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2008 PRCA
Conference Schedule |
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Wednesday,
Oct. 1 |
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8 A.M. -
10 A.M. |
APR Boot
Camp Registration |
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10:00 A.M.
- 4:30 A.M. |
APR
Boot Camp |
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| 12 - 1 P.M. |
Lunch |
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| 5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. |
PRCA Board meeting and APR
Boot Camp Reception |
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| 6:30 P.M. - till |
Dinner on your own |
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Thursday,
Oct. 2 |
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8:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. |
PRCA
State Board of Directors Meeting |
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9:00 A.M. - 3 P.M. |
Conference
Registration |
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9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. |
Medallion
Awards Display |
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| 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. |
Opening General Session |
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9:30 A.M.
- 11:30 A.M. |
Topic: Prepare
to Meet the Medial! (or The Gumbo Soup of Media Training)
Speaker:
Dr. Joe Trahan, APR, PRSA
Fellow Trahan & Associates
McDonough, GA. |
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11:30 A.M.
- 1 P.M. |
Lunch
and Student Medallions Keynote Speaker:
David G. Bronner CEO of the Retirement
Systems of Alabama |
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1 P.M. -
3 P.M. |
Afternoon
General Session |
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1 P.M. - 2
P.M. |
Topic: The
Changing Role of Political PR in Alabama
Speaker: Marty Sullivan, Vice President
for Public Affairs and Communictions Business Council
of Alabama
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2 P.M. - 3 P.M. |
Public
Relations in the Medical Profession: Does PR Belong in
Medicine?
Speaker: Dr. Sara King, Director of
Public Relations Medical University of South Carolina
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| 3 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. |
Afternoon Break |
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3:15 P.M.
- 4 P.M. |
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions |
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| 3:15 P.M. - ? |
Topic: Sports
Media in the 21st Century
Speaker: Doug Amos, Assistant Athletic
Director for Media Relations, Faulkner University
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3:15 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. |
Topic: Public
Relations and the Governor's Office
Speaker: Jessica Taylor, Director of
Scheduling Office of the Governor
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| 3:15 P:M - 4:00 P:M |
Topic: When
PR Isn't PR: How to Use Advertising with a PR Spin
Speaker: Bill
Cunningham, President Cunningham Group, Inc.
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| 4 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. |
Repeat concurrent Sessions 1, 2, and 3 |
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4 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. |
Topic: Sports
Media in the 21st Century
Speaker: Doug
Amos, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations,
Faulkner University
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4 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. |
Topic: Public
Relations and the Governor's Office
Speaker: Jessica
Taylor, Director of Scheduling Office of the Governor
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4 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. |
Topic: When
PR Isn't PR: How to Use Advertising with a PR Spin
Speaker: Bill
Cunningham, President Cunningham Group, Inc.
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5 P.M. -
6 P.M. |
Conference Reception |
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7 P.M. -
10 P.M. |
Dinner and
Murder Mystery Theater |
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Friday, Oct
3. |
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8 A.M. - 12
P.M. |
Conference Registration |
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| 8 A.M. - 12 P.M. |
Medallion Awards Display |
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| 8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. |
Conference Breakfast |
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| 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. |
Morning General Session |
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9:30 A.M.
- 10:30 A.M. |
Topic: Going
Off Record with PBS's "On the Record"
Speaker: Tim Lennox, Bob Corley and
Sandra Polizos
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10:30 A.M. – 11:30
A.M. |
Topic: Critical
Mass - An In-Depth Look at the Omaha Mall Shooting
Speaker: Nicole Spreck and
David Keating, General Growth Properties, Chicago,
Ill.
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11:30 A.M.
- 1:15 P.M. |
Conference
Luncheon Guest Speaker: Comedian Jenny Nolen |
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1:30 - 4:45
P.M. |
Afternoon
Sessions |
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1:30 P.M.
- 2:30 P.M. |
Session 1 |
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Topic: PR
and New Media: Who Needs Podcasting and Blogging Anyway?
Speaker: Robert
French Communications Professor Auburn University
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| 2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. |
Topic: Pursuing
the Truth: Communicating through Crisis and Bureaucracy
Speaker: Aaron
Henninger Senior Military Analyst Public Affairs Center
of Excellence
Air Univesity at Maxwell AFB
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| 3:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. |
Afternoon Break |
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| 3:45 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. |
Topic: Student
Workshop: Tips and Hints for Future Professionals
Speaker: A Panel
Discussion |
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| 4:45 P.M. - |
Adjour |
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| 6 P.M. - 9 P.M. |
Medallion Awards Ceremony
at Alabama Activity Center |
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