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Expose. Educate. Empower. Wednesday, 7 May 2008
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PUBLICITY NEWS EVENTS

It was another blockbuster Public Relations, Corporate Communications &

year for the IABC Gold Quill
Awards, the Oscars of business
communication. Entries remained
high, with more than 1 040
projects from 30 countries submitted for
consideration. ClickLhere
here for the full list of global
winners, including South African companies.
The PRISA annual national
conference, this year titled
Communication – The Sixth
Sense, and the PRISA AGM will
take place at Montecasino,
Fourways, from 17 to 19 June.
PRISA secured Professor Noreena
Hertz of Cambridge University as keynote speaker for
the conference. All members are invited to
participate in the institute's sponsorship drive. Click
here to read the full story, and clickLhere
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sponsorship of the conference.
NEW ACCOUNTS
Media Relations Forum
The second annual Public Relations,
Corporate Communications & Media
Relations Forum will take place from
13 to 15 May, at the Southern Sun
Grayston in Sandton. The Forum is
h o s t e d b y Sy n c o m B u s i n e s s
Intelligence, and is endorsed by PRISA. The Forum
will be facilitated by Janine Lazarus, who has 24 years
of experience in the mainstream print and electronic
media as a journalist and interviewer of top names in
the news, public figures and celebrities. Visit the
LPRISA
PRISA website or clickLhere
here for more.
Strategic Internal Communications Summit
The second annual Strategic Internal
Communications Summit, hosted by AMC
International, will take place from 28 to 30 May at the
Sandton Hilton Hotel. The three day summit, titled
Mastering the Art of Effective Communication, is
endorsed by PRISA and will earn you 22.5 CPD points.
here for more.
ClickLhere

Taryn Fritz Public PROMOTIONS IN THE PIPELINE

Relations has won
the Rolls-Royce South World Holiday & Travel Fair
Africa account; the The World Holiday & Travel Fair, the
new James Bond Film, Quantam of Solace; and only exhibition where South
various projects on South African cricket captain, Africans can consider their global
Graeme Smith. travel options, will be held at
Johannesburg's Coca-Cola dome
Collett Dawson of CMS (Collett’s Management from 17 to 19 April 2009. Owned
Services), has been contracted as publicist to the and managed by Thebe Exhibitions
newly crowned Mr. South Africa 2007, Zino Ventura. and Events Group, the World Holiday & Travel Fair will
ClickLhere
here for more. be a global exhibition offering all kinds of holiday
here for more.
options. ClickLhere
African hotel group, Protea
Hotels, has appointed Total PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Media to handle its strategic
communications requirements. Jennifer Crocker has joined HWB Communications as
ClickLhere
here for more. here for more.
a senior Accounts Executive. ClickLhere

Singita has appointed The Re:public Media Group welcomes Tracy Porter as
Cape Town-based PR here for more.
Group Operations Manager. ClickLhere
consultancy FIVESTAR
PR to manage the public Starcom has recently appointed Chantal Viviers as its
relations portfolio of its world-renowned ecotourism new personal assistant to the MD.
operations. ClickLhere
here for more.
Peter Milne has been appointed as GM for Marcus
Cape Town-based consultancy Brewster Publicity’s Cape Town office. He will
Refresh PR has been appointed champion New Business Development and Special
by the Nederburg Wine Auction to here for more.
Projects for the firm. ClickLhere
manage its PR portfolio. The Wine
Auction is now an international Talk2Us welcomes Buhle Madlala as an Account
event. ClickLhere
here for more. Executive. ClickLhere
here for more.
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deviate slightly from the
usual format of the Editor’s
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operation for 40 years, with
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countrywide, who each
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At present, the NSRI is in need of R15 million per

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The NSRI currently boasts a force of 70 boats, DANIEL
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South Africa’s coastline. Each boat comes at an Daniel Munslow
EDITOR
extreme cost, which is why each one is sponsored- Pat McClelland
DEPUTY EDITOR
the life span of a boat is approximately 11 years, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Stefanie Jason
putting pressure of the institute to constantly look for EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Leigh Andrews
funders who can not only purchase the boats, but also MEDIA RESEARCHER Roane Booth
maintain them. MARKETING MANAGER Vanessa Evans

The NSRI has some 30 000 donors who each donate
about three times a year. 70% of the Institute’s
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