Public Relations Students’ Association board member candidates

Posted on September 3, 2013 by prvicha

President

Overseeing operations of the students’ association
Liaising with members, university bodies, internal and external publics
Creating agendas and chairing meetings
Setting and achieving future goals for association
Research upcoming PR events for networking opportunities and for PR skills development

VP Secretary

Assist the President with roles
Manage and maintain association documents, minutes, constitution and other corporate documents
Draft agendas and record minutes of meetings
Draft association documents

VP Administration

Work with VP secretary on administrative roles within the association
Develop contact lists
Update files
Update PRSA Wikipage

VP Finance

Oversee fiances of the association
Research sponsorship opportunities
Manage funds within the association, gained through fundraising events and other initiatives
Update and maintain budgets for events
Keep financial records, invoices and expense tracking sheets

VP Communications (English)

Maintain communication networks within the membership
Encourage and develop strategies to engage membership participation
Manage social networks, such as blog, twitter, and Facebook
Plan any promotional campaigns on campus
Send out newsletter and updates on events

VP Communications (French)

Translation
Maintain communication networks within the membership
Encourage and develop strategies to engage membership participation
Manage social networks, such as blog, twitter, and Facebook
Plan any promotional campaigns on campus
Send out newsletter and updates on events

VP Social

Organize social events for members
Recruit volunteers and manage event operations
Coordinate volunteer opportunities
Develop and organize fundraising events on and off campus
Work with VP communications to promote events

Making Headlines: Delivering Your News With Impact

Posted on March 23, 2011 by prvicha

Presented by: CNW Group

When?
Monday March 28th 2011, from 11:30am to 1:30pm
(*a light lunch will be served)

Where?
Sheraton Ottawa Hotel, 150 Albert Street, Rideau Room

Cost?
CPRS Student Members $35
CPRS & IABC Members $45
Non-Members $60

Spaces are limited, please register by Friday March 25th on the EventBrite website at http://cprscnwmarch2011.eventbrite.com/ Prepayment by credit card is required to reserve you seat for the event. We accept Visa and MasterCard. Payment at the door will also be accepted.

About the presentation
In today’s online news environment, the story never ends. And now there are more stories than ever before. So how do you ensure your news gets the attention it deserves? Join CNW’s Laurie Smith, Vice President of Culture and Communications, for an engaging discussion on how to deliver your news with impact. Laurie will cover the reality of today’s newsrooms; how to build relationships and target your news effectively; the need for quality multimedia assets, and incorporating continuous measurement to adjust your strategy for success.

About the speaker
Laurie Smith is Vice President, Culture and Communications at CNW Group and a member of the senior management team. Laurie has led CNW Group’s marketing and communications efforts since 2003. Within her areas of responsibility lie: media relations, client communication, special events, sponsorships and charities, internal communication, social media, online and digital marketing, product promotion, advertising and brand management. Laurie has worked in public, private and non-profit sectors during episodes of calm, challenge and change. She can draw from the numerous lessons learned in her 15+ years as a MarComm professional, yet is always open to new ideas. Laurie brings a disciplined approach to the team’s initiatives, striving to make sure the execution is as strong as the idea. She is a tenacious problem solver who enjoys delivering creative work with an unexpected edge.

CPRS Ottawa/Gatineau would like to thank its
generous sponsors:

CNW Group
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
Thornley Fallis/76Design
News Canada
Duocom Canada Inc.
Jana Chytilova Photography

Cancellation policy: Cancellations must be received at least 24 hours prior to the event. Late cancellations and no-shows will be charged the full amount.

Ottawa Fashion Week

Posted on March 21, 2011 by prshelbylynmiller

This past weekend (March 18th – March 20th, 2011) I was honored to attend the Sunday of Ottawa’s Fashion Week. Due to an inside source, a relative of the founder of Ottawa’s Fashion Week; Hussein Rashid, I was blessed to get an inside look on the behind the scenes of how the whole operation runs.

I arrived at 5:15 the evening of March 2oth, 2011 and was met with my ticket. I got passed in through the VIP/ Media line and received an excellent seat for the second set of collections for Sunday. I was seated third row for the set that consisted of The Escape Movement, Anomal Coture, Karen McClintock and Karen & Wynne.

