This Week in CWC

November 10, 2009

7 Days to Register for 2009 Media Breakfast

Join professionals and colleagues at the CWC-FPRA chapter's annual Media Breakfast Designing Your Message to Pitch in Today's Changing Media World on Thursday, November 19 from 7:30 am to noon at Selby Gardens Great Room. Here is the latest on the event: 

Keynote: This year's Media Breakfast will focus on helping attendees become "pitch perfect". Keynote speaker Sara Quinn, Poynter Institute Visual Journalism Faculty member will talk on Share Your Story Across Multiple Platforms.               

Hands On Workshop: Attendees will have 15 minutes to prepare a 2-minute pitch.

Speed Pitch! Attendees will have two minutes to pitch to a journalist from two of the following three groups: Print: Lifestyle, Print: Business or Broadcast: TV. Media have 2 minutes to respond. Media will meet with attendees in small groups. 

The Annual CWC Media Breakfast offers rich opportunities for networking as well as  our hot off the press 2009-2010 CWC Media Directory and ...so much more.

Go to www.cwcfpra.com for more information and to register.$50 CWC Members; $60 future CWC members. Pre-event planning tools will be sent to you upon your registration.

Thank you to our Media Breakfast Sponsors

We are pleased to welcome the following supporters of the CWC Media Breakfast: Grapevine Communications,Comcast Spotlight, Sir Speedy, Doc29, Koala Tees, David Carr Video, WEDU, EDC, Community Foundation, WillisSmith Construction. 

Why not join us? Sponsorships are still available. Contact our VP of Sponsorship, Tricia M. Foster.

FPRA vs AAF - Who Will Give/Persuade More?

To spotlight the critical shortage of blood donations during the winter season, the local chapters of the FPRA & the American Advertising Federation are going "arm-to-arm" in a special challenge - to see which organization can raise the most donations for the Suncoast Communities Blood Bank.

Member in each organization are asked to donate blood during the period from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14. Our CWC chapter is also asking members to flex their persuasive skills and encourage family, friends and colleagues to join the FPRA in meeting this challenge. 

Ready? Go to our CWC website for dates, times and locations. And when you give, remember the FPRA code is 3934.  

Design + Business = SRQ International Design Summit 2010

The Sarasota International Design Summit May Transform Your Way of Thinking

Sarasota International Design Summit 2010                             Design + Business | the art of designing business solutions
February 4 – 6, 2010, Ringling College Campus
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Always innovative and inspiring, this year's summit focuses on business solutions that apply design-based thinking to complex technology, global, communication, health care, and social media issues. Hear world-renowned visionaries, business authorities, best-selling authors and TED (ideas worth spreading through Technology, Entertainment and Design/ www.ted.com) creative presenters.

The Sarasota International Design Summit always brings together a unique blend of speakers and creative presenters. See the complete agenda at www.sarasotadesignsummit.com.

Special Rate for FPRA: Public relations leaders will have opportunities to learn, interact, problem-solve and communicate challenges affecting all of us during these transitioning times as reflected in the special rate for PR professionals. When registering, select the "Special Promo-Partner FPRA" member rate of $250 through December only. (Current November conference rate is $395.) Seating is limited.

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