SPC Meetings
SPC meets regularly from September to May, usually on the second Tuesday of the month. The SPC conference is usually held in March or April, and our annual meeting in May.
SPC programs are open to the public; members are encouraged to bring guests! So if you're not a member, but would like to see what SPC is all about, please come to one of our meetings and get acquainted.
Join us at the next SPC MEETING!
Here is what is coming up...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -– Lunch Meeting
Margie Dana, Founder of Print Buyers International
A Professional Makeover for the 21st Century
How a Middle-Aged New Mom Leapt Off the Corporate Merry-Go-Round and Landed on Her Feet in Her Own Business
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"Today, I'm wearing my Speaker hat (who am I kidding, I can't get a hat over this hair)."
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will sell.
Come meet Margie Dana, founder of Print Buyers International www.printbuyersinternational.com and an entrepreneur who created her own business 12 years ago after leaving the financial services field to march to her own beat.
Through stories of her "bravo" moments as well as her professional bloopers, you will come away with insights that will guide your own entrepreneurial spirit.
Margie's business was built using a recipe of email marketing, article writing, professional speaking, good will hunting - and a determination not to give up. You will learn from her mistakes as well as her successes.
Because she is in the communications field, Margie decided to immerse herself in new media including Twitter and LinkedIn. Her participation in these social media has increased her network and spread her "brand" significantly in the last 12 months alone.
Don't miss this luncheon presentation about how to be your own marketer, salesperson, networker and, yes, boss. Questions will be encouraged!
Program
11:30-12:00 noon, registration and networking
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, lunch and presentation
1:00-1:15 pm, questions
Location: Coral Seafood (featuring non-seafood and vegetarian options)
225 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA
MapQuest map link: http://coralseafo od.com/contact.php
Cost: $17 SPC members; $22 Non-members and guests. Parking is free.
RSVP deadline: Friday, March 5, 5 pm
• Please use the SPC online registration to reserve.
• To mail reservation, enclose registration, check, and information of the number attending and membership status of those attending to Society of Professional Communicators, P.O. Box 60488, Worcester, MA 01606. Please allow 4 days for mailing.
• No-shows will be billed unless cancellation is received by March. 5.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 -– Lunch Meeting
Rod Lee, Founder & Editor, Inside Worcester Magazine
Launching and Growing a Print Publication in the Age of New Media
Rod Lee, founder, editor and publisher of Inside Worcester, will talk about how he conceived, launched, and markets this new monthly magazine.
Lee is a career journalist with 44 years in the industry. He launched Inside Worcester, a full-color subscription-based monthly magazine, in August 2009. Before that, he worked for a number of daily and weekly publications, including the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where he wrote about business, education and neighborhoods for eleven years (from July of 1998 until his retirement in April of 2009). His weekly “Biz Buzz” column was a fixture for most of that time in the LOCAL section of the newspaper.
He has authored three books: “God Is Our Co-Pilot/The Life and Times of Ross Rajotte—an American Patriot,” about the late Rosaire J. Rajotte, of Northbridge, Massachusetts; “Shoe Town,“ (a first-person account of growing up in Endicott, New York—home of Endicott-Johnson shoes; and “Whole Lotta Shakin’/A Rock & Roll Lover’s Reflections on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness,” a collection of thoughts on subjects near and dear to his heart, including baseball, cigars, convertibles, sock hops, friends, heroes, etc.
Lee is at work on his first novel, tentatively titled “Blanche/A Christian Woman” and based on the life of his maternal grandmother.
Lee attended Fredonia State College in Fredonia, New York. He is married to the former Doris Marie Joiner. He is the father of three children and grandfather of seven. He lives in Linwood (a part of Northbridge).
Program
11:30-12:00 noon, registration and networking
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, lunch and presentation
1:00-1:15 pm, questions
Location: Coral Seafood (featuring non-seafood and vegetarian options)
225 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA
MapQuest map link: http://coralseafo od.com/contact.php
Cost: $17 SPC members; $22 Non-members and guests. Parking is free.
RSVP deadline: Friday, April 9, 5 pm
• Please use the SPC online registration to reserve.
• To mail reservation, enclose registration, check, and information of the number attending and membership status of those attending to Society of Professional Communicators, P.O. Box 60488, Worcester, MA 01606. Please allow 4 days for mailing.
• No-shows will be billed unless cancellation is received by April 9.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 -– Annual Meeting
Susan Wornick, Team 5 Investigates, WCVB's investigative unit
Hagan Center Hall, Hagan Campus Center
Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA
Directions to Assumption link
Free parking in the nearby garage.
Program
5:30 p.m. Sign-in, networking, cash bar
6:15 p.m. Buffet dinner
6:45 p.m. Brief business meeting, announcements
7:00 p.m. Guest speaker and Q&A
Cost: TBD
RSVP deadline: Friday, May 8, 5 pm
• For email reservations, please indicate the meeting date in the subject line of your e-mail.
• To mail reservation, enclose registration, check, and information of the number attending and membership status of those attending to Society of Professional Communicators, P.O. Box 60488, Worcester, MA 01606.
*Early Bird Membership Special !
Become a paid SPC member for 2009-10 by May 12 and take $5 off your membership dues (your $60 dues will be reduced to $55). In addition, any current nonmember signing up by May 13 may attend the annual meeting at the SPC member price of $25—a savings of $4. Download the SPC Membership Application.
Meeting Registration
For quesions about meetings or rregistratons, conctact Cynthia Wright
Meeting Registration Chair
508-842-1410 or
register@spcgroup.org
(Please indicate the date of the SPC meeting for which you are registering in the subject line of your e-mail.)
No-shows will be billed unless cancellation is received no later than the RSVP deadline.
Good Ideas
Do you have a topic of meeting idea that would be of interest to SPC?
Would you like to be a speaker at one of our regular meetings?
Please contact our SPC Programming Committee.
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