Evening with National PRSA Board Member Mickey Nall: How to Better Run Your Business and Career

GKC PRSA is honored to host National PRSA Board of Directors member Mickey Nall, APR, Fellow PRSA, for a private reception and dinner event. As managing director of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide’s Atlanta office, Nall is a distinguished public relations professional who, in addition to his many years of client service, remains active in several national public relations and health care marketing committees, including serving on the Board of Trustees of the PRSA Foundation. An award-winning professional, Nall will offer advice on effectively running a business and your career in addition to sharing key learnings from his vast public relations experiences.

Date and Time
Tuesday, September 21
5:00-5:30 p.m.: Senior PR Pros Private Reception
5:30-6:15 p.m.: Event Welcome, Introductions, M. Nall Presentation
6:15-7:00 p.m.: Dinner, Open Discussion

Location
Brio on the Plaza
Carrara Room
502 Nichols Drive
Kansas City, MO 64112

Cost and Registration
Senior PR Pros Private Reception and Dinner Presentation with Mickey Nall:
$30 for members, $40 for nonmembers
Click here to register: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=208921

General Session Dinner Presentation with Mickey Nall:
$30 for members, $40 for nonmembers
Click here to register: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=208922

Deadline to register is Thursday, September 16.

Cancellation Policy: We understand that things come up that may keep you from attending after you have registered. However, please consider sending a colleague or friend in your place as you will still be responsible for payment.

Questions?
Contact Sarah Wurth at sarah.wurth@fleishman.com or at 816.512.2293.

Mickey Nall Biography

Mickey G. Nall, M.A.M.C. 1982, is the managing director of the Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR) Atlanta office and member of Ogilvy PR’s worldwide management committee. Mickey has been with Ogilvy PR for more than half of his professional career, where he has worked in the agency’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices before taking his current position in the Atlanta office in 2005. His clients at Ogilvy PR have included The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Brand Atlanta; U.S. Fire Administration; United Way of America; American Automobile Association (AAA); Carolinas Health Systems; Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid products, Sylvan Learning Systems, and General Electric Global Exchange Services. Prior to joining Ogilvy, he served as director of communications for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACP). He also represented AACAP at the annual Rosalyn Carter Symposium on Mental Health and was a member of The Carter Center’s mental-health media advisory board. Prior to his employment at AACAP, he was president of The Nall II Agency Inc., a Florida-based public relations consulting firm. He is active in the Public Relations Society of America for which he served two terms in the Assembly House of Delegates. He serves as co-chair of the PRSA-Georgia Advocacy Committee and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the PRSA Foundation. He also is a member of the health marketing leadership roundtable of the National Center for Health Marketing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. He is accredited (APR) and in 2008 was inducted into PRSA’s College of Fellows. He is a past president of the Florida Public Relations Association and has received numerous industry awards.

Insights from the FBI: Government Public Relations

Join us for an exciting session with the Kansas City division of the FBI. We’ll learn from Public Affairs Specialist Bridgett Patton about her role as the official spokesperson for the FBI (covering Kansas and the Western District Missouri), community outreach coordinator, and congressional liaison. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn new insights into government public relations.

When
Wednesday, August 25
11:30 a.m. - Noon: Networking and lunch
Noon - 1:00 p.m.: Speaker presentation

Where
Kansas City Public Library - Central Branch
Helzberg Auditorium
14 W. 10th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

Cost
$10 - Students (PRSSA Members)
$20 - Kansas City PRSA Members
$30 - Non-members

Registration
Deadline to register for this event is Monday, Aug. 23. Register here.

Cancellation Policy
We understand that things come up that may keep you from attending after you have registered. However, pelase consider sending a colleague or friend in your place as you will still be responsible for payment.

Questions?
Contact Sarah Wurth at sarah.wurth@fleishman.com or at 816.512.2293.

Bridget B. Patton, Public Affairs Specialist, FBI - Kansas City Division
Ms. Patton serves as the Public Affairs Coordinator for the Kansas City Division of the FBI, which covers the entire state of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri. In this capacity, she serves as the official spokesperson for the FBI throughout these territories, responding orally and in writing to numerous representatives of national and local media, as well as the general public and researchers on issues, priorities and investigative operations. As spokesperson, she provides real-time statements to media outlets.

Ms. Patton also serves as the Division’s community outreach coordinator. In this position, she is responsible for planning, implementing and executing all aspects of the Division’s community outreach program, which includes the Division Citizens’ Academy Program, Youth Leadership Academy and the Jr. Special Agent Program. Additionally, Ms. Patton coordinates and plans all other aspects of the Division’s community outreach program, including meetings and town halls with community, business and minority leaders throughout the Division territory, in an effort to build bridges and relationships within the community protected and served by the FBI. She handles all aspects of the Division’s congressional liaison and works with many external organizations in promoting the FBI’s missions.

