Join PRSA Suburban Chicago for our next summer PR After Hours meet up May 24 at Moon Wok in Glenview and meet professional colleagues from the northern suburbs over dinner and drinks. Hosted by PRSA Suburban Chicago, PR After Hours is a chance to leave the computers and smart phones behind, relax and socialize with old and new [...]
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PRSA After Hours Meetup Goes Castilian March 29th at La Roca Tapas in Arlington Heights
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Get out of the office and away from that computer! Our dining drama continues – PRSA Surburban Chicago is heading to Arlington Heights to check out the latest addition to the city’s dining scene, and we’re inviting our Chicago chapter colleagues to join us on our foodie adventures. PRSASCC’s PR After Hours is a series [...]
LinkedIn: More than Collecting Contacts! – March 13, 2012 Dinner Event
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PRSA Suburban Chicago Presents: LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site on the internet. With over 135 million users, of which 55+million are in the United States, people use this network to connect with other professionals to build relationships, meet new contacts, search for jobs, and market themselves and their businesses. But diving into the [...]
Happy New Year From PRSA Suburban Chicago!
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bring on the New Year! Don’t let the winter vacation we took from meetings and events let you forget about what’s to come in 2012. We’ve got presentations lined up for a number of topics featuring speakers from agencies, associations, corporations and more. For the ever-changing world of social media where there are always new [...]
20th Anniversary Observance
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’m still trying to figure out where 2011 went to, but New Year’s Eve will soon be here, and with it, the start of a very special year for PRSA Suburban Chicago: Our 20th Anniversary. It’s difficult to believe that it’s been 20 years since a group of professionals formed what began as the Greater [...]
Including Advocacy Campaigns in Public Relations
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scared for your Future Imagine being a college student from a low income family. You’ve had to work since you were of legal age to do so and you have a night job to keep your finances going. It’s tough, but thanks to the Illinois MAP grant, getting an education isn’t just a dream. That [...]
Ready to Earn Your Accreditation?
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Interested in earning your Accreditation, but don’t know how to start? Established in 1964, the Accreditation Program is the profession’s only national post-graduate certification program. The APR credential is a sign of commitment and expertise in the profession of public relations. It measures a public relations practitioner’s fundamental knowledge of communications theory and its application; establishes advanced capabilities [...]
Share PRSA Suburban Chicago With Colleagues in Our Membership Sweepstakes
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a tough couple of years in the public relations profession as the economy has struggled to right itself. Organizations of all sizes in the Chicago struggled, and cutbacks hit the public relations and marketing professions have suffered significantly over the last few years as employers have reacted to the markets uncertainty by slashing [...]
2011: A PRSA Retrospective
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
2011 in Review I look at the calendar and still can’t quite believe that 2011 is over. It’s been a fascinating journey serving as president this past year, one filled with successes and not-quite-successes (I refuse to succumb to the business-speak mandate to call them “challenges.”). But for all that, it’s been a good year. [...]
PRSA Suburban Chicago Presents: A Trade Show Gone Global
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PRSA Suburban Chicago Presents: A Trade Show Gone Global – IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show The Internet makes every company international, whether you intended to be or not. So how do you manage international PR in addition to your already overloaded workload? PRSA Suburban Chicago is kicking off our 20th anniversary year with [...]
