Reserve Now May Lunch Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Taj Campton Place Hotel Noon – 1:30 p.m. Visual storytelling is in demand – but what is it? And who uses it? Sally Falkow, recently named a top one percent Social Media Influencer by Kred, will tell all at the May PRRT luncheon. She knows what the […]
Read MoreMillennials: Who They Are, How to Reach Them
By Lisa Stockwell Impatient, distractible, no tolerance for ambiguity, adaptable, feedback junkies, influential, powerful, optimistic, open, visual, fearless. These are some of the words Kit Yarrow, clinical psychologist and professor at Golden Gate University, used to describe Generation Y at our March San Francisco Public Relations Round Table lunch. At 85 million strong and ranging from […]
Read MorePR Roundtable Board Member is Playwright
Beverly Butler’s one-act play, Indelible, is part of a three week run at the Exit Theatre opening April 12. Produced by Wiley Productions and sponsored the last 13 years by the Playwrights Center of San Francisco, the evening of theatre is called Sheherezade. This is Butler’s second play to win a full production. Her play […]
Read MoreApril Lunch with Jessamyn Katz
Reserve Now April Lunch Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Taj Campton Place Hotel Noon – 1:30 p.m. Jessamyn Katz of Heyman Associates Executive Search Discusses Hiring Trends in the Fields of Communications & Public Affairs What can you do to differentiate yourself in today’s employment market? Which skills and qualities are most important to companies and […]
Read MoreTipping the Engagement Scale in Your Favor
RESERVE NOW (50% discount to SF PRRT members: info below) Date & Time: Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM Location: UBM Tech 303 2nd St. South Tower, 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 How to Employ Multimedia Content for Compelling Storytelling The presence of content in its various forms across the digital […]
Read MoreLarry Kamer Discusses Crisis Communications at City College of San Francisco
By Elizabeth Risberg Walking into a bad situation is usually a PR person’s biggest nightmare. But for crisis communications pro Larry Kamer, tackling the issues surrounding City College of San Francisco’s “fall from grace” was a matter of course. “I’m the person who runs into burning buildings,” he noted. The beleaguered community college, which serves […]
Read MoreKit Yarrow Speaks About Gen Y at March 2013 Luncheon
RESERVE NOW March Lunch Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Lark Creek Steak 845 Market St., 4th Floor, Suite 402 San Francisco, CA 94103 Noon – 1:30 p.m. Gen Y Decoded Generation Y, those born between 1980 and 2000, are today’s most enthusiastic shoppers and by the end of this decade they’ll have more spending power than the Baby […]
Read MoreWinning Positive Public Perception The Scudder Way
“Most management and job failures are more or less communications failures. The ability to communicate is essential to business success.” Virgil Scudder, media trainer and CEO coach, entertained and educated his SF PRRT audience on January 22 with warmth and wit, providing tales from the trenches and offering his wisdom on effective communication. “Communication is […]
Read MoreDuane McDowell, PRRT Historian
By John McDowell, Duane’s son Duane McDowell was a 1946 Journalism graduate of South Dakota State College (well, not really. He was a math class short. They mailed him a diploma in the 1950s after he started work for his state’s U.S. Senator!). At SDS he was editor of Collegian, the student newspaper. He also […]
Read MoreChair’s Column, January 2013
An Exciting Lineup for 2013 Virgil Scudder, media trainer extraordinaire, kicked off the New Year for the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table by sharing his “Scudder Method” of verbal communication with humor and flair at our 26 January luncheon. For those who missed the lunch, you can read about Virgil’s presentation here. For those […]
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