2010 Conference Theme

2010 TPRA Annual Conference
“Get Connected” March 5-7, 2010
Hyatt Regency ~ Austin, TX

Best of Southwest Speaker Quoted in NYT

Peter Shankman, founder of HARO (Help a Reporter Out), opines about the Tropicana orange juice package brouha. See Peter at the Best of the Southwest Conference on Friday, Feb. 27.  He’s the keynote speaker.

Convention Facebook page now up

The convention now has a Facebook page where you can find the latest updates. We’ll also have j-students from North Texas blogging on there (and here) throughout the convention.
Check it out and share with fellow pros.

Marketing to Women panel adds two great panelists

We added two great panelists to the Marketing to Women session. We already had Dr. Jacque Lambiase of North Texas, whose current research interests include gender and advertising, as well as social networking, and Ann Ranson, who built the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network sales operation from the ground up and became the first Certified Selling [...]

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 [...]