We regularly update our ProfNet Connect calendar to include upcoming events we think will be of interest to PR and media professionals. Following is a summary of the events taking place over the next week or so:
EVENT: Publicity Club of New York presents "Television 2.0: The Mainstreaming of Digital Video."
DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 12
LOCATION: New York
SUMMARY: "Television 2.0 – the Mainstreaming of Digital Video Outlets."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: PRSA Georgia presents "Use Research and the Barcelona Principles to Up Your PR Game."
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 13
LOCATION: Atlanta
SUMMARY: "Public relations and social media measurement and ROI expert Kristin Hooper of Ketchum Global Research Network leads this month’s seminar on public relations research. Learn how to handle transparency and proprietary information in a way that lives up to today’s high social standard. Leave with a clear understanding of research’s importance to your entire public relations process and how it can help you."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism presents "7 Secrets of Great Video Stories (and Final Cut Pro X)."
DATE: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012
LOCATION: New York
SUMMARY: "The course will feature hands-on learning of video shooting, editing, polishing and publishing, led by top multimedia journalists Bob Sacha and Jeremy Caplan with experience running workshops at MediaStorm, Columbia and other leading training workshops."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism presents "Demystifying Analytics."
DATE: Monday, Sept. 17
LOCATION: New York
SUMMARY: "The goal of this class is to demystify the buzz around metrics, analytics, and data. For every digital product, there are numerous key performance metrics (KPI) that management has to monitor. Furthermore, product design decisions should also be data driven. We will go over how to make design decisions based on metrics from Google Analytics, A/B testing, eyetracking data, social media stats such as bit.ly."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: Online Marketing Institute presents "Digital Marketing Strategy Summit."
DATE: Monday, Sept. 17 through Tuesday, Sept. 18
LOCATION: Online
SUMMARY: "The Digital Marketing Strategy Summit is the only online event designed to help marketing professionals quickly acquire the skills and knowledge needed to generate higher ROI and revenue from their digital investment."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: Cincinnati PRSA presents its monthly luncheon.
DATE: Tuesday, Sept, 18
LOCATION: Cincinnati
SUMMARY: "Join Cincinnati PRSA as we take a look at all facets of the World Choir Games communications strategy, from the first pitch to event organizers, to the closing ceremony. Join Todd Duesing of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Michael Perry of Vehr Communications, and Julie Calvert and Randie Adam of the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau as they share details of its approach to planning this massive communication undertaking, results of the team’s diligent planning and lessons learned along the way."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: IABC Chicago presents "The Evolution of Engagement."
DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 19
LOCATION: Chicago
SUMMARY: "Join IABC/Chicago at our September luncheon and hear from Maril MacDonald, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based communications consultancy Gagen MacDonald, on the dynamics of employee engagement and how you can harness the power of employees in your communication strategies."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: Public Relations Professionals of Long Island presents "The State of Long Island Media."
DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 19
LOCATION: Garden City, N.Y.
SUMMARY: "In conjunction with the Press Club of Long Island, please join us for a panel discussion with reporters and editors from News12, Newsday, Richner Publications, Patch, and Long Island Business News."
Complete event info here.
EVENT: PR Newswire and Business Development Institute present "Visual Social Media: Case Studies and Roundtables."
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 20
LOCATION: New York
SUMMARY: "This conference will demonstrate the best examples of how leading brands are accomplishing business objectives with visual social media technologies such as Pinterest and Instagram."
Complete event info here.
To view all upcoming events on our calendar, go to our home page and scroll down to the Upcoming Events tab on the right. And if you’ve got a PR/media-related event (such as an IABC meeting, PRSA luncheon, etc.), please send the details to us by email, and we’ll do our best to get it listed.
