Byword

September 2010

Byword Buzz- September Updates

  • Get “out of the box” and into the game at the 2010 IABC Pacific Plains Region EXCHANGE
    Conference, October 17-19 in Palo Alto CA.
    Learn from the best: Hear from 2010 IABC Fellow William Briggs, EdD, director and professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at San Jose
    State University; Nancy Duarte, author of slide:ology; Tim McCleary of Brand Involvement®; Robert Finigan of Muzak and Touch; Wallace “J.” Nichols, PhD, the scientist and “sea turtle guy”—and many more! Learn more at: http://pacificplains.iabc.com

News from around our international IABC organization

IABC RESEARCH FOUNDATION SURVEY
The IABC Research Foundation and Buck Consultants, a Xerox company, recently released their results from a survey designed to measure how organizations are communicating with employers to keep them engaged and productive. The complete 2010 IABC Employee Engagement Survey report is available for free download from the IABC Research Foundation web site.

SEPTEMBER IS WORLDWIDE MEMBERSHIP MONTH
During September, communication professionals can have access to a variety of tools, best practices and expert opinions on the IABC web site—including the basic version of IABC’s latest member benefit: Discovery! And if they decide to join or rejoin IABC, we’ll waive the application fee of US$40/CDN44 for faxed, mailed or phoned-in enrollments and US$30/CDN$33 for online enrollments for all applications received during September. Get more details about the Membership Month promotion and start spreading the word!

LATEST CAFE2GO PODCAST
Listen to the latest Cafe2Go podcast podcast where IABC President Julie Freeman and Chair Shelley Bird discuss the JetBlue - Flight Attendant Steve Slater case with IABC Vice President of Marketing and Communication Paige Wesley.


Member News

Writing a book? Got a promotion? Got news? Tell us, and we'll help you promote via our chapter communications. Email Monica Surfaro Spigelman with the news!

Events
Sept. 15: “Corporate Communications 3.0: 7 Ways You Can Be Relevant 5 Years From Now” IABC web seminar.

Sept. 29: Media Coaching for Media Coaches: Insights on Shaping the Spokesperson’s Character, Content, Charisma and Leadership” IABC web seminar.

Oct 14 Social Media Mgmt Q&A

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

Oct. 20: “Start with the Truth (and Then Edit): The Search for Corporate Candor” IABC web seminar.

Oct. 27: “Powerful Presentations: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say” IABC/Tucson broadcast of IABC web seminar.

Oct. 28-29: Employee Communication Conference, Chicago.

Nov. 3: “Social Media When ‘It’ Hits the Fan: When Social Media & Crisis Communications Collide” IABC web seminar.

Nov. 17: “Communicating in Tough, Touchy, Sensitive Situations: Dealing with High-Level Emotional Issues Can Be an Important Career-Building Opportunity” IABC/Tucson broadcast of IABC web seminar.

December event TBA

Dec. 15: “Getting the Boss to Listen: Becoming a Trusted Advisor” IABC web seminar.

January 2011 Service Event Date and Time TBA

February 2011 Partnership Event TBA

March 2011 Tucson Festival of Books

April 2011 Consulting 101

May 2011 Extreme Makeover: Communications Edition

June 2011 Big C