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 […]
Read MoreIt’s Time to Renew Your PR Round Table Membership!

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 […]
Read MorePJ Johnston Shares the Chase Center’s Real Hoop Dreams Story

“It was like a once-in-a-career launch where everything sort of worked, and it was beautiful.” That’s how public relations strategist PJ Johnston described the very beginnings of the Golden State Warriors Chase Center campaign when he spoke in October to the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table at Golden Gate University. The media relations consultant […]
Read MoreHoop Dreams: The PR Story Behind the Warriors’ Chase Center

What have you been doing for the past seven years? Join the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table on Tuesday, October 22, for lunch, and learn what media relations consultant PJ Johnston has been doing for those same seven years: leading the public relations campaign to construct the Golden State Warriors’ Chase Center, San Francisco’s newest sports, […]
Read MoreDoug Fruehling Looks for Scoops and “Actionable” News at the San Francisco Business Times

Mind-blowing. Surreal. Comic-Con? Burning Man? No. Those are words Doug Fruehling uses to describe his move from Washington, DC, to San Francisco earlier this year. The newly appointed editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Business Times spoke at the August 27, 2019, meeting of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table. He talked about his decision […]
Read MoreMichael Fineman Honored With Lifetime SFPRRT Membership

Michael Fineman, a longtime PR Round Table member who served on the Board, chaired the Membership Committee and generously supported the Scholarship Committee, has been elected to Lifetime Member status. The honor, voted by the Board, is reserved for members who, over an extended period, have rendered outstanding service to the SFPRRT in one or […]
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the San Francisco Business Times: A Conversation With New Editor-in-Chief Douglas Fruehling

SF PR Round Table August 27 Event with Keynoter Douglas Fruehling, New Editor-in-Chief of the San Francisco Business Times Join the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table on Tuesday, August 27, at Golden Gate University for lunch with Douglas Fruehling, the brand-new editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Business Times. Fruehling left the Washington Business Journal to start […]
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Patsy Barich

Long-time San Francisco Public Relations Round Table member and former Board member Patsy Barich, a marketing and PR professional whose work included break-through marketing and PR in food and beverage, lifestyle, publishing and education/non-profits, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2019, after a year-long battle with cancer. Her work included media outreach, social media and publicity […]
Read MoreVictoria Sánchez De Alba Inspired Students & Veteran Communicators at Scholarship Lunch

Photo: Irene Renaldy “Multicultural Is Now the Mainstream”: Victoria Sánchez De Alba Inspired Students and Veteran Communicators at Scholarship Luncheon At the SFPRRT’s annual Scholarship Luncheon on April 23, 2019, members welcomed the next generation of public relations practitioners — this year’s scholarship winners — with a practical and inspirational talk on diversity and inclusion […]
Read MoreMeet Our 2019 Scholarship Winners

2019 Scholarship winners: Sydney Ochoa, University of San Francisco; Jocelyn Jensen, Cal State East Bay; Rebecca Ajuonuma, Golden Gate University; Joseph Sandoval-Rios, San Jose State University; and Alison McLaughlin, Santa Clara University Five Bay Area college/university students were honored with a total of $10,000 in scholarships at the PR Round Table’s April 23, 2019, meeting, held […]
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