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FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: Conference Photos

Posted in 2010 Annual Conference, Fun Stuff, Wednesday on August 11th, 2010 by Chris Gent, APR, CPRC – 1 Comment

Presidents' Luncheon

We took a lot of photos at this year’s FPRA Annual Conference — several thousand to be exact!

All the photos have been uploaded to FPRA’s Flickr photo account. To access a variety of sizes of each photo taken, simply click on the thumbnail photo to bring up a larger image of the same photo. Click “Actions” in the top left corner of the photo and then select “View All Sizes”. You can download whichever size you desire. The photo size labeled “Original” is the full size image and is suitable for printing.

You can access photos at the following links:

Golf Clinic & Outing

Tweet-up with Deirdre Breakenridge

President’s Welcome Reception

Sunset Social

Monday Photos

Presidents’ Luncheon

Tuesday Photos

Reception of the Presidents

Golden Image Awards

Wednesday Photos

FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: That’s a Wrap!

Posted in 2010 Annual Conference, Wednesday on August 11th, 2010 by Chris Gent, APR, CPRC – 1 Comment

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FPRA’s 72nd Annual Conference has drawn to a close. We’ll be posting a few recap items over the next day or so. We hope you enjoyed the blog coverage.

Special thanks again to our awesome blog team who worked throughout the conference — day and night — to ensure a continuous flow of conference coverage.

2010 CONFERENCE BLOG TEAM
Chris Gent (Blog Captain)
Bryan Beatty
Leeann Bright
Ginny Cooper
Kelly Donovan
Andrea Farmer, APR, CPRC
Amanda Forbes, APR
Kerri Goldsmith
Josh Hallett
Morgan Lamborn
Adrienne Moore, APR, CPRC
Wendy Jo Moyer, APR
Heidi Otway, APR
Niki Pocock
Diana Sabino
Kathleen Taylor, APR
Carla Ulakovic

FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: Closing Session, Big Ideas, Creativity and Innovation – Tom Laughon

Posted in 2010 Annual Conference, Wednesday on August 11th, 2010 by Andrea Farmer, APR, CPRC – 1 Comment

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Are you creative?

Get in the creative mindset: detox time. Conference attendees are doing the octopus, crab and flying fish dance to loosen up and get into a creative frame of mind. We need to strategically invest the time to dance like an octopus.

Google innovation, creativity and you’ll see thousands of results.

“The only way to predict the future is to create it.”

“Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.” -Peter Drucker
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FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: General Session D, 100 Days in ‘The Wolfpack Nation’ – Joe Hice, APR, CPRC

Posted in 2010 Annual Conference, Wednesday on August 11th, 2010 by Heidi Otway, APR – 1 Comment

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Joe Hice, APR, CPRC recently completed his first 100 days in a new job as Chief Communications Officer at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. During that time, Joe learned a little about the complexities and challenges of making the switch. Prior to joining the “Wolfpack,” he was the architect of The Gator Nation campaign at the University of Florida (UF).

The focus of his presentation was his transition to a new university and the “golden rules” he followed during his first 100 days in a senior public relations job.
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FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: Day 4 Schedule

Posted in 2010 Annual Conference, Schedule, Wednesday on August 11th, 2010 by Chris Gent, APR, CPRC – Be the first to comment

Listed below is the schedule for Day 4 – Wednesday, August 11, 2010 of FPRA’s 72nd Annual Conference:

7:00 am – Noon: Registration Desk Open

8:00 am – 9:15 am: Power Networking Breakfast

8:15 am – 9:15 am: Counselors’ Network Business Meeting

9:25 am – 9:30 am: Announcements

9:30 am – 10:35am: General Session D, 100 Days in the ‘The Wolfpack Nation’

10:35 am – 11:35 am: Closing Session, Big Ideas, Creativity and Innovation

11:30 am – 11:45 am: Conference Finale