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SPRF Lantern Awards

Lantern Awards will be awarded at the 2019 SPRF conference on September 29 – October 1 at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama. For information, go to www.sprf.org.

Members of The Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization (ECPRO) invite you to join them for the August 27 Lunch and Learn program at AJ’s on the Bayou. Monica Herrera, ECPRO president, will speak about the Air Force Commercial Sponsorship and Advertising Program and its benefits as a direct channel for businesses to communicate effectively

Speaker: July 23

Members of The Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization (ECPRO) invite you to join them for the July 23 Lunch and Learn program at AJ’s on the Bayou. Rick Scott, lecturer and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Florida, will speak about the new Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree that

Speaker: June 25, 2019

Ken Hair, President and CEO of Children in Crisis, earned his Accredited in Public Relations designation in 2016 after a lengthy process. Join us at our June meeting to learn how you can become an APR. This designation shows employers and potential employers that you have a high level of knowledge and expertise in the

ECPR Foundation Awards Scholarship to Niceville High School Senior

The Emerald Coast Public Relations Foundation has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Courtney Faulkner, a senior at Niceville High School. Faulkner was selected by the Foundation’s board of judges for the 2019 scholarship award based on her academic records, leadership and community activities, letters of recommendation and her essay on Honesty in Journalism.

Meeting Update: April 2019

Due to our ECPRO speaker for April 23 being under the weather, member Teresa Allen of Common Sense Solutions stepped in and presented a fun and informative program on customer service. Teresa is ranked as a top service expert on GlobalGurus list of the world’s top service experts. She is co-author of The Service Path

ECPRO announces May Lunch and Learn Program speaker

Members of The Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization (ECPRO) invite you to join them for the May 28 Lunch and Learn program at AJ’s on the Bayou. New member, Bob Pinard, Media Consultant with Cox Media, will discuss digital marketing capabilities today and what will be coming in the future. With technology changing as

ECPRO Announces April Lunch and Learn Program Speaker

Members of The Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization (ECPRO) invite you to join them for the April 23 Lunch and Learn program at AJ’s on the Bayou. The April speaker is Ken Hair, President and CEO of Children in Crisis, a position he has held for more than 13 years. Hair will talk on becoming

Meeting Update: March 2019

Our March 26 meeting was a huge success. The room was full of members and guests to hear speaker Dianna Van Horn speak on her Public Relations work with the American Red Cross. She provided some good PR information that everyone can use, as well as lessons learned from each deployment she’s been on to

Speaker: March 26, 2019

Dianna Van Horn began her long association with the American Red Cross as a swimming instructor in high school. From there she taught first aid and CPR classes for many years before her first exposure to the disaster side of the Red Cross during Tropical Storm Alberto in 1986. Since then she has worked as