Vicksburg – Crisis Communication Workshop Monday, Oct. 4

Vicksburg Convention Center - Vicksburg, MS.
Sponsored by the PRAM River City Chapter
Lunch is included.

Workshop speakers:
Wendy Bailey and Chief Joseph St. John, PRAM members

Wendy will present at the 11:15 session on \"What is Crisis Communication, Six Steps of Crisis Communication, and Developing External Communications\" and Chief St. John will present on the topic of \"Crisis Communication in Law Enforcement\" at 1:30.

For more information please contact Leigh Cook at (601) 802-1009 or at lcook@warren-yazoo.org

The results are in and our first Cypress Awards was a huge success. Those that entered the competition ranged from professionals to students and members of PRAL to non-members. Here are the winners of this years’s Cypress Awards.

Award certificates were also given out to the following recipients:

Category 18-A Media Press Kit– KJA Communications Group; “W.O.R.K.-Wall of Random Koolnez

Category 22-B Interactive Media, Weblog–KJA Communications Group; “KJA Mind Finds”

Category 14-C Special Prupose Publication– Cleco Corporation; “Hot Spot Activity Book”

Category 25 Potpourri– Cleco Corporation; “Dr. E Videos for Web”

Cenla PRAL would like to thank everyone that participated in making this year’s Cypress Awards a huge success. If you are interested in participating in next years’ awards, please contact us.

SPRF is hosting its first-ever student competition, The Legends Competition, in honor of the PR legends and teachers who fathered and have nurtured our profession. It is open to member students — individuals or teams.
 
Each individual/team will select an organization in its community to work with to develop a comprehensive PR plan, including research, planning, execution and measurement. The top three finalists will be invited to present their campaigns to a panel of judges at the SPRF Conference in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 26-27. All entries will also be considered for awards in the categories of creativity, writing, resource management and use of new media. (Multiple projects may be selected in each of these categories.) These recognition awards and the overall winner will be announced during the first Legends Competition Ceremonies at the conference. Guidelines and Rules are available on the SPRF Web site at: www.sprf.org and are attached to this email.
 
Entries must be postmarked by Friday, August 20. Finalists will be notified by Friday, September 3.
 
For more information contact Whitney Breaux, student services chair for the 2010 SPRF Conference, at 225-382-3577 or whitney@visitbatonrouge.com; or Joy Carter, APR, SPRF vice president of student services, at 205-325-4735 or jcarter@acipco.com.

Learn from PR pro’s and local past winners! We’ll share important tips on how to enter your work in the SPRF Lantern Awards competition. Topics will include:

• Mechanics of how to enter the competition
• How to identify projects or campaigns to enter
• Gathering the info you need to put together a complete entry
• The PR process: critical elements that judges are looking for (Research, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation)
• The importance of presentation, editing and proofreading
• Planning future work with Lanterns in mind

This free workshop will include lunch (sandwiches, chips & drinks), a presentation, and Q&A with a panel of PRAL members who will share their experiences with entering work in the Lantern Awards competition.

Cypress Awards, honoring excellence in advertising and public relations, accepts entries until March 9

UPDATE – Awards ceremony postponed until May

Presented by central Louisiana chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana

ALEXANDRIA, La., March 1, 2010 – The central Louisiana chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL) is accepting submissions for its inaugural Cypress Awards to be presented at a luncheon in May.

“Central Louisiana has many talented professionals who produce high-quality work on a daily basis,” said Tatum Lyles, president of the central Louisiana chapter of PRAL. “This is just one way to recognize that talent and share excitement about the creative and detailed nature of public relations and advertising.”

Cypress Awards are given as a Louisiana precursor to the Southern Public Relations Federation’s Lantern Awards.

There are 25 available categories including public relations, internal communication, brand management, crisis communication, special events, research, annual reports, magazines, newsletters, electronic publications, invitations, broadcasting, websites, direct mail, brochures and more.

Possible awards include a first place Cypress Award, second place, third place, honorable mention, best of show and judge’s choice.

The competition is open to professionals and students, as well as to both members and non members of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana.

“This is an exciting organization,” said Michelle Toms, PRAL treasurer. “It offers members and guests the opportunity to network, build important relationships throughout the community, learn from peers and hear interesting speakers. The upcoming Cypress Awards are an additional benefit of being involved with PRAL.”

Entries are due March 9 by 5 p.m. Entry forms and additional details are available at http://www.pralcentral.org/awards/.

The Central Louisiana chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana is one of two Louisiana chapters that report to the Southern Public Relations Federation. For more information on either organizationm, visit www.PRALCentral.org or www.sprf.org.

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Thanks for being a part of the 2009 PRAL Christmas social! We collected lots of books to help Partners in Literacy!