Student scholarships available for annual convention

The Public Relations Foundation of Texas is accepting essays from students for Joe Riordan Registration Scholarships to the Best of the Southwest Communicators Conference. Students who write the winning essays will receive up to $150 (cost of a full student registration for the conference).
Interested students should e-mail an essay (maximum of 250 words) on “Why [...]

Get your designer socks ready. VNR-1 is back as sponsor

VNR-1 has signed on again as sponsor of the Hospitality Suite at the “Best of the Southwest Communicators Conference” and Jack Trammell says the “Take Your Shoes Off At The Door” rule will be in full force.
For longtime attendees of the TPRA convention, one of the highlights of the weekend is the post awards banquet [...]

Conference Sponsor

Next time you see Larry Springer, APR, from Enbridge, give him a big TPRA thank you. Enbridge just signed on as a major sponsor for the 2009 Best of the Southwest Conference put on jointly by TPRA and PRSA Southwest District.
“My colleagues at Enbridge and I are very excited about the broad array of [...]

Israel Uses Twitter

Israel held the first ever news conference using Twitter, the New York Times reports.
“Since the definition of war has changed, the definition of public diplomacy has to change as well,” said David Saranga, the head of media relations for the Israeli consulate in New York, which conducted the Twitter news conference on Tuesday. …
Mr. Saranga [...]