“2020 was to have been a banner year for San Francisco and the cruise business. Instead, we got coronavirus.” That’s how Randy Quezada put it when looking back over the past few months of his job as communications director at the Port of San Francisco. Quezada was a panelist at a discussion about managing communications […]
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A Statement by the Board of Trustees of the Public Relations Round Table of San Francisco It is hard to find the right words to say to people who are feeling great pain, and this, most unfortunately, is that time. We are all disturbed about our world in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of […]
Read MoreJoin the Public Relations Round Table on Tuesday, June 30, for a noontime panel discussion on crisis communication during the most difficult of difficult times. Three experienced San Francisco public relations and public affairs practitioners will share how the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, followed by the heartrending Black Lives Matter demonstrations and unrest, brought […]
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“Knowledge is our most precious resource,” says journalist Priya Clemens. She learned that during her stint as editor-in-chief of her elementary school newspaper. It’s still the foundation for all she does. And what she’s done! Washington, DC, New York, California – she’s been a TV producer and reporter for network and local news stations all […]
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It’s early May 2020. We’ve all read the stories about how people are coping with the current pandemic. While some of us have it easier than others, it’s no party for anyone. We asked five PR Round Table members to share with us what life has been like since the onset of COVID-19. We also […]
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Go to the end of the story for videos of our scholarship winners, or view on YouTube. At a time when the Covid-19 crisis is disrupting colleges across the land, and putting many students and their families in a financial bind, the PR Round Table’s long-running Philip N. McCombs Scholarship Program will bring welcome relief […]
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JOIN THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC RELATIONS ROUND TABLE FOR THIS FREE ONLINE EVENT PR Round Table Virtual Scholarship Lunch with “KQED Newroom” host Priya Clemens will focus on what it’s like to work in news during COVID-19. New KQED Newsroom Host Priya Clemens generously said “yes” when asked to join PR Round Table at our annual Scholarship […]
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Scholarship Fund Nets $5,000 at PR Round Table Annual Fundraiser “What? No weapons? No hatchets?” Such was the surprise expressed by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, political columnist with the San Francisco Examiner, on finding himself addressing an audience of public relations practitioners at the PR Round Table annual fundraiser on February 14, held at the top […]
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Tickets are now on sale for the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table’s second annual Valentine’s Day Gala Auction and Fundraiser, set for Friday, February 14, 2020, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the top of the Westin St. Francisco Hotel in San Francisco. Enjoy an elegant lunch against a backdrop of breathtaking views of […]
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New for 2020: Discounted Corporate Memberships It’s time to renew your San Francisco Public Relations Round Table (PRRT) membership! We’ve made it easy to pay your dues via Eventbrite. As a PRRT member, you enjoy networking opportunities with some of the Bay Area’s top PR practitioners and mentors. You receive discounted access to our luncheons, networking […]
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