Ms. Patton is originally from College Park, Md., and a graduate of Elon University in North Carolina. She worked for five years at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., within the FBI’s National Press Office and then as a special events coordinator for two directors of the FBI.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Clark, APR… Kansas City’s newest PRSA Fellow!

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The GKC-PRSA board of directors and all of our chapter members congratulate Jacqueline Clark, APR for her recent acceptance into the PRSA College of Fellows! She will receive the Fellows Medallion on October 16, 2010 at the annual PRSA College of Fellows Induction Dinner.

Jackie is the director of communications and public affairs at Ash Grove Cement Company, and is a former president of the Kansas City chapter of PRSA. Last September, Jackie was given the Roger Yarrington PR Professional of the Year Award during the GKC-PRSA’s 2009 PRISM Awards gala.

Congratulations to Jackie on this amazing accomplishment! Post your own message of congrats to Jackie on the GKC-PRSA Facebook page!

About the PRSA College of Fellows

PRSA created the College of Fellows in 1989 to honor the accomplishments of the best in our profession. They set the gold standard for ethics, excellence and service. The College of Fellows recognizes men and women who have left a footprint on their profession, their organizations, their communities and PRSA. They come from diverse backgrounds — corporations, agencies, government, nonprofit associations and educational institutions.

The College of Fellows offers leadership through activities such as:

  • Mentor other professionals and students through in-person sessions at conferences and through the PRSA Jobcenter
  • Speak to PRSA and PRSSA Chapters around the country and the worldParticipate in the classroom as educators and guest lecturers
  • Serve as active volunteers with PRSA, other associations and their communities
  • Advocate for the value of the profession to diverse audiences.

If you are an active member of PRSA and have more than 20 years of experience in public relations, you may also be eligible to pursue a place in the PRSA College of Fellows. Learn more.

We’re looking for new Kansas City PR supporting actors and actresses

Year after year, the Oscar winners of best actor, best director and best picture are easy to remember because they are hyped up in the media. The best supporting actors and actresses don’t tend to come to mind as readily; however, without these individuals a film would be incomplete and lacking. For instance, without Heath Ledger’s Joker, The Dark Knight would not have been nearly as successful.

Such is the role of the public relations professional. We’re the ones who support behind the scenes, and we are in the business of helping our clients shine as they walk the red carpet.

The Kansas City Chapter of PRSA is a body of supporting cast members who give their time to help others, gain additional experience through a myriad of opportunities and are continually growing in the profession. If you’ve thought about joining, know someone who is looking for reasons to join or maybe is having trouble convincing his or her organization of the benefits to joining PRSA, please take a look at this Membership Benefits Cheat Sheet.

We’ve put together a snapshot of what membership to PRSA brings, and we are always looking to add more of Kansas City’s best and brightest to the fold.

Also, be on the look out for news coming in the next few weeks about a KC PRSA recruitment event in Kansas City. We would love to have senior pros, new pros, solo pros and especially “soon to be PRSA new member” pros at this event. We’re working on completing the details for it, and it should be a great summer get experience.

If you have any questions about joining PRSA, please contact Marc Vasquez, VP of Recruitment.

PRISM Award Winners

The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America would like to congratulate all those recognized as PR A-listers at the 2009 PRISM Awards Gala.

GKC PRSA Best In Show Winner
Breast Cancer 3-Day Media Relations Program
Barkley

The Bill Delay Award for Distinguished Service
Andy DiOrio
AMC Entertainment

The Roger Yarrington PR Professional of the Year Award
Jacqueline Clark, APR
Ash Grove Cement Company

2009 Silver and PRISM Award Winners
Allied Advertising/PR
AMC Entertainment
Ash Grove Cement Company
Assurant Employee Benefits
Barkley
BCS Communications
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Burns & McDonnell
Cambria Cove
Cerner Corporation
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Crown Center
ECR International
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
FMC Corporation
Geoff Howe Marketing Communications
Germinder & Associates, Inc.
GlynnDevins Advertising and Marketing
Gould Evans
Hill’s Pet Nutrition
HNTB Corporation
H&R Block
Johnson County Community College
Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
Kansas City Power & Light
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kinze Manufacturing
KU Edwards Campus
LaMonica Design
Lee Jeans
M&I Bank
Miller Meiers Design for Communication
Morningstar Communications
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Nicholson Kovac
Nonprofit Connect
Owner-Operator Independent Driver’s Association
Parris Communications
Perceptive Software
Research Medical Center
Saint Luke’s Health System
Seaboard Foods
Sonic Corporation
Sturges Word Communications
Trozzolo Communications Group
Truman Medical Center
United Country Real Estate
VML
Waldo Heights
Weddle & Associates
Wurst
Wyandotte Economic Development Council

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