Annual Conference Transformed Into Leadership Day: One Week Left for Early Bird Registration

Howdy to all my TPRA friends! I hope to see all of you at this year’s TPRA Leadership Day and Gala in Austin, Texas on March 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency. You may be asking, “What is the Leadership Day?” Well, it’s really our annual conference. To keep up with the changing times, and to ensure the financial health of the organization, we’ve streamlined the conference to primarily one day. With this new format, on Friday, March 5, we have a really jam-packed day filled with educational sessions and keynotes from some of Texas’ leading public relations gurus from Dell, GSD&M Idea City, Tuerff-Davis Enviromedia, BizComm Associates, Whole Foods, SXSW, TateAustinHahn and so much more. In addition, on Thursday, March 4, we’ve got a jumpstart to the Leadership Day with an accreditation workshop and a “Communicators Connexion” (a happy hour), featuring Dan Bartlett, CEO and President of Public Strategies in Austin.
Just like our annual conference, the Leadership Day will feature our annual Silver Spur/Best of Texas awards ceremony – we’ve just started calling it a gala (because it’s so cool that we recognize the best in PR and outstanding individuals). And, just like our annual conference, we are there to network, have fun, meet old friends and create new ones.
I hope you can join us. To get the best price you need to register by the early bird deadline of Feb. 19 (that’s just one week away!) The best value of course is to register for the entire Leadership Day and Gala (which also gets you in free to the “Communicators Connexion).
I’d also like to thanks Enbridge Inc. who has graciously stepped up to be the Leadership Day and Gala presenting sponsor. In these tough economic times, we appreciate an organization that understands the value of public relations and is willing to financial underwrite a great event. Plus, they value their own communications team and that is even better.
In addition, I’d like to do a shout out to our college students. Since last September, students from Texas State University have been helping shape our Leadership Day. Today, students from their PRSSA chapter are writing blogs, developing e-mails and leveraging social media to get the word out. I’m also pleased that students from the University of North Texas are going to start helping us as well.
The Leadership Day and Gala will be a powerful opportunity to learn about the “Best in Texas” in public relations. Sign up today!

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