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PRSSA – Striving for Work-Life Fit

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Striving for Work- Life Fit was the title of the presentation for this session. I found this session to be motivational for me because I am a student, an athlete, and I would like to maintain a balanced social life. As an example Bey-Ling Sha the Professor...

PRSSA – Meet the Living Legends of Public Relations

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

The Meet the Living Legends of Public Relations session was extremely interactive and interesting. I had the ability to interact with real PR professionals it was interesting to hear about their past experiences and I interpreted it into my career path...

PRSSA – Choosing the Agency Path

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

James Robinson, senior director APCO Worldwide spoke in front of 150 people this morning about the different agencies, and diverse clients you will meet during your PR career. He spoke about corporation’s employers, employees and individual agencies....

PRSSA – Event Planning

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Scott Mirkin, live event and broadcast producer of ESM Production, was the speaker for the Event Planning session. I liked knowing he had a very creditable background along with many of the other speakers because I enjoy being apart of the professional...

PRSSA – F.A.M.E.

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Fame Pr sounds pretty fun, although it requires a large amount of time and work behind the fashion, beauty, arts, music and entertainment field of PR. The CEO of The Garner Circle, Nicole Garner, talked about the daily crisis you have to deal with in...

PRSSA – CEO of You

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Creating a personal brand was one of my favorite sessions. Jason Mollica, President of JRMComm was the speaker and he did a very good job explaining the ways to build trust and honesty with your public by having a presentable social network of your brand....

PRSSA – Sports PR

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Sports PR sounds like a very cool job, however it is an extremely time consuming job. Speakers from different teams such as Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Clubs spoke about their job and what to they have to do on a daily basis....

PRSSA – Keynote Address

Samantha Alves October 30, 2013

Before the first session I attended I was quite nervous, I didn’t know what to expect going into each session, as they were all different. Although Mary Henige, did a great job speaking and educating students about the variety of PR jobs that are out...