Chapter Chat: Jasmine Gurley

Jasmine Gurley has been a doer since she was a five-year-old living outside of Washington D.C. helping her mom with DIY projects around the house and imagining herself working at the local lumberyard. So it’s only fitting that she’s currently employed by the Atlanta-based home improvement retail giant whose tagline is: “How doers get more […]

Neil Hirsch, APR, had visions of becoming the next Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings. Set on studying journalism at the University of Georgia, that plan shifted the summer after his freshman year when he landed a public relations internship at an Atlanta hospital system. He fell in love with PR and never looked […]

PRSA Georgia recently conducted a survey to learn how COVID-19 is affecting the PR industry in Georgia. The survey included responses from 115 PRSA Georgia members who work in the following settings: corporate (37%), independent counselors (18%), higher education (15%), agency (12%), government (9%), and non-profits (9%). PR professionals in Georgia are predicting a dismal […]

Graduating college students entering the workforce are experiencing unprecedented levels of uncertainty and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For those recent and soon-to-be graduates, Kate Keib, assistant professor of communication at Oglethorpe University, offers a message of hope. “Believe in yourself and know those who support you are ready to help.” Keib has intimate […]

In 2017, PRSA Georgia leaders embarked on a strategic plan that ends this year. By 2020, their expectation was PRSA Georgia would serve a diverse community of professionals, empowering them to excel in effective, ethical and engaging communications on behalf of the organizations they represent and the constituencies they serve. NOT written into our Chapter’s […]

Denise Grant, Chief Operating Officer and “Den Mother” to PRSA Georgia’s 830 members, began her affiliation with the Chapter as many of us do: as a member. In 1983, while she was working in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s public relations department, Denise and husband Jim discovered they were about to be parents of twins. Deciding a […]

Katie Beacham believes everyone can be a force for good. She leads social impact and sustainability at Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, a global law firm headquartered in Atlanta. ____________ In the best of times, especially in a time such as now, acts of kindness and giving can bring strength, hope, and goodness to the […]

Time is one of the most precious gifts we can give, and Lauren Powers so graciously offers hers in support of PRSA Georgia and other causes. A Chapter member since 2011 and a member of the inaugural Forty Under 40 class, she’s leading not just one, but two of the organization’s dynamic committees –serving as […]

Tom Jago Managing Director The Ward Group tjago@wardgroup.com O: 201 934-4235 | C: 201 615-7560   In November 2019, I had the opportunity to do a webinar for PRSA Georgia’s membership titled “Career Management 2020.” At the time, I always understood the importance of managing one’s “brand,” but I wasn’t prescient enough to forecast just […]

“You can’t spell April without APR.” That’s how a coworker has signed off on his messages to April M. Phillips, APR ever since she earned accreditation in public relations. Obtaining her APR in 2018 strengthened Phillips’ knowledge and skills in a way that made an immediate impact on her role as a national communications director […]