http://cm.ilipra.org This is the home of the Illinois Park & Recreation Association's Communications & Marketing Section. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:29:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can anyone help out Stephanie FitzSimons of the Bartlett Park District? Hi all! I am doing a large scale project to get some art in our HUGE gym hallway. Time is of the essence as always. Does anyone have a great place that they have purchased framing/frames…. I am looking for ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/06/13/supplier-needed-for-large-scale-framing/ I was wondering how many of your park districts have baseball fields, and if you provide sponsorship opportunities for them. You can email me at mrodas@rlapd.org. http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/05/28/sponsorship/ Numerous people have asked for comparisons on brochure costs and ad sales for other districts. To hopefully help our fellow C&Mers, I would like to collect answers to a lot of these questions and put a report together that can be shared with everybody. Please email ksmith@bolingbrookparks.org by Tuesday, April 15 your answers ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/04/11/cm-meeting-brochure-data/ The Lisle Park District is pleased to host the next C & M section roundtable meeting on April 16th at noon. There will be a brown bag lunch discussing Referendums, followed by a Board Meeting at 1pm. We will be meeting in the Lisle Park District board room, 1825 Short Street, ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/04/08/cm-section-meeting-416-lisle/ We need to purchase a DLP projector & I'm wondering if anyone has one (brand & model) to recommend. We are looking for nice resolution, but equally important, ease of start-up when hooked up to a laptop. Our old projector was very tempermental & had difficulty receiving the signal from our laptop. The ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/04/02/recommendations-on-dlp-projectors/ As you know, this year's Agency Showcase Competition required you to submit your best creative marketing pieces electronically. This new process made it quicker and easier for you to nominate your work - but it also made it easier for judges to access the entries. But most importantly...now ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/02/21/view-agency-showcase-entries-online/ Hi Everyone, here's a reminder: C&M meeting tomorrow is at Noon at the Itasca Park District (350 E. Irving Park Road, Itasca 60143 630/773-2257). Brown bag lunch with Brainstorming for '09 Conference followed by 1pm Board Meeting. Hope to see you here.  http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/02/11/cm-meeting-tomorrow-feb-12-noon-itasca/ C&M Meeting is Thursday, Jan. 24th at 4:45pm in the Buckingham Room (West Tower/Bronze Level), join C&Mers from all over the state! A great chance to see old friends and make some new ones! C(&M) you there! Okay-that was hokey. Beth http://cm.ilipra.org/2008/01/21/cm-annual-meeting-at-conference/ Do you ever wish that your local newspapers published more of your press releases? Ever wish they printed what you actually wanted them to print? The 21st century has given the power of PR to people like you. More people are made journalists with the power of blogs. ... http://cm.ilipra.org/2007/12/03/the-21st-century-journalist/ Calling all C&M'ers! Register now for the C&M Awards Luncheon hosted by Darla from the Deerfield Park District. Location: Deerfield Golf Club Date: Fri 11/16 Time: 11:30am-2pm. Cost: $20 for member/$25 for non-members.  You may register by faxing the attached flyer to IPRA. Please register by Tuesday 11/13. See you there! C&M Awards Luncheon 11/16 flyer http://cm.ilipra.org/2007/11/07/cm-awards-luncheon-next-friday-1116/