May 8, 2012: Hailey Laycraft, Mount Royal University, is the first winner of the Calgary Legacy Scholarship awarded by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) Calgary in partnership with the Communications + Public Relations Foundation. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually to a second year student studying public relations/communications in a recognized program in one [...]
[ May 10, 2012; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] CPRS Hamilton has two important events taking place on Thursday, May 10: The CPRS Hamilton Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a special professional development session, “Putting Research to Work in Your Practice.” Registering for the AGM is free–and it gets you into the PD session free too! (Admission for the PD session only is $30.)
Note: [...]
On April 12, CPRS Hamilton members and guests enjoyed a wonderful night celebrating excellence in public relations at the annual Pinnacle Awards Gala. The event, held at the magnificent James Street Armoury in Hamilton, gave old acquaintances and peers the opportunity to exchange stories, meet new members and guests, and enjoy good food and great [...]
[ April 24, 2012; 7:30 am to 10:00 am. ] Consummate Crisis Communications – VIA Rail Derailment
Tuesday April 24, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
Ron Joyce Centre, McMaster DeGroote School of Business, Burlington Campus
4350 South Service Rd. Burlington, Auditorium
Crisis communications is critical to corporate reputation management. Nowhere is this truer than when catastrophe strikes as we saw right here in Burlington when VIA Rail passenger train 92 derailed [...]
[ April 5, 2012; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] IABC Golden Horseshoe Chapter invites their members, CPRS members, professional communicators,
and students in area communications and PR programs to an informal ‘Mixer, Munch ‘N’ Learn’,
Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 8:00 to 10:30 pm at the London Tap House, 31 John Street South,
Hamilton (John at Main).
Don’t miss this relaxing chance to unwind. Join old friends. Make [...]
[ April 12, 2012; 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Tickets for the 2012 CPRS Hamilton Pinnacle Awards on April 12, 2012, are now available for purchase online. Reserve now and join your colleagues to formally celebrate the 21st anniversary of the CPRS Pinnacles.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
5:30 p.m. cocktail reception
6:30 p.m. dinner in the Officers’ Mess
Tickets:
Members $90
Non-members: $120
Students: $70
To buy your tickets, folow this link: [...]
Many of you may have already received your formal invitations in the mail for the CPRS Hamilton Pinnacle Awards on April 12, 2012. You will be able to purchase your tickets online via the CPRS Hamilton website beginning on Wednesday, March 14. Visit this space to purchase your ticket to the Pinnacles, “A 21-gun salute [...]
[ February 23, 2012; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Plan to join us for a stimulating discussion on Public Trust in Business when CPRS Hamilton’s mentorship program holds its Annual Expert Panel Event. Well within the public relations practitioner’s domain, trust is a byproduct of two-way symmetrical communications.
Public Trust in Business
McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton L8P 0A1 (free onsite parking): http://g.co/maps/dzdrj
Thursday, February 23, [...]
The McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) recently recognized Mark Gregory with its Instructor of the Year award for Mark’s, “high level of student support.”
A member of CPRS Hamilton and a mentor in the CPRS Mentorship Program, Mark has been a McMaster instructor since September 2008 when the Public Relations program was launched. Mark teaches [...]
[ January 18, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Many organizations have invested heavily in social media over the last few years. The moment is arriving when the value of this investment has to be evaluated.
The Social Media Strategy and ROI/ROE Measurement Expert Panel, presented by CPRS Hamilton, will discuss social media strategy and measurement techniques that are crucial for professional communicators to demonstrate [...]
