putting the PR in professional," the conference will hit different aspects of public relations (event planning, non-profit organizations, athletics, relations to the media, PR agency) and how to use PR effectively. Students, professionals and the general public from throughout the western U.S. will walk away from the conference feeling like their time was well spent and they have the PR tools and principles that will help put the PR in professional. Contact Lacey Nagao, 801-540-3154, lacey.saxton@aggiemail.usu.edu, for more information. See the press release on the News page of this site.
Free Chapter Membership if You Join in March/April
New members who use the promo code SPRING2010 to join PRSA before April 30, 2010 will receive a free one-year membership to the PRSA Chapter of their choice. The offer also valid for reinstating members who have been inactive for at least one year and rejoin as regular members, but is not available to associate members.
Spring Professional Development Conference:
Breaking Through the Noise
Co-sponsored by Greater Salt Lake PRSA and IABC Utah
Save the Date: May 6 at City Center Marriott in Salt Lake City
More information coming soon. Meanwhile, check out our keynote speaker, Mark Schumann. David Henderson, former CBS reporter, also just joined the speaker line-up.
Get Involved in the Chapter
Join the Golden Spike Awards Committee - contact Dan Sorensen at (801) 983-8901. To volunteer for Spring Professional Development Conference other GSL Chapter Committees, call Antonio Lima at (801) 990-1156.
Watch this website, our PRSA Greater Salt Lake Chapter Facebook page or PRSA Salt Lake’s Twitter hashtag (#PRSASLC) for information about upcoming events.
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SALT LAKE CITY PRSA
Thanks for your interest in the PRSA Greater Salt Lake Chapter. We hope you'll find this site to be a helpful resource in conjunction with the national site, PRSA.org. This site offers local information about upcoming luncheons, professional development events, and the Annual Golden Spike Awards competition as well as resource links and job postings.
If you are interested in joining the Greater Salt Lake PRSA Chapter, please contact Antonio Lima at 801.990.1156 / alima@summitslc.com or Jason Carlton at 801.668.6690 / jasonmcarlton@hotmail.com.
