PR Writing Class

Below is a flyer for a PR writing skills class offered through the School of Visual Concepts. It is highly recommended by our advisors, and all of those in the PR industry. This is a perfect opportunity to build a resume while strengthening your writing.

Prepare for a career in Public Relations

Develop PR writing skills and a portfolio.

If you want a professional internship and a career in public relations, you’ll need to have a portfolio to show prospective employers. Learn to write these important public relations tools this winter.

· News Releases

· Backgrounders

· Biographies

· Fact Sheets

· Flyers

· Brochures

· Promotional Letters

· Public Service Announcements

UW students may work with a nonprofit and receive internship credit from Prof. Fearn-Banks (kfb@u.washington.edu).

Introduction to Public Relations Writing

10 Wednesdays, January 13-March 17

6:30-9:30 p.m.

Instructor: Al Sampson, former UW Communications Lecturer, with years of professional experience in advertising and public relations for major agencies and clients in New York and Seattle.

School of Visual Concepts

500 Aurora Avenue North

Seattle

Reserve your space now.

Call 206-623-1560, or visit www.svcseattle.com

Northwest Flower and Garden Show!!

The Northwest Flower and Garden show has offered UW PRSSA a great opportunity to get hands on experience! Between February 3rd and 7th, from 9am-8pm we will be in charge of the press table. This is not only a great networking opportunity, but also a perfect way to get a feel for real-world PR.

Who: Anyone who is interested (contact prssa@uw.edu)

What: Northwest Flower and Garden Show Press Table

Where: Washington State Convention Center

800 Convention Place

Seattle, WA 98101

When: February 3-7, 2010

Shifts anytime between 9 am- 8 pm (volunteer for 2 hours or 10! Any help is appreciated)

Why: Gain first hand experience, extend your network... and spend time with your UW PRSSA Peers!!

Any questions, comments, or concerns contact prssa@uw.edu, we would love to see all of you there.

Internship Roundtable

Our three speakers, Lauren Palmer (UW '09), Amy Graham (UW '09), and Faith Yi (UW '09), respectively.
Above you can see our members and speakers discussing the ins and outs of being an intern.

Our past meeting was an internship roundtable with recent UW graduates. Throughout the meeting the importance of obtaining an internships was stressed. Our speakers shared their experiences with the internship process. They explained how to search out the right internship, and how to present yourself on a resume and in person. Our three speakers also shared what their typical duties have been, and what to expect as an intern. Lauren Palmer is currently an Account Coordinator at Green Rubino, Amy Graham is a former Intern at Frause Group and newly hired Account Coordinator, and Faith Yi is currently the promotions programming assistant at 98.1 Classical KING-FM. Their insight was invaluable, and offered an inside view of the internship process.

Congrats 2009-2010 Mentor Recipients

Every Fall, thanks to a strong relationship with our professional chapter, PRSA pairs UW students with a mentor. Through an application process, students are paired with a mentor whom they meet with on a regular basis to ask questions, receive advice, or simply gain a professional's viewpoint. As members of PRSSA, you can benefit from receiving help from professionals in the Puget Sound Chapter of PRSA. As part of the professional PR community, they have volunteered their own time as a mentor for qualifying PRSSA students. Each PRSSA member has the opportunity to be matched with a professional, who will be available for one to two hour mentoring sessions each month. Depending on the experience of the student, mentoring sessions vary. Additionally, more details will be provided at our annual mentor training session.

Here are the names of this years' recipients:

Andy Dean

Serina Hall

Brendan Hughes

Sean Larin

Megan Petty

Zoe Saurs

Katie Sieck

Michelle Tanaka

Allen Thi

Kelsey Van Stubbe

Chris Williams

Anita Ng

Congratulations to the above listed! Don't hesitate to contact us with any questions about the mentor program.

Branding Yourself Seminar

On October 27th we had a meeting on how to "Brand Yourself", the way to best present yourself for the perfect job. Our guest speaker was Annie Drury, a UW and PRSSA alum who is now doing independent PR consulting as well as web page design. We want to give a big thanks to her and all of those who made it to the meeting.

Here are a few pictures of the event.

Annie Drury gives a professional's insight on personal presentation.

Post meeting resume workshop!

Officers (from left to right) Ali Kramer, Brendan Hughes, and Michelle Tanaka.

Members share resumes during the resume workshop.

A New Avenue!

Being that PR is a rapidly expanding field, especially through the internet and social media, UW PRSSA has created this new blog! Our main goals are to provide an easy way to connect to our member base, or those interested in UW PRSSA, and to create an online record of who we are and what we are up to.

We are also on Facebook and Twitter:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200810134

http://twitter.com/UWPRSSA

Feel free to connect up with us through e-mail as well:

uwprssa@u.washington.edu

Best,

Steven Landry

Historian