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Advantages of Membership ... | See you Tuesday/June 22
Matt Stiker, Chief Marketing Officer/Executive VP
San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau
Selling SF & Bay Area to help your business, nonprofit or agency succeed
NEW Overview of THRIVE campaign
A new article co-authored by April Program Presenter Diane Gage Lofgren -- Senior vice president, Brand Strategy, Communications and Public Relations, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan & Hospitals -- is set as the July cover story for Marketing Health Services magazine (an American Marketing Association publication). PR Round Table members, as well as April lunch guests, will be able to access that piece.
Next Up
July 27:
Dana King
CBS-TV 5 News Anchor
August 24:
Vince Solitto, VP of Corporate Communications
Yelp
September 28:
Mary Stutts, Senior VP and Head of Corporate Relations
Elan Corporation
Membership Directory Now Available ... 2nd Quarter 2010 PR Round Table Roster click here ... and continue to let PRRT board member Sheri Cardo know of any changes, including your social media contact information.
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Upcoming Program: Tuesday, June 22 |
Matt Stiker, Chief Marketing Officer/Executive VP
San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau
From the March 2009 release announcing Matt Stiker's SFCVB appointment:
"We are extremely confident that Matt will elevate and strengthen our existing 'Only in San Francisco' brand strategy, and, as a result, generate visitor-related economic impact for the San Francisco region," said Joe D'Alessandro, president and CEO of the SFCVB. "This position plays a vital role in stimulating the local economy by marketing San Francisco and the Bay Area as the premier destination for conventions, meetings, events and leisure travel."
"I'm looking forward to working with the SFCVB's stakeholders to  respond to the immediate needs of the hospitality industry as well as to develop long-term strategies for growing our leisure and meeting business," said Stiker. "While these are challenging times it's also an opportunity to grow our market share."
Founded in 1909, the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau is a private, not-for-profit organization that promotes San Francisco as a destination of choice for conventions and leisure travel. With nearly 1,800 members businesses, the SFCVB is one of the largest membership-based tourism promotion agencies in the country. www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com Hosting Sponsor for the JUNE Speaker: Patricia Harden, Harden Communications Partners, LLC
WHERE: The Campton Place Hotel at 340 Stockton Street. Parking is available in several Union Square garages, including the Sutter-Stockton Garage, and the nearest BART stop is Powell. WHEN: Tuesday, June 22, with registration beginning at 11:30 and the program concluding at 1:30 p.m. RESERVATIONS:
We now ask that all attending members and non-members reserve in advance via ACTEVA. The reservation deadline is midnight the Thursday before the lunch -- for this month, it was June 17. Vegetarian meals can be accommodated only if requested ahead of time, during the ACTEVA registration.
Cancellation of reservations must be made by midnight the Thursday prior to a regular meeting lunch. Members or non-members/guests canceling reservations after midnight the Thursday prior, or who are no-shows, are subject to the full charge for the function.
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Welcome!!!
New PRRT Member |
Robin Carr, Kodak Gallery's new Director of Public Relations, is also the latest PR professional to join PR Roundtable. Robin's background includes Kaiser Permanente, The GAP Inc., and Ubisoft where she held the Director of PR positions. In addition, for four years she headed up Electronic Arts Sports branding and product PR. While studying at San Jose State University, Robin was PRSSA Vice President and a national PRSSA delegate. Robin lives in San Francisco and commutes to Kodak Gallery, a division of Eastman Kodak, located in Emeryville.
KODAK Gallery (www.kodakgallery.com), formerly known as "Ofoto," is the industry's leading online digital photo developing service. KODAK Gallery is their next-generation website, offering new products and creation tools that enable customers to do more with their photos.
Invite New Members
Encourage Former Members
(we miss them)
"Think of companies who don't have members in the club and should, or folks who are new in the area and will value our network. Invite them to the May lunch to meet other members and take in a great program."
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IN THE KNOW:
Members' Latest
From PRRT Member David Landis, President, Landis Communications Inc. (LCI)
Positions Available
LCI is growing - and hiring at the level of Account Executive or Senior Account Executive. So if you know a smart, savvy, experienced PR pro (preferably with PR agency and social media experience), please let me know. We're looking for someone with 3-5 years for AC, 5-7 years for SAE - someone who would like to work in a fun environment at a mid-sized agency with great clients! Job postings at the LCI website: www.landispr.com 2010 Bronze Bulldog Reporter Award winner for social media.
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From PRRT Member Vivian Auslander, Vivian Auslander Communications Communications
They'll always have Paris...
"What are the odds of bumping into a fellow PRRT member in front of Monet's Water Lilies at l'Orangerie? Well, you can imagine my surprise last month when a very chic lady in red, a.k.a. Elizabeth Risberg, and her husband popped up beside me and my husband on our very first day in Paris. Alas, they were on their very last day (sigh), and were about to go into souvenir blitz mode before heading back to their hotel to pack. Trying hard to speak in hushed tones (they ask you for silence in the museum, and, indeed, the oval rooms do have a church-like quality if you ignore the visitors posing for photos in front of the art), we shared our travel impressions (ahem) and said happy good-byes. Next time I'll mention it when I'm heading out of town!"
