For those who can’t make it to the PRSSA meeting tonight to hear Mr. Kevin Bishop speak about his role as Communication Director for Senator Lindsey Graham – follow the meeting via the stream of live blog coverage here.

[cross post from Madison Fisher's blog]

Want to get hands on experience working on a case study with 2 PR Pros
that work for an innovative company? Interested in coming to a PRSSA
meeting that is unlike any of the other meetings before?

Geno Church and Spike Jones will be coming from Brains on Fire to lead a workshop using a real example with one of their clients, Fiskars. They
will also be presenting and helping us work through a case study to give
us practical knowledge that you can use in future PR endeavors. We got a
big room, so let’s fill it up!

When: February 24 at 7:00 pm

Where: McAdams 119

Attire: Business Casual

Cost: Free for members, $2 for non-PRSSA members

Here are the entertaining bios from the Brains on Fire website of the two
speakers:

Spike Jones was born in Dallas, Texas. Not that you should care, since
Spike will never ask you where you’re from, either. After graduating from the “I can’t dance” cult of Baylor University with degrees in
Environmental Studies and Journalism (read: tree-hugging hippie writer), he explored these United States and finally settled at a place they call the Brains on Fire back in the Year of the Golden Dragon (2000).

Spike (Spike to his friends) began here as a storyteller and now handles
new business rock-kicking-over initiatives and contributes strategic input for companies including BMW, Rawlings Sporting Goods, Dagger Kayaks, Fiskars Brands, Yakima, Perception Kayaks, Best Buy and Rage Against the Haze (South Carolina’s youth-led anti-tobacco
movement). Spike sits on the Board of Directors for the Word
of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and preaches what Brains on Fire practices at speaking gigs, including various private events (Michelin, Biltmore Estates, Susan G. Komen Foundation), the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the Public Relations Society of America and the Association of National Advertisers’ Senior Think Tank
Committee. Labeled “one to watch” from an anonymous answerer to our Net Promoter Survey, Spike is smart, good looking, athletic, persuasive and a rock star inside his own head. He also never passes up a chance to write his own bio.

Geno Church is a quoted, sought-after and stalked thought leader in
uncovering the DNA of sustainable word of mouth movements and building them from the ground, up. Seriously. Addys. Wommies. Forrester Groundswell Awards. A gold EFFIE, even.

Companies and organizations Geno’s loved on include Fiskars Brands, the American Booksellers Association, Rawlings Sporting Goods, National Family Partnership, Charleston Parks Conservancy, the US Office of National Drug Control Policy, Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities and Rage Against the Haze (South Carolina’s youth led anti-tobacco movement).  He contributes to the top-ish-ranked Brains on Fire blog Brains on Fire Blog, speaks at events nationally and abroad (we almost lost him in South Africa last year – three times) including gigs with the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, the Public Relations Society of America, American Marketing Association, the New Comm Research Communications Forum, and the What Teens Want 2008 Conference. He is widely quoted in blogs and traditional print on a regular basis. Geno’s Southern, approachable and probably one
of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. No kidding.

Are you looking to apply for PR internships and wondering what they are looking for and expecting from you? Do you have questions about your resume and cover letter? Are you unsure what to include in your PR portfolio?

Come to PRSSA’s November meeting! Brett Turner from Jackson-Dawson will be coming to discuss how to create PR portfolios:

When: November 19 at 7:00

Where: Brackett 213

Attire: Business Casual

Cost: Free for members, $2 for non-members

Please RSVP here!

Remember to bring your resume, cover letter, and anything you may want to have him critique.

Here is a brief bio of our speaker Brett Turner:

Brett Turner is Public Relations Director for Jackson-Dawson Marketing Solutions. His responsibilities include strategic planning and daily oversight of all of JD’s PR clients, including BMW, Michelin, Milliken, Greenville Hospital System, Bloom and Food Lion grocery stores and Piaggio aircraft.

Turner earned his APR (Accredited in Public Relations) designation in 2006, which is the hallmark of the public relations profession and signifies mastery of the public relations profession.

Turner has extensive experience in sports journalism, sports marketing and public relations, having covered the North Carolina men’s basketball team and the NFL’s Carolina Panthers from 1994-1997. He then managed public relations accounts for NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series teams from 1997 through the end of the 2000 season, before being named Director of Public Relations for SailNet.com in Charleston, S.C. Turner joined JD in 2001.

Turner is a 1993 graduate of Clemson University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Communications/Journalism. He is married to the former Suzanne Spaulding of Charleston, a 1997 graduate of Clemson who holds a B.S. degree in psychology. The Turners reside in Anderson with their two sons, William and Wyatt, and Truxton, the family Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

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Minutes of the second Clemson PRSSA meeting taken live during the meeting are available here.

You may participate remotely and ask questions using the chat feature in the live blogging tool, which opens in a new window once you click the above link.

Also, check out pictures from the second PRSSA meeting!