News

    Awards, Social Media and Elections Highlight Annual Meeting

    The Yankee Chapter of PRSA concluded its 2009/2010 year yesterday with its annual meeting and awards presentations.

    Rich Brooks, founder and president of flyte new media in Portland, Maine, led off the afternoon’s events with an in depth presentation on social media, the variety of options available, ways to optimize its use and examples of good [...]

    About YankeePRSA

    The Yankee Chapter is comprised of approximately 130 public relations professionals who work in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

    The Yankee Chapter meets every other month for professional development sessions and networking opportunities. Meetings feature seminars, prominent speakers, workshops and discussions on various topics and issues of interest to those who practice public relations.

    The sessions also provide the opportunity for professionals at all levels to improve and refresh their skills and to meet and converse with colleagues from throughout northern New England.

Programs

Webinar – How to Grow Word-of-Mouth Movements: People Are the Killer App

What does it take to build a movement of loud and proud brand ambassadors? More social media applications? Faster technology? Geno Church teaches you the seven lessons on how your ...

2010 PRSA Northeast District Conference – Nov 4.

The 2010 PRSA Northeast District Conference, Capitalizing on Core Strengths:Connecting, Collaborating, Communicating featuring PRSA National Chair and CEO Gary McCormick, APR,  will take place in Troy, NY, Thursday, November 4 ...

Coming this fall: Communicating During a Merger:

Ensuring a Consistent Customer and Employee Experience Date: TBD - look for a date coming in the Fall! Host: WedÜ (20 Market Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101) http://www.wedu.com/#Wedu|contact_us A careful ...

Announcements

APR Workshop Sept. 25

Interested in a PR professional development workshop? The Yankee Chapter is offering a one-day public relations accreditation preparation course Saturday, September 25, from 9-4 p.m. in Concord, NH, open to anyone interested in pursuing professional accreditation (APR) through PRSA, or in increasing their professional skills.

Auger Recieves 2010 Jackson Award

Phil Auger, of the New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, was presented with the Patrick Jackson Award at this year’s Yankee Chapter PRSA annual meeting on Thursday, June 10. Auger was recognized for his many decades of services in Rockingham County to private landowners and communities in the management of their forest lands, including his [...]

Jobs

7/8/10 Public Relations and Marketing Manager

Currier Museum of Art
The Currier Museum of Art seeks an experienced and creative Public Relations and Marketing Manager to develop and implement a strategic media relations program to increase the museum’s visibility and promote it at the local, regional and national level.  The successful candidate will oversee all broadcast and print communications, some web and [...]