Give Back to the Profession & Make a Difference

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Interested in making a difference for the Yankee Chapter while expanding your professional network and enhancing your knowledge?

Take the next step to be involved! Yankee PRSA currently has openings on its Communications, Annual Meeting, Past President’s Council and Development Committees.

Committee chairs welcome your interest and questions!

Communications: Grace Lessner glessner@nhptv.org/
Annual Meeting: Jane Law (jlaw@nhhfa.org)
Development: Tara Payne (tpayne@nhheaf.org
Past President’s Council: Susie Stone (Susie.d.stone@gmail.com)

Katie Paine talks Social Media Measurement

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Katie Delahaye Paine, CEO of KDPaine & Partners and author of “Measuring Public Relationships: The Data-Driven Communicator’s Guide To Measuring Success” and “Measure What Matters,” addressed the members guests of the Yankee Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America at the chapter’s annual meeting and professional development session on June 23. In her seminar, titled GET YOUR ROI: MEASURE WHAT MATTERS, Paine discussed the power of social media, how do define goals and objectives, for social media programs and how to measure to determine success.

Her presentation is available, just click on the image below to open the pdf..

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New Officers/Directors Elected at Annual Meeting

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The following officers and directors were elected to lead the Yankee Chapter PRSA for the 2011-2011 year.

President – Tara Payne
President elect – Jane Law
Past President – Susie Stone
Secretary – Grace Lessner
Treasurer – Rosemarie Rung
Assistant Treasurer – Martin Murray
Assembly Delegate – Robin Schell (term expires 6/30/13)
Assembly Delegate – Jayme Simoes (term expires 6/30/14)
Alternate Assembly Delegate – Jen English (term expires 6/30/13)
Director – Donna Eason (term ends 6/30/12)
Director – Mary Ellen Hettinger (term expires 6/30/12)
Director – Tom Bebbington  (term expires 6/30/13)
Director – Kevin Donovan (term expires 6/30/13)

2011-12 Proposed Slate of Officers

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The following slate of officers for next year will be presented to membership at the chapter’s annual meeting on June 23.

Yankee Chapter PRSA

2011 – 2012 Proposed Slate of Officers

President – Tara Payne
President elect – Jane Law (**)
Past President – Susie Stone
Secretary – Grace Lessner (**)
Treasurer – Rosemarie Rung (**)
Assistant Treasurer – Martin Murray (**)
Assembly Delegate – Robin Schell (term expires 6/30/13)
Assembly Delegate – Jayme Simoes (term expires 6/30/14) (**)
Alternate Assembly Delegate – Jen English (term expires 6/30/13)
Director – Donna Eason (term ends 6/30/12)
Director – Mary Ellen Hettinger (term expires 6/30/12) (**)
Director – Tom Bebbington  (term expires 6/30/13) (**)
Director – Kevin Donovan (term expires 6/30/13) (**)

(**) requires vote

Award Nomination Deadlines Extended

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Deadlines for submission of nominations for the Patrick Jackson Award and the Summit Award have been extended until April 29. Award recipients will recognized at the Yankee Chapter annual meeting on June 23.

http://www.yankeeprsa.org/awards

April is Accreditation Month

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April is Accreditation month at PRSA, a time to learn how Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) can take your career to the next level. APR is a voluntary certification program for PR professionals. APRs demonstrate their commitment to the profession and to its ethical practice by advancing the Readiness Review process and passing the computer-based APR Examination.

For more information on PRSA accreditation or the APR process, contact Yankee Chapter chair Brett St. Clair, or Bob Lindquist, APR or visit www.prsa.org/apr.

On line resources include:

Yankee Chapter PRSA Announces New Scholarship

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Yankee Chapter Scholarship Honors Founder

Eligible Students Encouraged to Apply by April 21, 2011

Named in honor of the Yankee Chapter’s “founding father” James (Jim) H. Bradley who passed away in 2010, the 2011 James H. Bradley Memorial Scholarship will be presented in June at the Yankee Chapter’s annual meeting to a student with a declared major in a public relations-related field who is studying at an accredited college or university in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont.

The $500 scholarship will recognize the student’s academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and commitment to public relations.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION (Microsoft Word document)

Applications should be submitted by April 21, 2011 to:

Robin Schell, APR, Fellow PRSA
Senior Counsel & Partner
Jackson Jackson & Wagner
5 Ashley Drive
Amesbury, MA 01913

All applicants, including the recipient, will be notified by May 13, 2011.

Anyone with questions is encouraged to contact Robin Schell at schellmanor@aol.com or Donna Eason at djeason@comcast.net.

Congratulations New APRs

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Congratulations to Suzanne Spruce, APR, community relations director for Eastern Maine Healthcare, and Nancy Kerr, Ph.D., APR, program director for Media Communication at Champlain College, for achieving PRSA accreditation.

The Yankee Chapter’s Accreditation Committee hosts preparation sessions for practitioners interested in pursuing accreditation.  If you want to learn more about the accreditation process, the PRSA website has a wealth of information or contact Yankee Chapter accreditation chairs, Brett St. Clair, APR, (603) 224-5566 or Bob Lindquist, APR,  508-932-0137.

Welcome New Members

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Three new members joined the Yankee Chapter last month:  Kevin Flynn, NH Community Development Finance Authority, Michael O’Brien, Cityside Management Corporation, and Jeffrey Roosevelt, Maine Veterans’ Homes.  Please join us in welcoming them!

We welcome back to the Yankee Chapter Leslie Gouthro of Fidelity Investments.

Auger Recieves 2010 Jackson Award

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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 current work as Extension Educator In Land And Water Conservation.

The Patrick  Jackson Award recognizes a professional who is not in the public relations field but nonetheless successfully uses public relations principles to benefit his or her organization and society.  It is named for the late Patrtick Jackson, founder of the behavioral management & public relations consulting firm Jackson Jackson & Wagner, and former National president of PRSA.