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IABC Tucson Chapter News March19, 2010

In This Issue:

Still Time to Submit Cactus Quill Entry
Friday, March 19, is the early deadline for accepting entries for the 2010 Cactus Quill Awards, sponsored by Bohte Design LLC, but there is still another chance. The final deadline is March 26. Get that entry completed and turn it in! You could have something to brag about to your boss or client.
 
And you can use the same entry for the Silver Quill Awards program recently opened by the Pacific Plains Region. Check out the details in the Call for Entry.

UA Students Seeking Speakers
Members of the UA Communications Club would like to hear from professionals about business communications careers. IABC/Tucson president Paul Tumarkin is speaking April 6 and would love to have at least one more person to join him to talk about what business communicators do. If you’re interested, please contact Paul at pkt@barkingshelby.com. 

More Seats Available
for Online Marketing Discussion April 1
IABC/Tucson’s April 1 panel discussion about the online marketing of the Tucson Festival of Books is so popular we added extra seats. Don’t miss out on this behind-the-scenes look at how website and social media efforts stoked the fundraising, attendance and sponsorship efforts. Get ideas for your own online marketing plan as well as tips for successfully integrating volunteers into your next event. There are only 13 seats left out of the 43 available!
 
“Case Study in Web and Social Media Strategies for Event Marketing: Tucson Festival of Books”
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Old Pueblo Grille, 60 N. Alvernon Way
 
Free for IABC and reciprocal Big C members, $5 for non- members, $3 for students. Attendees purchase their own lunches.
 
RSVP: events@iabctucson.com for members and this web page for everyone else.

Preemptive Public Relations May 6
Creating goodwill before the crisis occurs provides you a cushion of trust that can help restore and maintain your company’s reputation. Former chapter president John Brown, director of communications at the University of Arizona, uses case studies drawn from his career in communications, including for an electric utility and real estate, to help you map out a strategy to deal with a crisis before it happens.
 
Preemptive Public Relations–
What to Do Before “It” Hits the Fan
Brown bag lunch discussion
Thursday, May 6, 2010
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
UA Foundation, 1111 N. Cherry Ave.
Cost: free to members and Big C reciprocal members, $5 non-members, $3 students. Attendees bring their own lunches. RSVP here.

Welcome New Member
Welcome to Kristen Manganini of Raytheon Missile Systems, who joined IABC/Tucson this week. She is an engineering event planner.

Thanks to a Multitude
A whole bunch of chapter members helped people at the Tucson Festival of Books learn more about the great things IABC has to offer. Much gratitude goes to
 
Nancy McCluskey-Moore, ABC, who headed the committee that organized the IABC/Tucson booth at the festival. Serving were Elena Acoba, Karen Lutrick and Jaime Williams.
 
Booth staffers included Alice Atalla, Karen Dahood, Dina Doolen, Will Dobbs, Heather Floyd, Kathy Hippensteel, Sally Sumner and Paul Tumarkin. Elena Acoba, Nancy McCluskey-Moore and Monica Surfaro-Spigelman­she sewed book bags!­helped out in the booth and donated items that the chapter gave away in drawings.
 
Other book donors were Juleen Eichinger, Marilyn Pincus and The Knowledge Centre at IABC.
 
Thanks to all who stopped by and who encouraged folks to do the same. We made many contacts and educated people on what our profession is all about.

Events
March 19: Early deadline for Cactus Quill Awards entries.

March 24: “Managing Contention: Building Relationships, Reducing Anxiety, Bringing Constituencies to Agreement, Waging Calmness (the Opposite of Contention)” IABC web seminar.

March 26: Final deadline for Cactus Quill Awards entries.

April 14: “The Balancing Act: Finding the Right Mix of Traditional and Social Media” IABC web seminar.

April 15: Indies lunch, 11:45 a.m.

April 28: “Inside the Mind of Management: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What the Communicator Really Needs to Know About Management and Managers” IABC web seminar.

May 6: “Pre-emptive Public Relations” IABC/Tucson discussion led by John Brown, director of communications for the UA Foundation.

May 12: “Paradigm Shift: New Approaches to Employee Communications for Changing Times” IABC web seminar.

May 20: Indies lunch, 11:45 a.m.

May 26: “How to Develop the Mindset of a Strategist” IABC web seminar.

June 3: Reception for 2010 Cactus Quill Award winners.

June 6-9: IABC 2010 World Conference, Toronto.

June 17: Indies lunch, 11:45 a.m.

June 22: Big C Networking Event, Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa.

Oct. 17-19: 2010 IABC Pacific Plains Region EXCHANGE Conference, Palo Alto, Calif.