Bronze Quill Awards Gala: Decades of Excellence

Bronze Quill Awards Gala: Decades of Excellence

Join IABC/Austin on Thursday, June 7 at the Bronze Quill Awards Gala: Decades of Excellence. The only awards program of its kind in Austin, Bronze Quill recognizes the outstanding work of local business communicators. Austin’s Communicator of the Year will also be named at the event.

A Word from IABC/Austin Chapter President Mark Evans – February 2012

A Word from IABC/Austin Chapter President Mark Evans – February 2012

As I write this, I can’t help but reflect on what a crazy week this has been for our industry. We have seen Facebook file its long-anticipated IPO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure reverse course on a decision to stop providing grants to Planned Parenthood after people took to social media to protest…

Austin Communication News

PRSA Austin:  Upcoming Events

PRSA Austin: Upcoming Events

PRSA Upcoming Events. Make sure to check monthly for the latest meetings and events from this organization.

PR Over Coffee:  Meet Austin Reporters at PR over Cocktails

PR Over Coffee: Meet Austin Reporters at PR over Cocktails

Upcoming Events for PR Over Coffee. Make sure to check monthly for the latest meetings and events from this organization

AMA Austin: Upcoming Events

AMA Austin: Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events for the Austin Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Make sure to check monthly for the latest meetings and events from this …

Worldwide IABC News

Charleston is Calling Communication Leaders For Presentations

Charleston is Calling Communication Leaders For Presentations

Charleston is known as The Holy City due to the prominence of church steeples dotting the historic skyline situated on the calm waters of Charleston …

IABC Chair Adrian Cropley Shares Strategic Plan at Miami Leadership Institute

IABC Chair Adrian Cropley Shares Strategic Plan at Miami Leadership Institute

Stormy nights and humid days in the internationally diverse and colorful city of Miami kept volunteer leaders of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) …

IABC and PRIA Collaborate on 2012 World Public Relations Forum in Australia

IABC and PRIA Collaborate on 2012 World Public Relations Forum in Australia

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) will collaborate with Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) to develop the World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) 2012 …

Texas Communication News

Social Media Experts Learn Social Business by Design

Social Media Experts Learn Social Business by Design

The first advanced Social Media Breakfast Austin for experienced social media experts explored how social, cultural and technological trends provoked by the social media explosion …

Photo: Ed Lallo/Newsroom Ink

Entrepreneurial Journalists Explore Options at SMU/Dallas Press Club Workshop

Approximately sixty members of the press, journalism academia and students as well as public relation professionals crowded into SMU’s digital communications lab to learn how …

The Communications Crisis at Komen for the Cure

The Communications Crisis at Komen for the Cure

Komen for the Cure, the breast cancer charity and marketing force that brought you the pink ribbon, walked headlong into a controversy this week when …

World Communication News

O’Dwyer Rankings of PR Firms: Ranked Firms Thrive; Small Specialists Can Compete

O’Dwyer Rankings of PR Firms: Ranked Firms Thrive; Small Specialists Can Compete

Publicizing its overall size for 42 years and the extent of its 12 special practice areas has been a factor in the growth of Edelman …

A Robust Year for Healthcare PR

A Robust Year for Healthcare PR

The national healthcare act and its new regulations are just one issue benefiting the public relations industry over the past year. PR firms and their …

New York Times: Public Relations Defined, After an Energetic Public Discussion

New York Times: Public Relations Defined, After an Energetic Public Discussion

PRSA’s effort to redefine public relations, has yet to find solid ground. In the New York Times article by Stuart Elliot, the article’s …

Thought Leadership

The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 2 – Strange Bedfellows

The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 2 – Strange Bedfellows

“Mr. Gutenberg, what do you think you will print after the Bible?” That’s the analogy Tom Mattia, the new chair for Edelman China, uses when …

The Tom Mattia Tapes:  Chapter One – The Art of Storytelling Communications

The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter One – The Art of Storytelling Communications

Tom Mattia, who retired from Coca-Cola as Senior Vice President of global Public Affairs and Communications, has served as the senior communications officer of two …

First Impressions: SXSW Interactive 2012

First Impressions: SXSW Interactive 2012

Another South by Southwest Interactive has come and gone. For those of you who have never attended the conference, it’s an event that is equal …

Central Texas Student News

Joey Hernandez Elected as New Texas State University PRSSA President

Joey Hernandez Elected as New Texas State University PRSSA President

Traveling the 100 miles up I-35 from Larado, Texas, Joey Hernandez came to San Marcos in the fall of 2010. A year and a half …

Leah (center) with Rachael Sperling and Alysse Fisher for the 2010 Cotton “From Blue to Green” campaign. Photo source: Rachael Sperling

Leah Spector Elected UT PRSSA Public Relations Director

The Alan Scott Chapter announced the election of Leah Spector as the public relations director for the spring semester of 2012. Spector was elected …

Marissa Cross: PRSA Austin Chapter’s PRSSA National Conference scholarship recipient

Marissa Cross: PRSA Austin Chapter’s PRSSA National Conference scholarship recipient

Each year, PRSA Austin Chapter awards scholarships to students to attend the annual PRSSA National Conference. We asked this year’s recipient to share her experience …


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