MEETINGS
It's a Party!
The JPS Book Benefit beckons. RSVPs requested. Professional development meetings will resume in January.
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Not One, but Two Opportunities to Shine
First, there's the JPS Book Benefit whoop-de-do, long a PRSA tradition, with chapter luminaries Mary Dulle, APR, Fellow PRSA, and Holly Ellman prominent on the organizer team, raffle items division. See four-color promo above.
Then it's deck the halls with seasonal tunes by Trey and the Tritones at the December networking holiday luncheon. Last year's inaugural event made for great visiting and just getting to know each other better -- the perfect time to bring a friend or colleague. Proceeds benefit the Chisholm Trail chapter of the American Red Cross.
Time & date: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8
Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
Parking: free valet in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets (get ticket validated when you check in)
Cost: $20 members, $23 nonmembers, $18 students
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STRAIGHT STUFF
Mark the calendar -- Tuesday morning, Feb. 15, Fort Worth Club (12th floor), 306 W. 7th St. -- for Anita Vanetti's back-by-popular-demand media seminar sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Topics will include how to pitch to the media (and how to catch), how to be in control and get your point across, how to be prepared in a news crisis, and how to dress, look natural on camera. Willing attendees will participate in mock TV interviews and receive an instant-playback review. Cost is $65 chamber gold members, $75 chamber members and $115 nonmembers. Vanetti has 20 years of news experience and is the author of "How to Handle the Media Before the Media Handles You." She got rave reviews with the presentation two years ago. Details will be posted at fortworthchamber.com/. ...
Dr. Jon Burgess and the TCU Brass Quintet will perform at the TCU Guild's holiday luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the Fort Worth Woman's Club (Anna Shelton Hall), 1316 Pennsylvania Ave. Proceeds benefit TCU journalism scholarships. More from Lois Powers, lfp@spowers.net. ... Deadline is Jan. 31 to design a winning logo for the Freelance Alliance, which celebrated its four-year anniversary last month. Crank up the Adobe Illustrator -- there's $250 on the line. More from Susan Eckert at saeckert@swbell.net, (214) 528-9347. ...
IABC/Dallas' next new-member happy two hours will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. RSVPs are requested, but "walkups are always welcome." Also at IABC/Dallas, its annual "Season of Giving" luncheon with area nonprofits will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Maggiano's, 6001 W. Park Blvd., Plano. More at dallasiabc.com/.
PRSA local update: Wendy Krizmanic with PR Newswire; Gal Perlmutter, Bacon's Media Source; and Jackie Whitley, U.S. Newswire, will present an overview of the top 10 ways their company can benefit PR professionals, and Dallas Morning News Tarrant County reporter Jeff Mosier will be the luncheon keynote speaker at the PRSA Health Care SIG winter meeting Wednesday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Joe T. Garcia's La Puertita, 2201 N. Commerce St. RSVP to Sherry Miller, (817) 882-2550, or Laura Van Hoosier, lauravanhoosier@texashealth.org.
PRSA local update II: About 30 former and current members of Greater Fort Worth PRSA toasted the chapter's three Fellows -- Doug Newsom, Carolyn Bobo and Mary Dulle -- at a reception Nov. 11 at Café Aspen. Each honoree received an engraved crystal cube to mark the occasion. ... PRSA revised the requirements for the universal accreditation exam at the recent National Assembly, and now PR pros who want to add the APR after their name no longer need to have five years of full-time paid experience before they can take the test. Deleting the requirement brings PRSA in line with other members of the Universal Accreditation Board. For more on becoming an APR, contact 2005 accreditation committee co-chairs Dulle or Bobo.
PRSA local update III: Entry deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, for the Texas Public Relations Association's 2005 Silver Spur/Best of Texas Awards. Winners will be recognized at a banquet Saturday, March 5, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas. More at tpra.com. ... Dallas PRSA's NuPros crowd will gather at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Spike Restaurant & Lounge, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, for a holiday happy hour. Twenty-four hours later and still festive, the chapter's holiday party happens at Blue Mesa Grill on Northwest Highway across from NorthPark Center. Admission is free with an unwrapped toy for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Medical Center Dallas. See prsadallas.com/.
