Cynthia Powell, owner of CP Knowhow, is a big-picture strategic thinker and a guerrilla PR practitioner. Cynthia plans and leads nonprofit and corporate positioning and media campaigns that get the word out in ink, create blogger buzz, and put clients on radio and TV.
Amanda Karfakis, Vitamin
Most PR professionals break into the business after college. Amanda Karfakis got her first break at age 10.
Panel update! Annual holiday luncheon scheduled, December 14
Join us on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 for our annual holiday luncheon! Enjoy the holidays with colleagues and friends, and hear from Maryland Public Television staff about the wide range of original content that the station produces and learn who the right contacts are to pitch story ideas. Speakers will include: Robert J. Shuman, President […]
Updated panel: Two-part series on planning for great media visuals, October and November programs announced
Join us for a two-part series on planning your public relations activities to ensure great media visuals. Both programs will focus on what Baltimore area newspaper and magazine photographers and television video journalists are looking for to produce strong images to accompany news and feature stories. Public relations professionals will hear how to ensure their […]
Spend a morning at The Baltimore Sun
Join us on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 as we hear from staffers at The Baltimore Sun. The newspaper has gone through radical changes in recent years, but in print and online, the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which includes websites and magazines, continues to reach 1.2 million readers each week, making it the region’s most widely […]
Ragina Averella, AAA Mid-Atlantic
As the Public & Government Affairs Manager for AAA Mid-Atlantic, Ragina Averella serves as the chief spokesperson for AAA in Maryland. She is responsible for media and government relations for the auto club, which serves nearly four million members throughout the Mid-Atlantic and nearly one million Marylanders.
Dan Collins, Mercy Medical Center
A summa cum laude graduate of Loyola College with a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, Dan is the Senior Director of Media Relations at Mercy Medical Center and has served as the downtown hospital’s media liaison since 1996. He is also the Baltimore Public Relations blogger for Examiner.com.
Chick-Fil-A President, COO to Share Marketing Adventures, July 19th
Join us on Monday, July 19th to hear Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-Fil-A, share his marketing adventures at a special event offered by the Baltimore Public Relations Council and the Baltimore, District of Columbia and Philadelphia chapters of the American Marketing Association, Marketing Director’s Support Group, and American Association of Museums. […]
Cheryl Knauer, McDaniel College
Cheryl Knauer began as the director of media relations at McDaniel College [link: http://www.mcdaniel.edu] in Westminster, in September 2011. In this role, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the college’s ongoing media relations program at the local, regional, and national levels. During her first six months at McDaniel, she has generated widespread […]
Join us at WJZ-TV for our June program
Join us on Tuesday, June 15 at Baltimore’s CBS affiliate, WJZ-TV, to learn how to best work with the station’s newsroom, marketing, public affairs and Web site staff to get your stories told. Expected to participate in the panel discussion are: Tanya Black – news assignment desk manager Sandy Friedman – special projects producer Ruth […]