Media Relations 2.0

Are you an East Texas professional communicator? Mark October 29 on your calendar. TPRA is coming to you with “Media Relations 2.0″.  To register, call Yana Ogletree at 936-639-7163 or YOgletree@memorialhealth.org.

Communicating Effectively with Employees during Tough Times

Are you facing budget and staff cutbacks at the office? Are you concerned about the impact – on you, your team, the rest of the organization? Are you responsible for providing clear communication counsel amid mounting anxiety and disruption? Then this TPRA tele-webinar session is for you.
On Tuesday, October 6, learn how to balance good [...]

2010 Convention Call for Speakers

TPRA’s 2010 Annual Convention is scheduled for March 5-7, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel in Austin, TX.  The theme of this year’s convention is ‘Get Connected’ and will feature three tracks – connecting personally, connecting professionaly and connecting with the planet.

Convention Chair Michele Glaze, APR has a lot in store [...]

Social Media

Two interesting developments in Social Media have surfaced to my attention. Did you see them?
First, the U.S. Army has enlisted Facebook and Twitter to reach a younger audience. Second, Best Buy has asked twitterers and the blogosphere to help it write a job description for its Senior Manager, Emerging Media Marketing Manager.
I can’t help [...]

What is PR?

You’d think we’d have this question answered once and for all by now, but this very thing was discussed recently at a Houston PRSA board meeting. And, it prompted some interesting e-mail exchanges afterwards.
One point made referenced Roper’s Theory of Concentric Circles, a mass communication theory. It holds that communication emerges from a small group [...]