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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mary Currie, this year’s Chair of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table, was profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle in advance of her impending retirement from her position as the Public Affairs Director of the Golden Gate Bridge for the past 22 years. You can read the article here.

Jim Rowe, head of investor relations at Wells Fargo told a packed house that his job is to get out of the way of the message. Rowe, a 33 year veteran of financial communications, spoke to the group January 28 about his 7-person team that runs investor relations for the most profitable bank in the […]

By Maureen Knoll Director, Creative & Communications Delta Dental of California At the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table’s October 22 meeting, Kathryn Caulfield, Vice President for Global Corporate Communications, Corporate Responsibility and Crisis Management, shared her behind-the-scenes story on how Clorox managed its transition from a company on Greenpeace’s attack list to a leader […]