PR Workbench

I have updated a past post with more upcoming conferences, panel discussions, conventions, and events for professionals working in Public Relations, Marketing, and Social Media.
  
Instead of adding this just as a new post, I’m making this an easy to find page – see upper right corner of this blog or click here for the full schedule:
http://jackmonson.com/social-media-pr-conferences-calendar/
 
 If you are organizing, sponsoring, or attending a PR or Social Media conference not listed, please let me know via comment here or send me an email at jmonson@enr-corp.com. I would love to add any event of interest. Thanks!

I have updated a past post with more upcoming conferences, panel discussions, conventions, and events for professionals working in Public Relations, Marketing, and Social Media.
 
Instead of adding this just as a new post, I’m making this an easy to find page – see upper right corner of this blog or click here for the full schedule:
http://jackmonson.com/social-media-pr-conferences-calendar/
 
I have pulled this info from events that I will be attending or at which I will be speaking along with some help from many friends who supplied the info on their upcoming speaking engagements. I also found many of the details using a cool media relations and event planning tool, The AP Planner. 
 
If you are organizing, sponsoring, or attending a PR or Social Media conference not listed, please let me know via comment here or send me an email at jmonson@enr-corp.com. I would love to add any event of interest. Thanks!
 

 
 
In Chicago? Near Chicago? Want a good excuse to come to Chicago???
 
Please join us on Tuesday, April 27, when the Chicago Chapter of PRSA presents: “Making Communications More Effective with Social Media Tools.” Register here!
 

I am excited about being a panelist discussing how social media tools can help you engage all audiences along with these fine folks:
 
Adam Keats
@akeats
Senior Vice President, Weber Shandwick
 
Reid Lappin
Partner and founder, VOKAL Interactive
 
Jack Monson
@jackmonson
Vice President, eNR Services
 
MJ Tam
@mjtam
Editor, Chicagonista
 
Rick Wion
@rdublife (personal) and @mcdonalds (McDonald’s)
Director of Social Media, McDonald’s
 
Gini Dietrich (moderator)
@ginidietrich
CEO,  Arment Dietrich, Inc

 
 Note: See FULL updated list here

I have compiled a list of upcoming Social Media and Public Relations events, conferences, and panel discussions using the Associated Press Planner application.

If you know of any that I have overlooked, please comment below with details and I’ll add to this list. 

   
 
 
 
 
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This list was generated using the AP Planner. To find upcoming news and events while planning your media relations projects, check out the Planner here.

The PRWeek Awards winners will be announced tomorrow in New York including PR Innovation of the Year. 
I have been working on the development of MatchPoint for the past year and want to congratulate everyone on the team for the nomination.  

  
All Nominees for PR Innovation of the Year:

Edelman and American Thoracic Society The TB Advocacy Toolkit  

Ketchum The Ketchum Media Optimizer: Adding Discipline to the PR Discipline  

Ketchum Virtual Meeting Mashups – Reinventing Online Events
 
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide What’s on Your Mind? Now Anyone Can Decipher Twitter Discussion with the Help of twendz!  

eNR Services, Inc. and MatchPoint MatchPoint for PR  
 

Best of luck to everyone and I look forward to speaking with you at the Awards!

I want to take just a moment to thank my friend Stan Phelps for designing a new header pic for this blog. Stan is the EVP at Synergy Events who I met at the recent PRSA conference in San Diego. He did a nice job of taking my probably poorly described idea of what I was trying to do on this blog and made it look exactly like it did in my head!
 
You should also check out Stan’s marketing blog and be sure to ask him about “Marketing Lagniappe”!

 
There are several Tweetups planned during the PRSA Conference in San Diego. The links below will take you to the RSVP site for each. They are all great opportunities to network and engage others in the industry!

Shonali’s Tweetup
Basic
410 10^th Ave
Saturday Nov 7, 5-7pm
http://twtvite.com/okxl1p 

San Diego Media & PR Tweetup
Vin de Syrah
901 5^th Ave
Sunday Nov 8, 6-9pm
http://twtvite.com/chjl0t/1

PRSA Tweetup
Tin Fish
170 6^th Ave
Monday Nov 9, 7:30-8:30pm
http://tweetvite.com/event/PRSA09Tweetup 
Hosted by PRSA Tech Section!

Monday Night Tweetup
Basic
410 10^th Ave
Monday Nov 9, 8-10pm
http://twtvite.com/38n3yy 
Sponsored by Mashable, PitchEngine, Technorati, and Comet Branding

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I’ll add to this list as more are organized. Please email me at jmonson@enr-corp.com or Tweet me @jackmonson if you have any to add!

Heading to The PRSA 2009 Conference this weekend?
Here are a few things to remember to bring:

•Hand sanitizer. Seriously. It should be a new conference and trade show rule that everyone has to carry a bottle.  The only thing I want to bring home is some new ideas.

•Business cards – whatever number you were planning to bring, double it.

•You don’t have your @twitter handle printed on your cards yet? Take 20 minutes this week and write it on the back of  a couple of dozen. Because at the show, no, I don’t have a pen!

Remember, if you can’t make it to the conference, please check back here throughout the week. I’ll be blogging throughout each day with conference notes, updates, interviews, and photos.

Are you registered for the PRSA 2009 International Conference? If not, do so today and join the conversation!

November 7 – 10
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA
Register here: http://www.prsa.org/ic2009/register.html

 
If you can’t make to the PRSA conference, please check back here.  I’ll be blogging throughout the day each day with conference notes, updates, interviews, photos.

My colleague Jeff Tidyman and I will be speaking about MatchPoint, the Associated Press Planner, and other tools and tactics our clients are using to tell the right story at the right time. We’re setting up attendees with free access to the MatchPoint application – readers of this blog are also welcome to access MatchPoint for FREE for a limited time to check it out: http://www.prmatchpoint.com/

See you in San Diego!