PRSA Southwest District

2014 Conference

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday October 29-31, 2014

With optional Friday excursion to Voodoo Fest in New Orleans Friday, October 31st

Capital House Hilton Hotel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Wed

Oct 29

Thursday

October 30th

8 am

9 am–

10 am

Kate Galatas, MPH Deputy Associate Director for Communications, Division of Public Affairs

Centers for Disease Control

. 10 am –

10:30

am

10:30

am –

11:30

am

Ballroo

m A

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PR Lessons Learned from the National Disaster Hurricanes

Katrina and Rita.

Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco; Bob Mann, former Press Secretary for Governor Blanco, Denise Bottcher, former Communications Director for Governor

Blanco

11:30

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am

12 pm –

1 pm Lunch

Patrick Mulhearn, Executive Director, Celtic Studios

1 pm Vendor Set Up

Devin Lemoine, President, Success Labs

Craig Freeman, Ph.D., J.D.

2 pm

PRE-CONF

WORKSHOP

Brad Lambert, APR Harris, Deville & Associates

What is TV news coming to next?

Phil Rainier Hosts, David D’Aquin, NBC Channel 33 and Shauna Sanford, LPB

Managing News Editor

3 p.m.

A session for everyone.

Learn about how to become APR; Attend to

find out how to promote your certification.

Dan McFadden, APR Arkansas chapter

:

Free case studies, consulting support,

insurance discounts, and more. How to

get even more benefits from

membership.

Blake D Lewis, III, APR, Fellow PRSA PRSA-National Secretary

3:30 pm

–

4 pm

4 pm –

Creating a World Class Event

Manny Valencia Vice-President of Strategy, Excelerant

Founder pop-up event company, 300 Seats

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5 pm

6 pm – 8

pm

Tsunami

Rooftop

Opening Happy

Hour

Member networking carpool - Meet in hotel lobby