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January 2009 Program
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Social Media Panel
Have you wondered if new and social media tools would work with your audiences or your markets? Join a panel of Northwest public relations professionals as they provide case studies of new and social media tools. Learn from the innovators among us about the tools they've tried and what results they've experienced.
The panel includes Seattle's Will Ludlam, General Manager for Hill and Knowlton Northwest and Spokane's own Stephanie Herrmann, Director of Marketing and Communications for Sterling International, Inc., as well as Barb Chamberlain, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Washington State University Spokane. Be sure to RSVP at www.spokanemarcom.com/meetings.
WHEN: Friday, January 9, 7:30-9 a.m.
HERE: Spokane Club, W. 1002 Riverside Avenue
COST: PRSA/MarCom members: $15
Students: $12
Non-members: $25
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It's Spark Award Entry Time!
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We’re looking for the best and the brightest of 2008 – the marketing or communications project that put your organization at the front of the pack, the message that made heads turn and take notice, the web page that drove people to your door in record numbers. It’s time to gear up for the 2008 Spokane Regional MarCom Association Spark Awards! Please click here to download the Spark Award Entry Packet, which includes the Call for Entry Form.
All awards are due on or before February 12, 2009. A Drop Off Party will be hosted by Dean Davis at his studio on the 12th, so be sure to put it on your calendar!
Entry fees must be paid at the time of submission; cash or checks only (made out to MarCom). Award submission entry fees are:
• $40 for MarCom members
• $50 for non-members
• $30 for non-profits
• $10 for student entries
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Wanted: Great Internship Hosts
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So you looked at the headline for this article and wondered, "Is it a great internship, or are they looking for great hosts?" Well the answer is Yes! Both! It's a great 10-week internship for three talented college juniors that could bring one of them to work for you this summer. And your organization might be one of the three great locations for a MarCom intern to learn about the joys and challenges of communications, marketing and public relations.
So if you know a college junior (or senior who will not be graduating this spring), encourage them to apply for one of our competitive $2,500 internships for summer 2009. Here's the link to the Intern Application Form. And if you'd like to host one of these great interns, then here's the link to the Host Application Form for you to fill out. All applications are due Feb. 11 to MarCom Internship Chair John Carter. So download an application and send it in. Either way, it will be great!
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Jeff Sez . . .
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January is another word for promise - the promise that another year stretches out before us in fits and starts, rain, snow, sleet and wind. Throw in five months of good old fashioned Spokane sunshine and voila! Another year under your belt. As you consider the year ahead, look to April with the sound of the SPARK Awards announcer saying “and the winner is…..” dancing in your head. But you have to have entered something in the annual awards event in order to hear that cranial voice as you accept your award ever so humbly! So don’t procrastinate. Make one of your New Year’s resolutions a commitment to enter your best work into the 2009 SPARK Awards competition. Then, make a point of attending the first meeting of the New Year on Friday, January 9th, 7:30 AM at the Spokane Club.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jeff Thomas
Spokane Regional MarCom President
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One Final Thought
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"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." - Benjamin Franklin
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NEXT MEETING
Social Media Panel
January 9, 2009
7:30am - 9:00am
Spokane Athletic Club, Georgian Room
1002 W. Riverside Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
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2010 MarCom Leadership
President
Ashley Martin
Klundt | Hosmer
509-456-5576 x119
ashleym@klundthosmer.com
Vice President, Incoming President, Internship Chair
Alyssa Ando
Sterling International, Inc.
509-343-3688
alyssa@rescue.com
Past President
Allison Benjamin
Cancer Care Northwest
509-228-1335
benjaaa@ccnw.net
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2010 DIRECTORS
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