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Thursday, April 15
5:30p.m.-7 p.m.
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The job market is rarely predictable, but even more so during the current pandemic. Join us for a session with experts in the public relations, communications, digital marketing, and human resources fields to explore how to pivot in your job search, while gaining important skills, building your resume, making critical contacts, and pursuing a meaningful career. |
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Tuesday, April 27
5-6 p.m.
Can Search Engine Optimization be a true cousin to PR and help you prove the worth of your earned media placements? Join PPRA on Tuesday, April 27 at 5 p.m. as we welcome SEO expert Laura Amy and her cousin, Annie Scranton, of PACE Public Relations, for an hour long presentation on leveraging media placements for SEO benefit.
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Did you miss our recent discussions on what is trending in print, broadcast, and digital media? No worries! Now available are the recordings from our recent sessions, featuring panelists from NBC10, WHYY, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and more!
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As we approach the completion of another active year of PPRA, it is time to nominate the Philadelphia region's most talented, passionate, and promising public relations professionals. We look forward to celebrating one standout student with the Dr. Jean Brodey Student Achievement Award, a remarkable professional with the President's Fast-Track Award, and an exemplary model of selfless service with the PRoactive Community Service Award.
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Get $25 Off a PPRA Regular Membership |
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The savings continue!
Enjoy a $25 discount on a new or renewed PPRA membership when you use the code PPRA25, now through the end of June.
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New from the PPRA Foundation |
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The March of Dimes, the leading organization to support the health of all moms and babies, is looking for marketing, communication, and social media professionals to join our committee for raising awareness of the March for Babies Virtual Campaign in May 2021. You can make a difference in the lives of all our babies. Contact Cynthia Weiss at 267-251-7597 or weissc223@comcast.net to talk about ways you can get involved.
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Brittany Eng recently joined AKCG – Public Relations Counselors as an associate, spearheading strategy development and media relations for clients. Brittany graduated magna cum laude from Rowan University, where she earned joint Bachelors of Arts degrees in public relations and advertising, as well as a minor in strategic communications.
Gregg Feistman was recently a guest on the podcast "Storytellers, Lives in Public Relations and was recently quoted in PR Planning: How to Create a PR Strategy in Prowly.com's magazine.
PPRA Hall of Fame member Dan Cirucci has joined attorney and noted blogger Matt Rooney as co-host of Save Jersey Live on Facebook every Wednesday night at 8:30. During the weekly video broadcasts Matt and Dan do a deep dive into New Jersey politics interviewing some of the state's movers and shakers. Visit my blog at www.dancirucci.blogspot.com..
Kristen Rantanen launched and is hosting a new podcast at JEVS Human Services, Where Policy Meets People. WPMP connects important public policy issues to real people, examining the policies that shape our community and economy, the people solving the challenges identified by those policies, and the impact on people in our region. Listen to the first episode on the possibility of an inclusive economic recovery here https://www.jevshumanservices.org/an-inclusive-economic-recovery/ or search Where Policy Meets People wherever you listen to podcasts.
Ike Richman Communications successfully handled the publicity for Dino Safari at National Harbor in Washington, DC, including bringing a life-size triceratops to Children’s National Hospital; lead communications for the return of spectators to the Jackson Convention Center Complex in Jackson, MS; helped Healthy Kids Running Series launch a new national partnership with Lidl US; and landed several placements for Lakisha Bullock, a Philadelphia businesswoman looking to become the national expert on handmade, vegan and eco-friendly skin care products.
Alexa Johnson from Visit Bucks County reports the tourism bureau has seen a positive response to countryside, regional travel, with recent coverage in the New York Post, Lonely Planet and PureWow. All current and future press trips to the County are requested to include a TikTok video in their content creation – like this one from @FindingFrancesca – to gain publicity on the growing platform. Additionally, the @VisitBucksPA Instagram account also just hit 30,000 followers and celebrated with a cheerful chalk mural.
Jennifer Lynn Robinson, Esquire published her latest article for Entrepreneur.
For Cashman & Associates, March marked the agency’s 20th anniversary, kicking off a year of commemorating #20yearsofCashman, toasting to the successes of operating as one of Philadelphia’s most impactful full-service lifestyle agencies and celebrating our clients past and present, friends of the agency, and stakeholders who have supported Founder Nicole Cashman and her team throughout the past two decades in business.
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Snack PR client Shay Millheiser- realtor, investor, home renovator and designer based in Austin, TX- is featured in an empowering Apartment Therapy article highlighting what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men, reaching a national audience of more than 2.2 million.
Social Media Day Philadelphia has tickets available for their two-day virtual conference! Get your tickets today.
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Associate, Ceisler Media
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Senior Director, Communications and External Relations, City Year Philadelphia
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Senior Account Executive - Public Relations, Brownstein
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Communications Manager, Brandywine Reality Trust
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PR Account Executive, Neff
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Account Executive, Public Relations, Garfield Group
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