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As they say, membership has its privileges.
As a member of PRSA, you will be keeping company
with the leaders in the PR industry. If you'd like
information about how to join PRSA, please contact
Chris Kemper, Board Member / Membership Chair.
Chris will provide you with a packet of information
about national PRSA and the local Cincinnati Chapter.
You can contact Chris at (513) 579-3194 or email at
ckemper@cincinnatichamber.com You can also join online using the link found below.
JOIN PRSA IN MAY AND JUNE 2008 AND GET A LOCAL PRSA CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP FREE FOR ONE YEAR
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*Join PRSA National during this special offer at the regular member rate of $290
($225 national dues plus $65 initiation fee), and get your local PRSA Chapter membership FREE for one year. (Former PRSA members who have been inactive for at least one year are also eligible for this offer.)
Join Online Now! Be sure to enter promotion code CHAP2008 to receive your free one-year Chapter membership with your paid National membership.
Print a PDF of the membership application.
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PRSA National and Chapter memberships gives you:
- Access to a broad spectrum of local and national professional development opportunities
- Local and National networks to help you in your career
- Valuable information services through National's Professional Resources Center
- Complimentary subscriptions to the award-winning publications PR Tactics and The Strategist
- Career development resources and tools
- Opportunities to develop your leadership skills
- Access to Professional Interest Sections and Affinity Groups
- and much more
There is also a tremendous amount of resources and programs available through the national PRSA office. For more information about national programs and activities, visit their website at www.prsa.org.
For questions contact Member Services at 212-460-1400 or membership@prsa.org.
You qualify for PRSA membership if you spend at least 50% of your time in any combination of the following areas:
Media relations; marketing communications; special events; research; public relations management/administration; consumer/public affairs; public relations counseling; community, employee or government relations; financial communications;financial relations; institutional/corporate advertising; or public relations teaching.
The Cincinnati Chapter, with approximately 250 members, has a variety of programs
and activities throughout the year to help local PR professionals stay on top
of the game. Each month, September through July, there are monthly luncheon
meetings on a variety of topics including: meet the media programs, special
events, crisis communications, global public relations and marketing issues,
and case studies to name a few. In addition, each year the chapter holds one
full or half-day professional development seminar that takes an in-depth look
at a particular topic.
The primary obligation of membership in the Public Relations Society of America is the ethical practice of Public Relations.
The PRSA Member Code of Ethics is the way each member of our Society can daily reaffirm a commitment to ethical professional activities and decisions |
Thank you to all of you who have been keeping your membership records up-to-date. It really helps us to stay in contact with you. Please understand that there are actually two sets of your records, one kept by National and one kept here locally. While I can view your records with National, I do not have access to change them. Therefore, whenever a change needs to be made you need to contact both the national office and the local one.
This can now be done in one step by using MemberNet which is hosted on the National website, www.prsa.org. Towards the top of the home page there is a link to login. There are instructions to help you login for the first time. Once you login in you will have access to update your personal profile.
*However, if you have already changed jobs and no longer have access to the email address National has on file for you, you will either need to email them at membership@prsa.org or call them at 212-460-1400.
We receive weekly reports of all changes done at MemberNet and use those to update our records. What a great service this is and we thank the National office!
This program is continuing in 2008- look for ID cards at a PRSA Luncheon
(Flash ID –N- Save)
The F.I.N.S. program is designed to offer PRSA members an easy, short-step option toward purchasing tickets to the Newport Aquarium at a discount.
What is F.I.N.S.?
F.I.N.S. is an acronym for "Flash ID -N- Save". When members come to the Newport Aquarium, have them show their organization's ID badge at the ticket window. The Newport Aquarium is able to provide preprinted cards with PRSA's name on them to be distributed soon to members. These cards will act as an ID badge. The member and their guests will receive discounted ticket prices (they must have their current, valid, organization ID to receive the discount). Showing their organization's ID badge will provide a $2 discount for each adult and child ticket purchased and a $3 discount for every senior ticket purchased. This discount will be taken off of the regular general admission price.
Some of the unique benefits of this program are:
• No out-of-pocket money needed prior to a visit.
• No worries about losing a paper ticket.
• Member discount applies every day of the year. No expiration date.
• Discounts can be applied to every visit members make to the aquarium, as long as they show a current, valid, member ID badge at the ticket window.
The Newport Aquarium reserves the right to change the General Admission Price, and/or benefit(s) to the F.I.N.S. Program at any time during the Agreement.
Career Tools, an Internet-based product, is a new, no-cost, PRSA member benefit that offers a comprehensive collection of job search and career management resources including job search steps, assessments, networking and numerous Web links to job sites.
Read about Career Tools at http://www.prsa.org/_Membership/benefits/careertool.pdf Access Career Tools now via MemberNet at https://members.prsa.org , then select Member Benefits. Need help accessing MemberNet? Email membernet@prsa.org.
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