Perspectives on Managing Communication Teams in a Changing Economy

May 13, 2009

OCPRSA Senior Roundtable Committee Presents:
Perspectives on Managing Communications Teams in a Changing Economy – a Roundtable Discussion

Let’s face it.  Being a senior practitioner isn’t always as straightforward as we’d like – especially in this tough economic environment.  Come Join your peers and explore answers to the critical issues we are all facing:

• Do I need to restructure how I am doing business in these tough times?
• Should I change the way I cost a job?
• Retainers vs. hourly – how should I set those rates?
• How can I make sure I’m not undervaluing my services?
• Is there some magic formula for managing projects and workloads with less staff?
• What does driving tasks to the lowest skill level mean?
• And more, more, more…

COME PREPARED with your own questions and get the seasoned input you’ve been looking for.

WHEN:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
 
WHERE:
Vessia Ristorante
3966 Barranca Parkway, Suite B
Irvine, CA 92606
Phone 949.654.1155

COST and RSVP:
$10 at the door – but RSVP is required for planning purposes. Please RSVP to info@ocprsa.org by close-of-business May 12.

FEATURING:
Janice Glaab – Moderator
Janice Glaab is Principle of Glaab & Associates, Inc., a full-service public relations and public affairs firm.  She is a 27-year veteran of the California state and national public affairs scene.  In her years in politics and public affairs, Janice has directed strategy development and implementation for controversial and complex issues impacting every community in California.

 

Joan Gladstone – Agency Sector Expert
Joan Gladstone is president and chief executive of Gladstone International, one of Southern California’s most respected issues management and crisis communications firms.

Joan is perhaps best known for managing intense media coverage of the County of Orange bankruptcy in 1994, the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States. Since then, she has managed national media relations and stakeholder communications rated to labor strikes, environmental issues, political protests, regulatory agency investigations, property rights disputes, executive transitions and more.

Denis Wolcott – Government Sector Expert
Prior to establishing The Wolcott Company, a full service public relations and marketing firm, Denis Wolcott served as media services section manager at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the nation's largest water utility. He managed a communications team responsible for strategic communications and public affairs planning, advertising, marketing, media relations, internal communications, community and business outreach, coalition building, publications, Web sites and a television show.




Jan Johnson – Corporate Sector Expert
Jan Johnson founded MultiPath Communications Southern California nine years ago and previously served as Vice President for Benjamin Group/BSMG.  Jan has served as a key member of  multiple communications teams, large and small, and can offer the perspectives of an independent consultant, global communications team member, and agency executive.  She and her team have worked on site, or managed entire communications remotely. Jan’s client experience ranges from emerging technologies and start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, for companies such as Toshiba, AMCC, Broadcom, Conexant, Intel, Mentor Graphics, Oak Technology, the Optical Storage Technology Association, and Sony Electronics.  


For more information about this event or to become part of the Senior Roundtable Committee contact Leisa Brug Kline –  leisabrug@aol.com.