Communicator's Conference

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See the schedule page for available speaker presentations.

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Since 1996, the Communicators Conference has been the premier professional development opportunity for communicators in the Portland metropolitan area and beyond.

“Communicopia: Effective Communications in the Digital Age” will help you get a handle on the expanding range of communications choices confronting today’s professionals. The event will offer proven strategies, the latest tactics and best practices for reaching and interacting with individuals and groups on the communications frontier.

Our keynote speakers:

• David Veneski, Digital Campaigns Manager at Intel
• Rohit Bhargava, blogger, author of the best-selling Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity and How Great Brands Get It Back and the keynoter at the January 2009 “Future of Social Media” conference in London.

Among the topics we’ll cover:

• Integrating social media and existing communications plans
• Do’s and don’ts of digital communication
• Search engine optimization
• Ethics of social media
• Getting management buy-in for new media
• Career skills for today’s communications climate
• Effective elevator pitches in a 2.0 world
• Internal communications and social media
• The changing media landscape and its effect on communication
• The power of virtual word-of-mouth
• Engaging employees to become brand champions
• Using acting skills for powerful communication
• Visualization and communications
• Creating two-way dialog through internal blogging

Hosting the conference is the Portland chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the Oregon Columbia Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).