Byword

IABC/Tucson Chapter Newsletter – May 2007

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Last Chance to Register for Webinar

Who Are Those People and What Do They Want?
Influencing Employee Attitudes, Rethinking Employee Communications, Challenging Current Assumptions
 This IABC Web teleconference offers a first look at employee communication from the employee’s perspective. Gain insights into dealing with and overcoming the employee emotions that resist communication-driven remedies.

Additional details about the seminar at www.iabc.com/education/webseminars.htm.

When: Wednesday, May 30, 2007, 8:45-10:30 a.m.
Where: University of Arizona Roy P. Drachman Hall, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Room A326 (on the glass bridge)
Cost: $10 for members with reservations and students, $15 for non-members and at the door
RSVP: Send an email to mimivgib@yahoo.com by May 28, 2007

Directions to the seminar can be found at www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/directions.php

Special thanks to member Ginny Geib and the UA College of Pharmacy for providing the room for this presentation.

Meet, Greet, and Learn at Sixth Cactus Quill Awards Presentation

This annual event, which recognizes best practices in communications, provides a great professional development opportunity as well as a chance to see colleagues and make new contacts. View winning Cactus Quill entries and talk in-depth to their creators about the planning, execution and evaluation of projects ranging from brochures, Websites and magazines to branding initiatives and communications programs. Throughout the event, award-winning entries from IABC chapters in Brazos Valley, Texas and Columbus, Ohio also will be available for viewing. Make a reservation to join us at the beautiful, historic Temple of Music and Art. Catering will be provided by Gallery of Food.

  • What: Cactus Quill Awards Presentation
  • When: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 7
  • Where: Cabaret Theater at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.
  • Cost: $25 per person
  • RSVP: By June 4 to Juleen Eichinger at eichinger@hotmail.com. Pay by check or cash at the door. No-shows will be billed.

This year’s Cactus Quill Awards is sponsored by Hughes Federal Credit Union.

Annual “Big C” Mixer Slated for June 19

Mark your calendar now – June 19, 5:00 to 7:00 pm - for the 7th Annual Big C Mixer Event. Hosted by IABC, PRSA, TAF, AD2, AMA, AIGA and STC, this is a fabulous chance to network with local communications, public relations and marketing professionals. The mixer will be held at the new Sonoran Room at the Westin La Paloma.  A $25 admission fee includes a first beverage and appetizers. Door prizes and a special “mystery guest” contest will add to the festivities.

This year’s event is being underwritten by Cvent. 

IABCTucson.com – Better than Ever!

Kudos to Paul Tumarkin, our chapter’s Technology Director, for leading the charge to rebuild our Website.  Along with a great new design, the site sports easy-to-use navigation, lots of great resources, and useful links to IABC international.

Paul notes that although many people had a hand in the effort, special thanks are due to Martha Retallick of Western Sky Communications and RAIM for putting together the designs and templates, to Susan Guerrero for her input and for making arrangements for support from RAIM, and to the chapter’s board members for assisting with the review process.

In the future, Paul plans to add features and content that will make the site an even more useful source for news and information about IABC and what our chapter has to offer. If you have recommendations or ideas for things you'd like to see, please contact Paul at pkt@barkingshelby. com. He’ll collect the emails and guide our efforts to continually improve the site. After all, in the digital age, a site is never a finished product!

Join the IABCTucson.com Scavenger Hunt
Take a spin around the new www.iabctucson. com and win a prize!

Find the answers to the following  five questions and submit them to Elena Acoba at acoba@dakotacom. net by May 18, 2007:

  1. "The write hand of leadership" is the motto of which independent contractor?
  2. What was the title of the March 3, 2005 chapter meeting?
  3. What is the third reason why someone should join IABC?
  4. Name one way that www.iabc.com lists as a way for you to find a job.
  5. How many IABC/Tucson members have earned the ABC designation from IABC?

The names of those with the most correct answers will be entered in a drawing for a free teleseminar offered by IABC or a free lunch at an IABC/Tucson chapter meeting.

Contest rules:
The free teleseminar will be awarded to the person who has the most correct answers. If more than one person has the same number of correct answers, a drawing from among those people will determine the winner. The free lunch will be awarded in a drawing from among the remaining names. If there are no remaining names, the free lunch will be awarded to the person with the second most correct answers or in a drawing from among the group of people with the second most correct answers. Got that?

More qualifiers:

  • The contest is open to members and trial members in good standing in IABC/Tucson as of the deadline for entries, May 18, 2007.
  • Persons involved in the development of the new Website and IABC/Tucson board members are not eligible to enter.
  • The judges are not required to name a winner. Winners must have at least two correct answers.
  • The judges' decision is final.
  • Prizes cannot be substituted.
  • Winners may transfer prizes to third parties.

Vote for Your Leaders
Starting May 15 you can use one-click voting to elect the chapter's board for 2007-2008. On that day you'll be notified by e-mail that you can vote for the slate of nominated officers. The slate is as follows:

  • President: Mimi Villafane
  • Vice-President: to be filled
  • Secretary: Juleen Eichinger
  • Finance Director: Michelle Rau
  • Membership Director: Romi Carrell Wittman
  • Communications Director: Monica Surfaro-Spigelman
  • Professional Development Director: Geneva Escobedo
  • Technology Director: Paul Tumarkin
  • Past President: Elena Acoba

Only members in good standing can vote (no trial-member ballots, please). The election will run until May 31, 2007. The newly elected board will be announced at the Cactus Quill Awards presentation on June 7.

Save By Joining IABC/Tucson in June
Folks who newly join or reactivate their membership in June can save on the $40 one-time registration fee during the chapter's Membership Month. If you refer one of those people who join, you get a $25 rebate on your own membership renewal. Get details from membership director Romi Carrell Wittman at r.wittman@cox.net.

IABC Tucson
Post Office Box 43262
Tucson, Arizona 85733-3262