PRSA lecture and dinner in Bloomington

The spring Central Illinois PRSA meeting and lecture is approaching!

When: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where: Central Station Café, 220 E Front St., Downtown Bloomington
Lecure site phone: (309) 828-2323
http://www.centralstation.cc/
Dinner selection:
Italian Buffet includes: 4 meat/4 cheese lasagna, Chicken Parmesan, Chef's Choice of Fresh Veggies, 2 Salads, Garlic toast, Brownie, Tea/Coffee/Water.
Bar will be available.
Agenda:
Social hour: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Meeting: 8:00 p.m.
Cost to attend (dinner included):
Non-members $30
Members $25
Students $22


Follow this link to learn more about the event and speaker: http://centralillinoisprsa.blogspot.com/2009/01/social-media-and-effect-on.html

If you are interested in attending the lecture, please E-mail your reservation to SCIBUPRClub@gmail.com. PR Club might be able to help cover the cost and we can work out a car pool if we get enough people to sign up!

Help promote PR Club!!!!

Over the last two weeks Katie Davis and Amie Suter have spent time speaking to English and Communications classes on campus. And it paid off!!! At the end of fall semester PR Club only had 10 members, but after the classroom presentations the number of potentially interested students has grown to almost 40! PLEASE HELP PR CLUB GROW FURTHER! Ask your other professors for five minutes of class time to discuss PR Club with your fellow classmates!!!!

Volunteer opportunity...Check this out!!!

The Media Relations Director of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration needs volunteers for the week long festivities leading up to Lincoln's birthday. Jobs vary but could include passing out fliers/surveys, getting e-mail information or even giving tours! Help is needed from February 8th to February 12. THIS WOULD LOOK AWESOME ON YOUR RESUME!!! Please e-mail PR Club at SCIBUPRClub@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering!

OFFICIAL MEETING DAYS AND TIME

PR Club plans to meet EVERY Wednesday at 5:15 in Angela Room 104. Meetings will last 30-45 minutes and occasionally food will be provided. The next PR Club meeting is Wednesday February 4th. If you miss a meeting minutes will be e-mailed to you and the most current information will be available on this blog.
If you have a conflict with this meeting day/time please post a comment to this blog or e-mail PR Club (SCIBUPRClub@gmail.com) and we will be happy to try to accommodate you.

What do members want to get out of PR Club????

At our last meeting, the group agreed that one of the most useful benefits of PR Club is the portfolio/resume building that we can do by working with and for local businesses and organizations. It was stressed that because we are a new organization ourselves, we may want to limit our PR outreach to local small businesses

• we don't want to take on too much in the beginning while we are still figuring things out
• they are ultimately the one's who are short staffed or lack funds and need the most help

Professional Development Ideas

PR Club plans to bring speakers to campus (or other location) to discuss Public Relations related topics. Some ideas for speakers thus far:

1. Local NPO's-discuss their identity issues and what is hard about successful PR practice in the non-for-profit industry
2. Jill Watkins-SCI graduate who is now Director of Public Relations and Marketing at Illini Hospital
3. National Public Relations Speaker, Mary Byers, from Chatham IL

Please post comment to this post or e-mail PR Club (SCUBUPRClub@gmail.com) if you have any other ideas for speakers

Elections for PR Club Board

The group decided that all positions on the PR Club board should be open for nomination, meaning that any member can nominate any other member (or themself) for any Board position. The PR Club Board positions available for nomination are as follows:
President-Executive Director of PR Club
Vice President-Help President with Club business and keep track of budget
Secretary-keep minutes at meetings and records of all important information
Communications Chair-handle all print related business within the club and with club contracts
Membership Development Chair-keep track of members, meeting attendance and recruit new members
Professional Development Chair-in charge of event planning for club and contracts
Historian- Take pictures at all events and keep detailed records of PR Club activities for blog and newsletter

Anyone interested in nominating a member for the PR Club Board can e-mail their nomination to our PR Club e-mail at SCIBUPRClub@gmail.com

We plan to vote in the PR Club Board at our next meeting Wednesday February 4, 2009!!!!

First meeting of SCIBU PR Club

Welcome to PR Club!!!!

In attendance at the first meeting (held January 28, 2009 5:15 p.m., Angela Hall room 104) were the following:

Katie Davis
Amie Suter
Gina Collebrusco
Jeff Hall
Michael Pulliam
Becky VanDyke
Laikyn Cheffy