Bobbi Nance, Teen & Adventure Supervisor for Park District of Oak Park will be doing a session called…Extreme Teen Marketing Makeover. In order to show that little things can make a difference in teen marketing, she needs material to work with.  Please send anything/everything teen-flyers, posters, brochures, banners, t-shirts etc, regardless of if it needs tweeking or not.  Please submit to bobbin@oakparkparks.com. If sending a large file, please ask Bobbi to confirm receipt.  Send CDs to 218 Madison, Oak Park IL 60302. No hard copies please…it’s going into a PowerPoint presentation.

Need it scanned? Send it to Stephanie FitzSimons at Bartlett and she will scan and forward it.  Flyers in PDF, MS Word or Publisher please. Questions? Call Bobbi at 708/725-2110. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, the C&M Awards Luncheon price will now be $20 per member/$25 per non-member.  The event remains on November 16th at Deerfield Golf Club.

See you there!

New registration form is attached.

C&M 11/16 Luncheon Reg Form

Save the date… Friday, November 16th for the C&M Section Awards Luncheon to be held at the Deerfield Golf Club: 1201 Saunders, Riverwoods from 11:30am-2pm.

See some old friends, and new ones too!

For more information, contact Darla Kuhs at Deerfield 847-572-2611.

C&M Awards Luncheon Registration form

Register by November 13 ($25 for Members, $35 for Non-members, see attached form)

Get away from your office for a few hours to network with your fellow C&M Section members!

When? Tuesday, October 2, Noon - brown bag lunch

Meeting and networking at 1 pm.

Where? Bolingbrook Park District, Annerino Community Center, 201 Recreation Drive, Bolingbrook 630-739-0272

Questions? Kathie Hahn 847-692-3346

Hope to see you in Bolingbrook!

I was given the awesome task of finding a Grant Writer. Does anyone out there recommend any grant writers. I need the following.

Contact Info

What types of grants they worked on

Were they successful?

You can email me at mrodas@pleasantdaleparks.org

thanks

Marlon

The C&M Section needs a chair for a Conference 2008 session titled “Extreme Teen Marketing Makeover”. What does that actually mean? You would be responsible for working with the C&M Conference Chairman and the session speaker (who is already in place) to make sure all goes smoothly before and during the session. This is a great opportunity to get involved, so come on! E-mail Stephanie FitzSimons, our 2008 Conference Chair and say YES! SFitzsimons@barlettparks.org

Each year, PRSA National promotes the ethical practice of public relations by recognizing September as Ethics Month. The PRSA Suburban Chicagoland chapter is hosting a dinner program on Tuesday, September 11 that will include a discussion of the ethical practice of public relations with speakers Laurie Meyer, vice president of corporate communications for Walgreens, and Anthony Pagano of University of Illinois at Chicago.

The program will be held at Doubletree Hotel in Wood Dale (1200 N. Mittel Blvd.). Networking begins at 6:00 pm, and the program will follow at 6:30 pm.

As a member of the PRSA chapter, I wanted to invite C&M members to take advantage of this program. The cost is $27 for PRSA members and $40 for nonmembers. In addition to hearing great speakers, it’s a great networking opportunity!

There’s no pressure to register; I just wanted to give you the information in case you’re interested. You can click the link below to register.
www.prsasuburbanchicagoland.org

Here is a great article regarding developing websites for both Internet Explorer and Firefox:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201802175

There is a slight delay with some advertising, however, the page will redirect automatically..

In the process of learning CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)? If so, this CSS Reference Document may help…

It doesn’t matter what rank you hold within your agency - at any given time you may be called upon to recruit sponsorships for your home agency…are you ready?

As we get ready for the first ever Communications & Marketing Section Boot Camp this August 28 and 29, I couldn’t help but think of the great leaders of our time who’ve gone through boot camp and gained their stripes. Who could forget John Candy and Bill Murray in the classic movie, Stripes?

Get inspired with this trailer from the movie - then enlist yourself in the C&M Boot Camp - Sponsorship Training To Gain Results!

Click here to get more information and register!

Hello, C&M members! I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a website development and/or hosting company that is reasonably priced and highly focused on customer service. Our current company both developed and hosts our website, but it is not essential that we find a new company that provides both services; a separate host and developer would be fine. As I start researching, does anyone know of a good company to consider? I would greatly appreciate any advice you guys can give! Feel free to contact me at spullara@fpparks.org or 847-451-8141.

Sandra Pullara, Communications & Marketing Manager

Park District of Franklin Park