A social break and entertainment hour was provided from 7:00pm until 8:00pm. I got the pleasure of speaking with the creator of The Escape Movement, Andy Morrison, his brand emerged from the woodwork to showcase it’self as a legitimate street wear contender. The reasoning behind the title when I asked was Escape hopes to empower youth and has set up a grassroots network that is designed to help passionate artists, musicians and athletes develop their abilities. The line stays true to simplicity; casual modern street wear that appeals to a distinct youth subculture.

Time passed very quickly with discussing and learning about The Escape Movement, I later learned that Andy Mo had built it all from nothing. He had been working a 9-5 job that he did not enjoy, and didn’t see his life the way he wanted it to be so he decided to make a movement, change it. He moved to Whistler, but it was a bad season for the slopes and therefore a lack of jobs. He decided to discover who he was again; began snowboarding, getting back into things he forgot he loved, photography and yoga. He began living again, working to make ends meat just wasn’t where he wanted to be even if it meant a possible financial struggle. This is the point where it all came together to me. I realize all these people I have acquire over th past year through PRSA events and or anything I had been attending every person gave it all up to find their happiness. Andy did exactly that and The Escape Movement is what brought his aspirations all together. His advice was chase you’re dreams and find what you’re interested in.

It finally hit me on how to advice anyone who asks, what type of PR to go into and why I chose PR.

Check out The Escape Movement

http://theescapemovement.com/

The social hour ended and it was time to get back to the runway. I headed back up around 7:30pm and got chatting to the DJ, Ilon T as well as Ahmad Rashid about how everything works. There are half volunteers and half employees from Ottawa Fashion Week running the gig. The volunteers are given jobs that pull the whole show together; assuring all guests are happy and well satisfied, mandating the line and tickets along side seating special guests. The simpler jobs were changing the video when the collection was over, putting up the logo of the designer when the show began and all doing it on key. Every employee and volunteer had a head set to communicate and know what is happening at all times. The experience of seeing the entire show and the logistics behind it have given me the motivation to aspire to acquire plenty more volunteer work. The little help needed at every event run is that one set closer to working your way up the ladder. Through my experienced gained I now have assimilated knowledge of how Ottawa Fashion week operates, it was great to experience something that I am so passionate about.

The last set of collection began at 8:00pm beginning with Illyria Design, Florian Jayet and ended with the grand finale of Adrian Wu, who’s collection blew the crowd away. Check out the entire weekend: http://ottawafashionweek.ca/blog/

My best piece of advice to others looking for volunteer experience, is find something you enjoy whether it be sports, politics or fashion and find connections within it to start moving forward in your career, it won’t be handed to you on a silver platter and therefore seek the countless opportunities out there.

Thanks,

Shelby-lyn Miller

As Google Sees It: Jacob Glick – Free for students

Posted on March 21, 2011 by prvicha

Who’s hosting? Joseph Thornley

Price: CAD10.00 per person(refund policy)

How to find us: We’ll be on the second floor.

We live in a Google world. Google Search. Google Reader. Google Maps. GMail, Google Translate, Google Docs, Blogger. Android. Chrome. Google News. Google seems to reach into every aspect of our online lives.

But will it stay that way? If there is one constant on the Internet, it is the inevitability of change. And that’s not just change in technology. That’s change in how we use it, how we relate to one another, how we see institutions and our expectations of them. What we find useful today we might not find useful tomorrow.

Our next speaker at Third Tuesday Ottawa will be Jacob Glick, Senior Policy Counsel at Google. This role at Google gives him a unique perspective on many of the most important issues that will shape the continuing evolution of the Internet and how Google itself is evolving to maintain its relevance and to live up to its motto, “Don’t be evil.”

Agenda:

6:30 – 7:10 Networking

7:10 – 7:30 Tech Presentation: Automated Sentiment Analysis

7:30 – 8:15 Jacob Glick

8:15 – ? Mix and mingle with new and old friends

Thank you to our sponsors

As always, I want to thank the sponsors of Third Tuesday: CNW Group, Rogers Communications, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Radian6 andFairmont Hotels and Resorts. Thanks to these sponsors, we are able to program great speakers in cities across Canada, including Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Ottawa.

Student Admission

We want students to be able to participate. So, if you’re a student, simply present your valid student ID at the registration desk and we’ll refund your admission fee. Courtesy of Thornley Fallis.

