Call for Nominations by July 14: Director-at-Large Special Appointment

PRSA ECD currently has a Director-at-Large vacancy and is aiming to fill this seat in July/August 2023. PRSA ECD board service is beneficial in a myriad of ways, including collaborating with colleagues at the Chapter, District, and National…

QUICKSTART LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2021: VIRTUAL AGAIN, VITAL AS EVER

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QuickStart Leadership Conference 9-17-2021 In what we have come to know as the “new normal” the 2021 QuickStart Leadership Conference was yet again a virtual format. The ECD board looked at the bright side: a compact session for attendees,…

PRSA EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT TO HOST FIRST DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CHAIR CHAT

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The East Central District will hold its first-ever, virtual D&I Chair Chat on Tuesday, Oct. 12, from 11:45 am to 1 pm. The virtual event will feature Carmella Glover, president of the Diversity Action Alliance. Glover will share…

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…

PRSA Fellow Awarded District’s Annual Platinum Award

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East Central District Board of Directors selected Jaron Terry, MS, APR, PRSA Fellow (Central Ohio Chapter) as the honoree of this year’s Platinum Award. Jaron Terry, MS, APR, PRSA Fellow (Central Ohio Chapter) ECD’s Platinum…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

BUTLER UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION GRADUATE PROGRAMS: A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE FROM KYLE JOHANNSEN

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PRSA East Central District is proud to have Butler University as our educational sponsor of this year’s Leadership Development programs. It was fall 2020, in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic, when Kyle Johannsen’s work travel…

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…