How to Create an Award-Winning Thoth Application and Showcase Your Success on Wednesday, May 11

How to Create an Award-Winning Thoth Application and Showcase Your Success Presented by the PRSA-NCC Professional Development and Thoth Award Committees The deadline for this year’s PRSA-NCC’s Thoth Awards is Friday, July 8. That date will be here before you know it. Please join PRSA-NCC and learn how to effectively write and submit your best work for the coveted PR award. Our expert panel will guide you through the submission process and equip you with insider tips that will make your submission shine. Don’t miss this opportunity to make your entry stand out against the rest. Register today to join our panel of experts who are all Thoth recipients in recent years as we discuss:

• Thinking about an award submission at the onset of a campaign


• Review of internal processes to produce award-winning applications


• Tips for making your award stand out from the rest


• Advice for first time submissions, including the “dos” and “don’ts” for submissions

Panelists include:

• John Forrest Ales, director, Global Brand Resources, Hilton Hotels & Resorts


• Trent Flood, communications manager of Enterprise Business Services, Lockheed Martin


• Tori Fort, vice president, Zeno Group


• Marie Manning, vice president public affairs, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide


• Moderator: Susan Matthews Apgood, president, News Generation, Inc.

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Time: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., 8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Program

Location: Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004

Cost: $35/PRSA and WWPR members; $55/non-members; $10/students/retirees; additional $10 at the door Register here