Christie Hefner to Receive Spe­cial Award and Deliver Keynote Address at Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago’s Golden Trum­pet Awards  CHICAGO (May 2, 2013) –  Christie Hefner, exec­u­tive chair­man of Canyon Ranch Enter­prises and for­mer chair­man and CEO of Play­boy Enter­prises, Inc., will be hon­ored at the Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago’s most pres­ti­gious awards cer­e­mony, the Golden […]

CHICAGO (April 26, 2013) – The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC), the nation’s largest inde­pen­dent pub­lic rela­tions mem­ber­ship orga­ni­za­tion, will host its 54th annual Golden Trum­pet Awards cer­e­mony, Thurs­day, May 30, 2013, at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago. The event, which draws hun­dreds of indus­try pro­fes­sion­als and their clients, hon­ors dis­tin­guished indi­vid­ual achievement […]

CHICAGO (April 5, 2013) – There is no magic for­mula for cre­at­ing a win­ning pub­lic rela­tions pro­gram or cam­paign – it takes a sound strate­gic plan, cre­ativ­ity, hard work and a way to mea­sure suc­cess. A win­ning cam­paign can do more than bring acco­lades from indus­try col­leagues. Awards are bestowed on cam­paigns that go above […]

  Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago Panel to Dis­cuss Social Media Trends for 2013  CHICAGO (Jan. 29, 2013) – As the social media rev­o­lu­tion con­tin­ues to gain speed, the Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC) will host a dis­cus­sion on “can’t miss” social media trends.  This infor­ma­tive lun­cheon event will high­light the lat­est devel­op­ments in social media […]

Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago Panel to Dis­cuss State of Chicago PR Indus­try CHICAGO (Jan. 3, 2013) – The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC) will host a dis­cus­sion by the lead­ers of some of Chicago’s largest, most pres­ti­gious pub­lic relations/public affairs agen­cies on Wednes­day, Jan. 9. The con­ver­sa­tion will focus on the lat­est devel­op­ments, cur­rent trends […]

The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago con­grat­u­lates five new board mem­bers, elected unan­i­mously to two-year terms, begin­ning Jan. 1, 2013: –Debra H. Lawrence, Busi­ness & Career Ser­vices Inc., Illi­nois Net­work of North­ern Cook County –Cybil Rose, Account Direc­tor, Kem­per­Lesnik –Erin Brooks, Media Rela­tions Spe­cial­ist, Harper Col­lege –Tim Fris­bie, Senior Account Exec­u­tive, Kathy Scha­ef­fer & Asso­ciates –Dominic Calabrese, […]

  Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago wel­comes panel of Chicago tele­vi­sion news decision-makers   CHICAGO (Novem­ber 26, 2012) – The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC) will host a sig­nif­i­cant panel of Chicago tele­vi­sion news plan­ners, edi­tors and pro­duc­ers on Decem­ber 5 for a con­ver­sa­tion focused on how pub­lic rela­tions pro­fes­sion­als can tai­lor pitches to get their […]

CHICAGO (Sept. 26, 2012) – Christina Steed, senior vice pres­i­dent of Flow­ers Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Group, Chicago, and Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC) board mem­ber, was among those named recently to PRWeek’s pres­ti­gious “40 Under 40 2012: Ris­ing Stars.” The magazine’s list pro­files 40 pub­lic rela­tions pro­fes­sion­als under the age of 40 con­sid­ered to be emerg­ing leaders […]

CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2012) – The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago (PCC) will host three cri­sis man­age­ment experts Oct. 10 for a con­ver­sa­tion focus­ing on pub­lic rela­tions and brand rep­u­ta­tion in cri­sis sit­u­a­tions, at a lun­cheon pro­gram at Maggiano’s Lit­tle Italy, 516 N. Clark St., Chicago. “From the bat­tles between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers […]

The Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago’s Board Nom­i­nat­ing Com­mit­tee is accept­ing nom­i­na­tions from PCC mem­bers for its Board of Direc­tors, serv­ing a two-year term begin­ning Jan. 1, 2013. This active, work­ing board directs PCC pol­icy, pro­grams and activ­i­ties, and chairs PCC com­mit­tees. Board mem­bers serve on a vol­un­tary basis. Board meet­ings are held in Chicago, from […]