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This just in from the Planning Committee - PRRT Holiday Party Planning Begins
Save the date: December 7
You won't want to miss the PR party of the year. Co-chairs Beverly Butler, APR, and Maureen Knoll have started getting places (Westin St. Francis) and people in place. In fact, they are thrilled to announce a dynamic duo is taking charge of the Silent Auction, the PRRT's biggest fundraiser of the year: Elizabeth Risberg and Janet Lynn will be amassing auction items (expect a call!) and handling all the details that make that portion of the party such a blast.
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See them online, see them twice weekly on the pages of the New York Times. Either way, see them and some great work by great journalists. http://www.baycitizen.org/
PRRT . PRRT . PRRT . PRRT . PRRT . PRRT . PRRT Pages on Facebook and LinkedIn These are your online groups and we welcome any suggestions that you have to make them more useful to you. Please email your suggestions to Membership Chair Debra Charlesworth .
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Congratulations to the 2010 Northern California Anvil Award Winners [PRSA, SF Chapter]
-- including SF Public Relations Round Table Members such as Michael Fineman and Dave Chapman!
For the complete list and award ceremony information, click here.
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Program in Review
Highlights from MAY - Another Sold-Out Event
San Francisco Bureau Chief
The New York Times
Jesse McKinley has been The Times Bureau Chief in San Francisco since 2006. With The Bay Citizen (TBC) about to take up its  responsibilities for the Times' two-page spreads (twice weekly in the Northern California edition), and simultaneously launch its separate TBC web site, Jesse broke it down for us: - Editing and publishing duties will be retained by the Times and this bureau;
- Reporting will be carried out by TBC journalists;
- A Times editor in New York will oversee designated Times-exclusives, especially after the New York Times places its content behind a paywall early next year;
- TBC beats will include: government; the nine Bay Area counties; statewide news -- when it regards the Bay Area; crime; environment; and community affairs.
Jesse placed the Times partnership with the nonprofit TBC in the context of "hyperlocalism" and pointed out similar current/upcoming Times arrangements in Chicago, Texas and possibly Florida. At the time of the May lunch, TBC deadlines for the two-page spreads were to be:
- Early Thursday for the Friday edition;
- Friday noon for the Sunday edition.
Speaking about the trend to nonprofit journalism as a new business model, he said, "Really good journalists lost their jobs (and with) the nonprofit model, everyone's all a-Twitter." With the hiring of reporters for TBC, he pointed out that some of those really good journalists will now get a second chance.
Jesse was upbeat about the outlook for the Times at this tough time and these crossroads of traditional and new media. He observed that online technology has done wonders for journalism -- including "being able to add video and blogs" and that the Times, which has often been described by even its biggest fans as "a monolith," is now more diverse, including far more minorities and women in the newsroom.
For regional stories (from Oregon down to Bakersfield) of national interest, including Sacramento politics and California political campaigns, Jesse and his Times bureau staff will continue to be the go-to place for pitches and reporting. Contact him at jemcki@nytimes.com.
Again, thanks to
Hosting Sponsor for the May Speaker:
 Beverly Butler (Wells Fargo & Company), seen here at the MAY lunch with Jesse McKinley.
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The Rules of Engagement
Reservations and Payment
Payment for all San Francisco Public Relations Round Table meeting, events and functions shall be due and payable in full prior to admission.
Acceptable forms of payment include cash or check at the door (only for members, and only if member has pre-registered via Acteva), or online in advance through Acteva. PRRT does not accept advance payment by mail.
RESERVATIONS:
1. Members, please make your own reservation via the ACTEVA web site. When reserving online, you can either pay via ACTEVA, or simply reserve and then pay at the door.
2. All non-members must reserve and pre-pay in advance on ACTEVA.
If the Reservation Deadline (midnight, the Thursday before the event) has passed: (1) Sending an email or leaving a voice mail for the event organizer does not constitute acceptance; and 2) coming to the event to see if he/she might be accommodated due to no-shows, or if the venue will allow additional attendees, will likely not yield a seat at the lunch. There is no guarantee that a last-minute attendee can be accommodated.
Reservations shall be considered an agreement to pay in full for the PRRT meeting, event or function.
Members not abiding by the reservation, payment and cancellation policy, nor becoming current with past-due payments, will not be allowed to attend future functions until payments are made in full. They also will be subject to review for membership at the beginning of the following membership year.
Non-members/guests not abiding by the reservation, payment and cancellation policy, nor becoming current with past-due payments, will not be allowed to attend future functions until payments are made in full. This may be subject to review for any non-members/guests wishing to be considered for membership. | Vegetarian meals can be accommodated only if requested ahead of time, during the ACTEVA registration.
Cancellation of reservations must be made by midnight the Thursday prior to a regular meeting lunch. Members or non-members/guests canceling reservations after midnight the Thursday prior, or who are no-shows, are subject to the full charge for the function. |
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