GKC-PRSA June Newsletter

QUICK LINKS

Events S ponsors

Career Center Join

About Us Contact

Invest in PRISM Awards; support our profession

Note from Austin Falley, VP of Professional Development

Every fall, public relations and communications professionals in Greater Kansas City gather at the PRISM Awards gala to honor the smartest, sharpest work being produced in our area.

Our chapter’s mission is to elevate the public relations profession with learning and development opportunities, and our signature PRISM Awards gala provides a platform to honor stellar public relations and communications work.

As vice president of finance for our chapter, my request is simple: Consider becoming a sponsor of the 2017 PRISM Awards Gala, slated for Oct. 12 at the Uptown Theater.

As a not-for-profit professional association, every dollar you contribute to the PRISM Gala gives our chapter more resources to support Kansas City’s PR community. Gala sponsors allow us to invest in our profession through monthly development lunches, after-work gatherings and other opportunities for learning and fellowship that bring to Kansas City visionary minds in the public relations space.

Your support for this year’s PRISM Awards gala reinforces our chapter’s ability to be a premier professional resource and to advocate for Kansas City’s public relations and communications community.

Please consider a sponsorship to support our largest fundraising and recognition event. The future of our PRSA chapter truly depends on it.

Austin Falley - VP of Finance
Become a Sponsor

2017 PRISM Awards Call for Entries Now Open!

Do you have a great campaign, event, program or other tactical piece you have created? It’s time to show us your exceptional performances!

The PRISM Award website is up and ready to accept your 2017 entry submissions. This year’s winners will be recognized at the October 12 PRISM Gala, “Exceptional Performances: Celebrating Kansas City Public Relations.”

During this special evening, we will pay tribute to the talented public relations and communications professionals in our area. The best of the best also will be honored with special awards for their work, service and career achievements.

Here’s all you need to do:

Call for Entries

This packet includes important information about submitting your entries. Be sure to submit entries by 5 p.m. on June 23.

Submit an entry

Questions about submitting entries? Contact Shaunda Parks at prismawardskc@gmail.com or Amy Thomas at amye.thomas@yahoo.com.

Want to nominate someone for a special award?

Special awards include:

The Roger Yarrington Public Relations Professional of the Year Award
The Bill DeLay Award for Distinguished Service to GKC-PRSA
The Public Relations Team of the Year Award

Nominate

Join us at the 2017 PRISM Gala!

Registration is now open to attend the 2017 PRISM Gala! Event details are below.

Event Details

Date:

October 12, 2017

Location:

The Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri

Parking:

Free surface parking in lot directly across the street from the Uptown Theater.

Program:

Sponsor reception 5:30 – 6 p.m.

All guest cocktail reception and networking 6 – 7 p.m.

Dinner, speaker and awards presentation 7 – 9:30 p.m.

Pricing:

Please reserve your spot no later than September 21, 2017.

PRSA Member $75

Non-Member $90

Student $60

Questions:

Contact Amy Thomas at amye.thomas@yahoo.com.

Become a Sponsor

Don't Miss: Upcoming Chapter Events

June 13: Meet Steve Kraske of KCUR and The Star

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., Seasons 52

Cost: $5 for members, $7 for non-members

(Price does not include the cost of your lunch.)

Meet Steve Kraske of KCUR and The Kansas City Star at Solo Pros on June 13.

Steve Kraske is a member of The Kansas City Star's Editorial Board, host of KCUR's "Up to Date," and a professor of journalism at UMKC. He has worked at The Star since 1986 – first as a police reporter, as a Statehouse reporter in both Missouri and Kansas and as the paper's chief political correspondent and columnist.

*Please note that you do not need to be a Solo Pro to attend.

June 20: Professional Development:

Speed Networking with Eric Morgenstern

4:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.., Cleaver & Cork

Cost: $18 for members, $25 for non-members

There is limited space for this event.

(Price includes drink and appetizers.)

Join us on Tuesday, June 20 at Cleaver & Cork for a PRSA Speed Network event presented by Eric Morgenstern, APR, Fellow PRSA, chief executive officer of Morningstar Communications.

Eric will share 10 tips for networking success, including how to give and get – a strategy to move each conversation forward and make authentic connections. Takeaways also include strategies for asking excellent questions and being remembered (in a good way). After all, memorable first impressions hold great value.

At this event, we’ll ‘speed network’ (similar to speed dating, but in the professional sense) and walk away with tangible information about every attendee!

Thank you to our sponsor, NextPage.

More

June 27: New Pros: What's the Next Stop?

8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.,E. Crichton "Kite" Singleton Yard

Cost: $10 for members and non-members

(Price includes coffee and donuts.)

Join us for a morning of brainstorming with KC Streetcar Communications Manager Donna Mandelbaum.

ALL ABOARD: Take a private tour of the KC Streetcar facility with GKC - PRSA New Pros.* After the tour, you’ll have the opportunity to sharpen your strategic communications skills during a brainstorming session with Donna Mandelbaum, Communications Manager for the KC Streetcar, about how the Streetcar can be a catalyst in Kansas City place making.

*Please note that you do not need to be a New Pro to attend.

More