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 […]
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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 […]
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Join the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table for our first-ever Twitter Mixer on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We’ll gather at The Market on Market in Twitter’s headquarters building (1355 Market Street, 1 block from Civic Center BART/Muni Metro) in San Francisco, to talk about all […]
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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 […]
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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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Photos: Kingmond Young On Thursday, February 14, 2019, the PR Round Table hosted its annual fundraising gala — this time with a distinctly romantic flair befitting its Valentine’s Day date. Our members and their guests were enthralled by our absolutely glamorous MC and live auctioneer, San Francisco drag icon Donna Sachet, as well as our […]
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Our reimagined fundraising gala fell on Valentine’s Day — February 14, 2019 — and featured our best auction items yet. To add to the fun, Donna Sachet, a drag performer known as the First Lady of the Castro, was on hand to do a live auction of our big-ticket prizes. We thank our many donors, […]
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For someone who never took a journalism class, Carol Pogash has had an amazing career as a reporter. Stringer for the New York Times; feature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle; on-air reporter at The News Room; author of bestselling books – she’s done it all. Her stories of local events have run in national […]
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It wouldn’t be a Holiday Party without the Silent Auction! The Holiday Party’s Silent Auction is the primary source of funding for the PR Round Table’s signature public service, the Philip N. McCombs Scholarship Program, which gives out $10,000 or more each year to Bay Area college students majoring in public relations, communications, marketing, media […]
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“Forum” Host Michael Krasny (left) was joined by Senior Editor Dan Zoll at the PRRT’s August talk. “You’ll never get rich in public radio,” Michael Krasny told the packed house at the August 28, 2018, meetng of the S.F. PR Round Table. “What you will do is make a difference.” Krasny, the legendary host of […]
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