Former Greensboro mayor, theater CEO to address PRSA Tar Heel

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Keith Holliday, former mayor of Greensboro and now president and CEO of the Carolina Theatre, will give the keynote address at PRSA Tar Heel’s 2012 Spinks Banquet & Awards. Holliday will discuss how the Carolina Theatre has rebranded and revitalized itself since he took the helm four years ago.

Also, the first 50 people who sign up to attend Spinks will be eligible to receive one of three prizes, to be drawn during the event. Sign up now for a chance to win one of these prizes.

Members-only social scheduled for May 24

Join PRSA Tar Heel for a big time at Fatz® in Greensboro!

Members are gathering to meet other members and learn about opportunities within the chapter. No cover charge, drinks and food will be available for individual purchase.

Teresa Loflin, president and Neely Turlington, vice president of membership celebrating at The Box Seat during “PRSA March Madness Meet-Up” on March 22, 2012.

 

SAVE THE DATE:

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Fatz

619 S. Regional Road
Greensboro, NC 27409
336-841-0081
Interstate: I-40, Exit 210

5:30 p.m. – until

Bringing Modern. Southern. Style. to Communications & Community Relations at Belk

Jessica Graham, APR, Vice President Communications & Community Relations at Belk, will be our speaker. Her topic will be ”Bringing Modern. Southern. Style. to Communications & Community Relations at Belk” – how Communications & Community Relations at Belk have changed  since the rebranding.

Graham is an award-winning public relations professional with over 18 years of experience in virtually every aspect of public relations, including media relations, corporate contributions, internal communications and event planning. Register here.

Also this month the chapter is helping to Stock the pantry for hungry kids.

PRSA Tar Heel is tackling hunger in our community with donations to Crisis Control Ministry.

At the May meeting, we encourage all members to bring one or more of two foods staples – breakfast cereal and macaroni and cheese.

More details on the 2012 Spinks Banquet & Awards

In case you didn’t get the email, here are a few more details about the 2012 Spinks Banquet & Awards, via Teresa Loflin, our chapter’s president: We have moved the date of the Annual Spinks Awards Banquet to Thursday, June 14. Many of you were not able to attend the banquet scheduled for this month…

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