CTV Television tour and info session

Posted on March 14, 2011 by prvicha

I am pleased to announce that we have been offered an opportunity to attend a private tour of CTV Television Ottawa. The head of promotions, Brent Corbeil has generously offered his time to give us a tour of CTV and offer an info session at the end of the tour, where we will be able to ask questions related to public relations and the relationship with the media.

This is a really great opportunity to find out more about local television and how PR professionals can develop relationships with a television network, how to get coverage for an event, and what kinds of stories television networks are interested in.

Brent will offer some really great advice on his role with the station, ways of working in partnerships with CTV and what relationships can be built with the network.

Unfortunately, because there was a fire at the main CTV station on Merivale, the station is now housed in the CHUM Building (Media Market Mall, 87 George St.) in the Byward Market; therefore, there is a limited capacity for students available to attend the event, so it will be on a first-come basis.

This event is geared for students interested in media relations. If you attend the event, you are expected to be prepared and do some background research on the station. I will also be discussing CTV in an upcoming meeting to talk about the station and what sorts of questions we should ask about CTV that would benefit us in our future careers as PR professionals.

I have worked with Brent in the past and he is very knowledgeable in the fields of communications and the relationships PR professionals have with the station, so this would be a very beneficial event to attend, he his being very generous to offer his time to us. If you do plan to attend the event, it will be professional attire and you will be expected to have prior knowledge of the station. This way questions addressed will be directed towards information that is not available on the organization’s website.

Please email me ASAP if you would like to attend. This is a busy time for CTV, so we will be scheduling a date in early April. The date will be announced once Brent can book a time where he will be available to meet.

Email me if you have any questions.

Danielle

PR students sit together

Posted on March 9, 2011 by prvicha

Over the course of the new semester something has changed on campus. Last semester many of us came to the University of Ottawa for the first time not knowing anyone. The Communication Department at the University of Ottawa is filled with hundreds of students. Classes have anywhere from 100 to 250 students. It can be very overwhelming for any student new to the school.

One of the main concerns I found out about before starting in the fall 2010 was the abundance of communications students in the department and the lack of networking between the specialized programs. That is why I decided to create a network within the PR program. A chance for students to get to know who else is in their program, support each other and learn what PR is really all about.

The change that has occurred over this semester is that classrooms are not so unfamiliar. PR students have developed a relationship and a friendship with each other. Now entering a class the size of 200 people does not feel so overwhelming. There are familiar faces and support for each other.

PR students have joined in group projects together, offer assistance to each other, form study groups, share notes, socialize together and of course, sit together.

The Public Relations Students’ Association has truly inspired student life and academic success among its members. I am truly looking forward to welcoming the new students that will be joining the program in the future and continuing to build a network for each other on campus.

A really great WordPress tutorial

Posted on March 7, 2011 by prvicha

Check out this really great WordPress tutorial for creating a website and for blogging! Review this video before the info session.

Learn how to blog

Posted on March 4, 2011 by prvicha

Hey PR students,

Next week’s meeting will be at the University of Ottawa on Wednesday, March 6 at 1:00 p.m. in the Clubs Room (030 UCU, beside the couch lounge).

At this meeting we will be answering questions about the elections and accepting submissions.

This week’s meeting will also include a blogging info session. Do you want to learn how to blog, what to blog and why to blog?

Well this session will answer those questions and get you started with the basics of starting a blog. You will be given direction on where you can go for more advanced options and help.

Bring you laptops to this event or sit in and watch a demonstration.

Be on the board (Elections)

Posted on March 3, 2011 by prvicha

Hey PR students,

The Public Relations Students’ Association is looking for new board members for the upcoming term starting May 1, 2011! If you are interested in becoming a board member for a one-year term, this is a great opportunity for you. Not only does it look great on a resume, but you can gain experience in public relations and become more involved in PR and the campus community.

The last meeting we discussed the method for the upcoming elections. Any member can run for a position and can apply for multiple positions. If a member is accepted for two positions, the member can choose a position of choice and the open position will go to the runner-up. Nominations will be accepted at the next meeting (Wednesday, March 9, 2011) and will be open for two weeks (Wednesday, March 9, 2011 – Tuesday, March 21, 2011).

Candidates will submit a letter explaining why they would like the position and why they believe they would be a suitable candidate for the position.

All members will receive application submissions for the board positions and members will vote on Wednesday, March 22, 2011. The elections will be held in the Clubs Room, 030 UCU , from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

This new term will include the following positions: