The Equinox Club provided the perfect backdrop for Leah Garchik’s talk. Veteran SF Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik was the speaker at the PR Round Table’s Mixer networking event on Tuesday, June 26, regaling the more-than 50 guests with tales from her past and tips for landing an item in her column. Appearing without the trademark […]
Read MoreLane Kasselman’s Talk Inspires PR Newbies and Veterans Alike
Lane Kasselman headlined the April 24, 2018, program at Golden Gate University. PR pro and former Uber communications executive Lane Kasselman had some sage advice for the attendees at the PR Round Table’s April 24, 2018, Scholarship Program lunch: “Fake it ’til you make it” — a lesson he learned the hard way, several times […]
Read MoreMeet the 2018 SFPRRT Scholarship Finalists & Winners
2018 Scholarship Winners: Left to right, Irma Guardado, USF; Elsabete Kebede, SJSU; Angela Mesgarzadeh, UC Berkeley; Jasmine Garcia, SJSU. The Scholarship Awards took place as part of the April 24, 2018, meeting, held at Golden Gate University. The four winners of the SF PR Round Table’s 2018 Philip N. McCombs Scholarships are going places, […]
Read MoreApril 27, 2018: Meet Our Newest Members
Let’s give a warm welcome to Jennifer Byrd, Paula Reinman and Scott Maier, our newest members! Jennifer has returned to the Bay Area after serving as the national director of communications for the Salvation Army in Washington D.C. Many of you may already know her from her earlier years here in SF, where she was the […]
Read MoreNew PRRT Event: Evening Member & Guest Mixer • June 26, 2018
When: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Where: The Sumptuous Equinox Club, Overlooking Market Street 747 Market Street, San Francisco (One block from the MUNI/BART Powell Street Station, plus nearby parking in Union Square, the SF MoMA lot, and more) Featuring: SF Chronicle Columnist Leah Garchik; catered hors d’oeuvres by Bi-Rite; unlimited wine and […]
Read MoreFebruary 2018 Program Highlights: UC Berkeley Spokesman Dan Mogulof Reports From the Campus Free-Speech Trenches
On February 1, 2017, a former editor of the far-right Breitbart News Network attempted to deliver a speech at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, the birthplace of the free speech movement. The event erupted into violence as 150 masked militant “anti-fascist” protesters toting baseball bats and machetes showed up to stop the speech. Fortunately no lives […]
Read MoreApril 24, 2018, Lunch: Lane Kasselman of Greenbrier PR — “Report From the Front Lines of the PR Revolution” & Scholarship Awards
Reservations for this event are now closed. Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, 6th Floor (University Center) San Francisco 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. (Networking starts at 11:30 a.m.) Price is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers, and includes your choice of three boxed lunch options. We have a two-fer […]
Read MoreChair’s Message: January 2018
Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to serve as chair of the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable (SFPRRT) for 2018. After chairing the club’s Scholarship Committee for several years, and serving as the organization’s vice chair last year, I’m looking forward to helping steer the organization toward reinvigoration, with more members, and members who are more involved. […]
Read MoreExciting Changes Coming to SF PRRT Programs in 2018: New Venue, Lower Prices, New Schedule
Responding to findings of our recent survey, big changes are in store for the San Francisco Round Table. For starters, we will hold meetings every other month instead of monthly. Please mark your calendars for the SFPRRT lunches on the fourth Tuesdays of February (27th), April (24th), August (28th) and October (23rd). We believe that fewer […]
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2018 Lunch: “Campus Confidential: Milo, Mayhem and the Media,” With UC Berkeley Spokesman Dan Mogulof
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, 6th Floor (University Center) San Francisco 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. (Networking starts at 11:30 a.m.) Price is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers, and includes your choice of three boxed lunch options. Dan Mogulof is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Executive Communications in UC Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public […]
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