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This Month's Featured Speaker
March 19, 2009 "Optimizing Your Website " Ellen Didier
How can you improve your website fast? How do you know what to change, what to keep, and what really works? Our featured speaker will gives us tips -- and will use our own websites as examples.
Want her to take a look at your website? Email Lori Miller.
Register for this month's meeting now.
Recent Speakers
February 20, 2008 "Becoming the "Go-To" Expert: Tactics for Making Your Business a Local Resource " Art Hickman
Bradford gets nearly 700 calls for help every month. How have they become a valuable community resource for expert advice? Art talked about the methods they use to be indispensable resources.
January 16, 2008 "Reaching Niche Audiences with Social Media" Allison Wetherbee
Camp ASCCA is a barrier-free therapeutic recreational facility for children and adults on 230 acres in Jackson's Gap, Alabama. Under Allison's guidance, the camp is just beginning to explore social media as a vehicle for reaching connecting people, and is already seeing solid results from the effort.
December 2007 -- No Monthly Meeting
November 14, 2007 "Turning Customers into Spokespeople " Steve Ross
Avocent has a pretty good system for finding customers that love their service and are willing to tell their story. And isn't that what PR is really all about? Steve Ross, VP of Marketing for Avocent, gave us some practical advice and best practices for customer case studies.
October 17, 2007 "Using Creative Marketing to Enhance Your Business "
Tim shared what he's done to become a speaker, consultant and author on the subject of entrepreneurship.
August 26, 2007 "Once In A Generation Branding " Peggy Petrof Peggy's talked about Huntsville's plans for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of America in Space, as well as the Davidson Center for Space Exploration opening.
May 16, 2007 "Working
Wonders for the Huntsville Hospital Foundation" Huntsville Hospital Foundation The news anchor turned passionate spokesperson for premature birth causes spoke about the transition and its delights, challenges.
April 18, 2007 "Telling
the Police Story"
When a criminal news story, a department decision, or a police action needs explanation or context, Wendall Johnson speaks. He discussed his responsibility for all external communications in the department.
March 21, 2007 "Planning
for the Space & Rocket Center's 25th Anniversary"
Al Whitaker of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center spoke about the state's number one tourist attraction.
February 21, 2007 "Pitching
Your Media Story" Director of Public Relations Emerging Networks Scripps Networks (DIY Network, Fine Living, HGTV, and Great American Country)
Gary McCormick and his team use research, pay attention to trends, and leverage all relationships to drive show content and related strategy on their networks like DIY and Fine Living. His presentation at the membership meeting in February was abbreviated but still bursting with practical advice. One takeaway to the audience about pitching stories to the media: "Know the producers, not the talent." See his slides.
January 17, 2007 "New
Year's Resolutions for the PR Professional" State PRCA VP Accreditation President PRCA Montgomery
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Register for this month's meeting now Discover benefits of membership We hold our regular membership meetings every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Redstone Federal Credit Union, 220 Wynn Drive. (get directions).
Lunch costs $15 for members, $12 for students, $17 for guests. Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend--just email our Hospitality Chair. |
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Web Watch How to Respond to Blog Posts that are Sales Spam, PR Communications, July 2007
Tips for Using People Photos that Get Results, 101 Public Relations, June 2007
Headlines that Attract Attention, IMedia Connection, June 2007
Evaluating Communication Campaigns, from Geneva Communications Workshop as posted on Intelligent Measurement, March 30, 2007
Traditional PR Still Remains Strong, All About Public Relations, April 2007
Evaluating Communication Campaigns, from Geneva Communications Workshop as posted on Intelligent Measurement, March 30, 2007
Traditional PR Still Remains Strong, All About Public Relations, April 2007
Updating the Internal Communications Toolkit, Jill Pyle, a PR student and her work, April 11, 2007
SLIDES: Extreme PR Makeovers Posted at Strategic PR -- from the Strategic Public Relations Conference in Chicago, April 3, 2007
Four Questions to Ask About Social Media and Your Business iMedia Connection, March 30, 2007
Turning an average customer into celebrity spokesperson Publicity Hound, March 27, 2007
Boomers Big on Word of Mouth, Not on Blogs, MarketingVOX, March 22, 2007
PR: We are Gaining Market Share, 6AM Edelman.com, March 9, 2007
Nonprofits Should Target Boomers Nevada Business Community Blog, March 9, 2007
When PR Tactics Compromise the Message, Communication Overtones, March 8, 2006
The PR Jack of All Trades WILL get the worm (It's not about new media -- it's about audiences) (tpemurphy.com, March 2, 2007)
Charitable Blogging PR Opinions, March 2006)
What Should Our Websites Measure? (Yahoo.com, Feb 28, 2007)
Getting a Grip on Social Media (Forward Blog, Feb 6, 2007)
The Five Immutable Laws of Persuasive Blogging. Copyblogger, Feb 1, 2007
The ROI of Blogging, Forrester Research /Charlene Li's Blog, January 25, 2007)
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