July 2008 ImPRessions
Articles include:
Richard Forester, new director of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau, to speak at July 14 meeting.
PRAM members to fold flags for next community service project.
August meeting moved to Aug. 18.
The next Lunch ‘n Learn teleseminar will be “From Surviving to Thriving: Restoring Your Brand and Reputation in a Media-Centric World” on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at Tulane University’s campus at Edgewater Mall in Biloxi. Attendance is free for PRAM members and Tulane students and only $5 for guests. We’ll start gathering at 11:30 a.m. and begin the teleseminar at noon, followed by a brief group discussion until 1:30 p.m. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch to the brown-bag event.
Speaker will be James E. Lee, senior vice president and chief public & consumer affairs officer, ChoicePoint. In early 2005, ChoicePoint was known as a leader in providing information-based technology and tools to businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Virtually overnight, the company found itself nearly drowning in a tsunami of negative attention from the news media, public officials and consumer advocates, and labeled a “poster child for lax security.” Learn how ChoicePoint used strategic communications to reverse the tide, allowing the company to today be called a “role model” by many of its harshest critics and a “textbook example” of brand restoration by academic and professional researchers.
The Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization sponsors the 2008 Southern Public Relations Federation Conference July 27-29 in Sandestin, Fla. Registration is $275 for three days of incredible speakers, death-defying feats of PR excellence, and the information you need to make sense of the PR Circus!
Click here to go the official site for the 2008 Southern Public Relations Federation Conference.