2015 Scholarship Program a Success! The annual scholarship luncheon is the culmination — or better yet, celebration — of many activities throughout the year. It’s one of the PR Round Table’s best events and this year did not disappoint. The event sold out early and members and guests who attended were given ample opportunity to […]
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To be eligible for our Phillip McComb’s Scholarship Program, students must be enrolled in a Bay Area college or university in a public relations, journalism, communications, media studies, marketing or other related program, and they must have earned a GPA or 3.5 or higher. Both undergraduate and graduate students are considered. We received 16 eligible […]
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By Maureen Knoll The Nuts and Bolts of Working with the Associated Press Michael Liedtke, one of two Bay Area technology beat reporters for the Associated Press, shared the key details of how to (and how not to) best get your local business story covered at a sold-out meeting Tues., February 24. The 30-year veteran […]
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SF PRRT Board member and program chair Beverly Butler has been awarded a Volunteer Leave by her employer, Wells Fargo. For two months, Beverly will be behind a different desk: Theatre Bay Area, the non-profit service organization assisting the 300 theatres in the Bay Area. “ Wells Fargo pays my salary and benefits but I get to […]
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Although there is little information available at the time of this writing, SF Public Relations Round Table member Kim George died November 7 of pancreatic cancer. He had been diagnosed with the illness, which had already reached stage 4, just over a month earlier. He had just started chemotherapy but did not react well to […]
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By Maureen Knoll San Francisco Public Relations Round Table members listened spellbound to Carolyne Zinko’s presentation on October 28, which revealed not just what’s going on with the topic of style, but the realities of “feeding the beast” of social media while attempting to turn out stories of substance. “I didn’t go into this field […]
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Theatre Bay Area Chief Brad Erickson Shines a Spotlight on the Region’s Thriving Theater Scene “How do you hide a mountain?” That question was at the heart of Brad Erickson’s talk at the SFPRRT July meeting. The “mountain” is the Bay Area’s vibrant but under-the-radar theater community. Erickson’s job as executive director of Theatre Bay […]
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How do you book a speaker at the San Francisco-based Commonwealth Club, the nation’s leading public affairs forum? Dr. Gloria Duffy, president and CEO of this prestigious organization, spoke on this subject at the May 27 PR Roundtable Luncheon as well as on a range of issues relevant to the Commonwealth Club’s history, operations and […]
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The five 2014 winners of the Philip N. McCombs Scholarship Fun were honored at our PRRT lunch at Lark Creek Steak on Tuesday, April 22. These talented students were chosen from an impressive group of applicants and demonstrate the leadership qualities, intelligence, innovation, talent, and commitment that will make them valuable members of the communications […]
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Why do we do this? What motivates us, captivates us, and engages us to choose a career in what is ranked as the 5th most stressful job (careercast.com) out there — Public Relations Executive. We serve as the masters of damage control and, as such, are under pressure to perform at the drop of just […]
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