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By Cindy Sabato, past CalSPRA President and CalSPRA eNewsletter Committee Chair

:: NSPRA 2009 Comes to San Francisco
By Cindy Sabato, past CalSPRA President and CalSPRA eNewsletter Committee Chair

:: October’s Issues in Education Conference was a Huge Success
By Cindy Sabato, past CalSPRA President and CalSPRA eNewsletter Committee Chair

Golden (Mentor) Nuggets
By Nola Lionberger, Mentor Committee Chair
One of the awesome benefits to CalSPRA members is the combined experience and expertise of its members...

:: Save these Dates

SACRAMENTO SUMMIT
The registration deadline for CalSPRA's annual Sacramento Summit is January 8, 2007 and the last day for special hotel rates is December 29, so get your registration in NOW! We want no CalSPRA member left behind, so make plans to join your colleagues at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Downtown Sacramento January 17-19. This year's conference will include all the same great topics that have made past Sacramento Summit conferences so worthwhile. Just for new School PR practitioners this year, CalSPRA kicks off the Sacramento Summit on Wednesday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. with a free two-hour PR Boot Camp hosted by the CalSPRA Board .

Thursday morning will kick off with a presentation on new legislation and pending education issues coming from California’s legislative houses. The rest of the conference on Thursday and Friday will be jam-packed with valuable sessions to include the School Service’s translation of the Governor’s 2007 Budget Proposal, a briefing by a panel of California Department of Education representatives on hot issues coming from the State Department of Education in 2007, an interactive presentation by our favorite law expert Ann Murray on legal issues affecting public education, and a VIP tour of the Capitol.

This is a don't miss conference, so click on the link below and start the process of registering today! For those who can’t get from the office for the entire conference, CalSPRA offers a one-day only rate, as well as a full-conference rate. To register now, click the link below:  http://www.calspra.org/pdfs/SacSummitFlyer2007.pdf

TUNE IN TO NSPRA POWER HOURS
March 9, 2007 - Make Your Staff Media Savvy: How to Train Your Staff Members for Their Next Media Encounter
Panelists: Tom DeLapp, president, Communications Resources for Schools, Rocklin, Calif.; Frank Kwan, director, communications, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, Calif.; Tom Garrity, president, The Garrity Group, Albuquerque, N.M. Moderator: Ron Koehler, APR, assistant superintendent, organizational/community initiatives, Kent ISD, Grand Rapids, Mich.

March 30, 2007 - Feeling Like a One-Person Show? How to Succeed When You Are the PR Staff
Panelists: Joe Krumm, APR, director, community and government relations, North Clackamas School District 12, Milwaukie, Ore.; Diane LeFiles, community relations director, Edgecombe County Public Schools, Tarboro, N.C.; Sandra Cokeley, APR, director, quality and community relations, Pearl River (N.Y.) School District. Moderator: Rich Bagin, APR, executive director, NSPRA.

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