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The Public Relations Society of America-New York Chapter has announced the Shortlist for its 2020 Big Apple Awards. The nominees represent more than 50 PR agencies and in-house communications teams. This year, the awards will be presented as a virtual event, running from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. The event will recognize such PR awards as the “15 Under 35” and “Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion,” and will close with an evening focused on the PR industry’s resilience in “Crisis Communications: Responding to the Pandemic.” The category winners and honorable mention recipients will remain strictly confidential until announcements are made during the Big Apple Awards. Tickets are available in three options: including $45 for a one-day experience; $75 for the Big Apple Campaign Awards; and a $99 full-access package including all four days. Early bird pricing is in effect now through midnight on Sept. 11. For more information about the Big Apple 2020 Awards, ticket prices and schedules, click here.
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The Museum of Public Relations will present its annual Celebrating LatinoPRHistory virtual event on Sept. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event’s first panel will cover societal issues, including DACA, COVID-19 and the upcoming election, with a second panel addressing such workplace issues as inclusion, stereotyping and opportunities for advancement. The panel will be moderated by Deb Prieto-Green, senior director marketing, communications and public relations at L3Harris Technologies. The keynote speaker at the event will be Catherine Hernandez Blades, SVP, Chief ESG and Communications Officer at Aflac. For more information about the event, or to register, click here.
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Republican political strategists Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson, co-founders of The Lincoln Project, will look at the state of the 2020 presidential race and The Lincoln Project's strategy to defeat Donald Trump at a National Press Club virtual National Headliners Newsmaker event on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. This one-hour, free-of-charge program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public. Viewers can send their questions for Wilson and Schmidt before or during the live program by sending an email to [email protected].
The New York Women in Communications are honoring an accomplished group of female communications professionals at the 54th Annual Matrix Awards on May 21... The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations is placing the spotlight on purpose-driven communications at “The Balancing Act, Purpose, Politics and Polarization,” its 34th Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium on April 4... The Knight Center for Journalism in America is sponsoring The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ
The National Press Club is holding a March 20 screening of a film that depicts the dangers journalists face in Vladimir Putin’s Russia... News platform Semafor, in partnership with Gallup, will present an exclusive first look at its 2024 World Happiness Report on March 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m... The Museum of Public Relations is sponsoring a March 14 event that looks at the role communicators played in gaining equal rights for women.
ICR is hosting a Nov. 14 The IPO Summit: Navigating the 2023 IPO Landscape,online event that will bring together CFOs, investors and other key players to share their insights and outlook on the process of going public... The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit, PR Summit DC and ADWKDC are being held on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, VA... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring a free Nov. 15 webinar on how virtual reality is reshaping the ways in which communicators do their jobs.
The Museum of Public Relations is putting a spotlight on the contributions made to the PR industry by Native Americans and Indigenous People at a virtual event on Nov. 3... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring an Oct. 18 webinar on that will look at the issues facing communications pros who address ESG matters... The American Marketing Association San Diego Chapter is presenting an Oct. 21 conference that will feature speakers from Walt Disney Parks, Snap Inc. and Qualcomm.
Richard Edelman presented the inaugural Daniel J. Edelman Award to NBC-TV weatherman Al Roker to honor his effort to make the world a better place during PRSA/NY's Big Apple Awards gala on Sept. 22.
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