Past Meetings
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
Master's Coffee Talk: Optimize LinkedIn to Leverage your Brand
Think Big Partners
1712 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Kansas City, MO 64108
http://thinkbigpartners.com/
What do your social tools say about you? Are you optimizing LinkedIn to best-promote you, your brands and your company?
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
PRISM Social Celebration
Town Pavilion, take the elevators to the 4th floor and enter the Marquise Room.
1100 Walnut
Kansas City, MO 64106
We welcome our updated list of winning companies to our new social event next Thursday, Oct. 13 to properly – and correctly – award our Tactical Category winners from this year’s PRISMs. After listening to our members’ feedback, we wanted to move quickly
New Pros Happy Hour: Puppies, Pints and PR
KC Bier Co.
310 W. 79th St.
Kansas City, MO 64114
http://kcbier.com/
How The Star is reshaping its newsroom and fully embracing its digital future
Seasons 52
40 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
The Star, like all print media, has seen big changes and trying times over the last few years. Several veteran reporters and editors are gone, but there are some new faces on staff helping to balance out recent lay-offs and buy-outs.
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
2016 PRISM Awards Gala
College Basketball Experience
1401 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64106
Get in the Game!
College Basketball Experience
Join the excitement of the biggest PR event of the year with a 2016 PRISMS t-shirt purchase.
Speaking with One Voice: IR and PR
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
Joint meeting with the Kansas City chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
Professional Development: Get-Real Leadership
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://brioitalian.com/country_club_plaza.html
Harry Campbell, CEO of Durrie Vision, demonstrates how to generate wildly successful business results by creating trust, respect, and caring in your team while remaining true to who you really are and what matters to you most.
Solo Pros: Make the Most of Professional Networking Opportunities
Seasons 52
40 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
Laura Wynn, founder of the BLT Networking™ system, urges you to “be the bacon”! She will teach us how to make the most of professional networking opportunities using a three-word phrase we all know: Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato.
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: New Pros focus on PR for airport, streetcar & public transit
Tom's Town Distilling Co.
1701 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
http://www.toms-town.com/
Between our new streetcar and old airport, transportation is a hot topic in KC. Come hear from those who help shape the discussion.
Keeping Print Relevant in a Digital World
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
Board Meeting
Lockton
The board of directors meets monthly to review current projects, discuss and resolve any outstanding issues for the chapter.
Solo Pros: Maximize Your Energy with Janet Smith
Seasons 52
40 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
Why do some aspects of our work and our lives make us feel strong and energized, while other aspects leave us feeling weak and drained? And does our personality determine what we enjoy doing...or is it the other way around?
Professional Development: Romancing the C-Suite
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://www.brioitalian.com
How to communicate PR/Marketing value to the C-Suite or to key stakeholders using language and process that resonates with them.
GKC-PRSA Member Happy Hour
No Other Pub
1370 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64106
Come mix and mingle with Kansas City's best and brightest PR professionals for a GKC-PRSA Happy Hour!
Professional Development: Branding Strategy - From Grassroots to Big Business
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
New Pros: Speed Networking, Hosted by Eric Morgenstern
Cleaver & Cork
1333 Walnut St. (Power & Light District)
Kansas City, MO 64106
http://cleaverandcork.com/
One of our most popular New Pros events is back! Learn essential networking tips & get to know fellow PR pros.
Professional Development: How do you say “no” when you are expected to say “yes”?
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://www.brioitalian.com
Solo Pros: KCPT Rebrands, Launches New Media
Seasons 52
340 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
At April’s Solo Pros meeting, we’ll discuss how KCPT, Kansas City’s only public television station, has become a multi-platform media company with a fresh approach to local broadcasting and social media.
Professional Development: Social Media - Navigating the Flood of Content During Events, Crises, and Everyday Decision Making
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
Speaker Matt Staub will provide examples from big event high volume social media command centers, like those he designed for the MLB All Star Game, and how to discover and manage social content to learn and engage with the conversation.
New Pros: Emphasizing the PR in Nonprofits
Nonprofit Connect
125 E. 31st St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
http://www.npconnect.org/
KC is home to hundreds of great nonprofits. Hear from the pros who share their stories.
Professional Development: It's not what you said, it's how you said it.
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://www.brioitalian.com/country_club_plaza.html
New & Potential Members Meet & Greet
O'Dowds Little Dublin
4742 Pennsylvania
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://odowdslittledublin.com/
We're inviting recently new GKC-PRSA members and PR professionals interested in joining GKC-PRSA to join us for a casual meet & greet happy hour.
Solo Pros Lunch Meeting: Meet AP News Editor Julie Wright
Plaza III
4749 Pennsylvania Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64112
The Solo Pros group will meet her on February 9, when she will talk about how we can generate AP placements. We’ll learn what types of stories are most and least likely to garner coverage, the hallmarks of an effective pitch, the composition of the local
New Pros: Backstage at Big 12 Championship Week
Cleaver & Cork in Power & Light District
1333 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
http://cleaverandcork.com/
GKC-PRSA Board Meeting
Lockton Companies
444 W. 47th Street, Suite 900
Kansas City, MO 64112
Professional Development: Creating Content for the Buyers Journey
Brio Tuscan Grille
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
http://www.brioitalian.com/country_club_plaza.html
New Pros Roundtable: "Big Brands, Local Friends"
Boulevard Brewing Company
2501 Southwest Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
http://www.boulevard.com/
SOLD OUT: KC is home to many national brands like AMC Theatres, Hallmark and Boulevard Brewing. Join us to hear from their PR teams.
