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CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT ON PRSA NORTHWEST OHIO: NEVER A SLOW NIGHT IN TOLEDO, ALWAYS A NEW DAWN

Holy Toledo! There’s a lot to love about the Glass City, it’s demilitarized Ohio-Michigan war zone, and the hard-working, big-hearted members of the PRSA Northwest Ohio Chapter. The chapter was founded in 1951 by public relation…
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CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT ON CENTRAL MICHIGAN PRSA & HOMETOWN LANSING: NOT YOUR FATHER’S OLDSMOBILE

The “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile” tag line debuted in 1988 and marked the beginning of the end for the Olds brand, killed off by GM in 2000.  Slate called it a case for a how a strongly identified brand can over time…
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LOSE LOSANTIVILLE? BE BOLD CINCINNATUS! AUGUST ECD CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT IS ON PRSA CINCINNATI

Historically, Cincinnati is a town made for PR.  When your founding fathers name you “Losantiville” (a Latin-Greek word puzzle about proximity to the Licking River), you know you have some work to do. Your burgeoning meat-packing…
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ECD CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: PRSA PITTSBURGH – STRONG AS STEEL, FLOWING LIKE A RIVER THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES

I visited Pittsburgh for a job interview years ago. On the way from the airport to WTAE-TV the cabbie mentioned, “You know about 80% of the population of Pittsburgh is born and raised in Allegheny County.” I heard that factoid at…
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SMALL CHAPTER, BIG HEART: ECD JUNE CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT TRAVELS TO LAKE ERIE TO HONOR PRSA NORTHWESTERN PA

PRSA Northwestern Pennsylvania provides a wonderful example of how chapters large and small share the same goals of advancing the profession and providing benefit for their members. Northwestern PA states the case that no matter the membership,…
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BLUEGRASS BREAKDOWN! ECD MAY CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT CATCHES BLUEGRASS CHAPTER ON THE GALLOP

It is with delight that we venture out of the Midwest in the month of May and head south to Louisville, Kentucky to shine the ECD Chapter Spotlight on the PRSA Bluegrass Chapter! Our thanks go to Bluegrass Chapter President Alexa Bacon…
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THE SECRET SAUCE: ECD APRIL CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT AIMS HIGH BEAMS ON PRSA DETROIT

The ECD April 2021 Chapter Spotlight clicks on the high beams and shines brightly on the Motor City and the PRSA Detroit Chapter.  Our thanks go to Sharon Tatom Garcia, APR and Detroit Chapter President for offering Spotlight information…
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PROOF IN PERFORMANCE: ECD MARCH CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON WEST MICHIGAN PRSA

The ECD March 2021 Chapter Spotlight shines on the West Michigan PRSA Chapter.  We’re grateful to Kim Skeltis, APR and WMPRSA President for providing the information and insights into her chapter. We knew Kim would be compelled…
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As Central Ohio Goes… So Goes Our ECD December Chapter Spotlight!

THERE MAY BE NO BETTER WAY TO END AN UGLY YEAR THAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF THIS HEARTLAND CHAPTER By ECD Secretary Mark Pompilio “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.”  The Buckeye State may no longer be the presidential…
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ECD CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: AKRON

This month’s Chapter Spotlight shines on PRSA Akron and comes just as the chapter is preparing for its biggest event of the year, the March 13 YouToo Social Media Conference. We owe our thanks to Chapter President Jennifer Kramer for providing…
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ECD CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: THE HOOSIER CHAPTER

Our gratitude to Hoosier Chapter Immediate Past-President Megan Bulla for contributing this outstanding summary for the ECD Chapter Spotlight Blog! It’s a large chapter both in membership and geographic area, with a long history that is…
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Chapter Spotlight: Dayton PRSA

Chapter history: The PRSA Dayton Area Chapter was established Nov. 7, 1966. The original Dayton/Miami Valley Chapter was one of three PRSA chapters (Alabama, Dayton and Southern Connecticut) to be approved by the national assembly that…
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