Dear Colleagues:

Congratulations and Welcome!

You’ve found the website for the Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising Professionals of Collier County (PRACC). We are Collier County’s independent, non-profit, 501(c)(6) organization dedicated to the advancement and support of professionals in the communications field. PRACC’s mission is to provide useful resources that help you grow personally and professionally.

Our board represents a cross-section of the international, national, regional and local company representatives that make up our membership. We invite you to join us at our monthly meetings, after-hour mixers, and annual workshops. Our speakers will challenge you to learn a new skill, educate you on how to build your business or inform you of incentives to save time and money. And, as you are learning, you will be networking to make new friends and business connections. In May 2009, we featured social media expert, Peter Shankman, at our annual workshop. In June, PRACC was invited by the Naples News Media Group (Naples Daily News) to orchestrate the Press Conference to announce their re-branding campaign at the new headquarters facility.

As of August 2009, with your paid PRACC membership you will also become a PRACC representative member of The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Members register under PRACC and will be able to attend all Chamber functions including Accelerated Network Luncheons, Advanced Networking, SCORE and SBA co-sponsored classes, Wake Up Naples and Business After Five. As the season progresses, PRACC will work in collaboration with other organizations to increase awareness of our organization and give back to our community.

Attaining your membership is getting easier now that the membership application reflects a change in cost for small businesses and not-for-profit organizations. While individual rates remain at $100.00 for new applicants and $80.00 for renewals, Corporations pay $150 and can have unlimited members attend PRACC and Chamber Events at the PRACC member rate. Once a new application is processed, members are invited to use their “Member Login” to access fellow member information and to create unique personal profiles by uploading logos and website links.

Soon, you will have the convenience using your credit card to pay on-line at www.pracc.org for your membership, registering for PRACC luncheons, and reserving your place before the workshops sell out. We will also be updating our website with photos of our Members at Work.

PRACC meets on the third Thursday of each month at McCormick and Schmick’s, 9114 Strada Place in the Mercato off 41, just north of Vanderbilt Road. It is a wonderful new venue and the chef offers a choice of seafood or non-seafood at every PRACC luncheon. The private meeting room is ideal for networking and features a local artist’s artwork or photography every month.

You will receive an email each month detailing our plans, or you can always check the “Calendar of Events” page. RSVP on line and save your place. Alternatively, call (239) 436-2105 or send an email to rsvp@pracc.org. I look forward to meeting you and helping you grow your business.

Sincerely,

Nancy Dagher

PRACC President

President: Nancy Farris Dagher
Wind and Water Consultants, LLC
Phone: 239-641-9070
Email: nancy@windandwaterconsultants.com

Chair Person: Pat Hillegass
Success - Your Network Connection
Phone: (239) 450-3500
Email: phillegass@successync.com

Objectives

• To attract and retain active members who are leaders in the marketing, advertising, and public relations professions in Collier County.
• To ensure the quality of the membership experience.

• Promotes the membership throughout the community and at all PRACC functions.
• Presents new member applications to the board monthly for approval
• Maintains membership application binder
• Assembles and mails new membership packets, as well as information to prospective members.
• Maintains member profile database
• Publishes periodic membership directory
• Organizes annual membership outings and new membership drives
• Ensures that members are informed of all relevant issues and activities of the organization.
• Promotes value of member involvement and attendance at functions
• Promotes membership throughout the community and at all PRACC functions.
• Presents new member applications to the board monthly for approval.
• Maintains membership application binder.
• Assembles and mails new membership packets, as well as information to prospective members.
• Maintains member profile database.
• Publishes periodic membership directory.
• Organizes annual membership outings and new membership drives.
• Ensures that members are informed of all relevant issues and activities of the organization.
• Promotes value of member involvement and attendance at functions.

Communications Committee

Chair Person: Stephen Rowe
Dirextion
Phone: 239-398-1512
Email: stephenfrowe@comcast.net

Objectives

• To increase the organization's visibility, name recognition, and stature in the community.
• To foster good media relations for the organization with PRACC'S service area. To keep members and potential members informed about current functions, upcoming meetings and speakers, general membership information or news.

• Ensures that regular meetings, as well as its public service activities and events, receive timely and adequate media coverage.

Chair Person: Dawn Calzone
Holes Montes
Phone: 239-254-2000
Email: dawncalzone@hmeng.com

Objectives

• To ensure general membership is treated each month to a program relevant to its professional development as well as a networking opportunity, so that attendance and member participation continue to grow.

• Recruits and confirms monthly speakers
• Sends thank you letters following speaker's presentation.
• Requests speaker's bio, photo, and logo for newsletter.
• Arranges for audio visual support.
• Secures meeting location(s) for coming year.
• Works with location, restaurant facility, etc., to ensure physical arrangements are taken care of.
• Handles message line by recording announcements and retrieving messages, calls in reservation number to restaurant, and uses prepared reservation list to ensure smooth registration at monthly meetings.
• Maintains overall responsibility for registration table at monthly meetings and ensures that table is staffed by at least two members, one being the Treasurer.
• Secures corporate sponsorships for each meeting.
• Monitors program agendas of other PR/Marketing/Advertising organizations for innovative ideas and special events.

Objectives

• To provide the organization with education workshops that help members develop their PR/Marketing/Advertising skills.
• To coordinate members participation in community volunteerism on behalf of PRACC
• When funds are available, to award an annual scholarship to a qualified local student that is or plans to study communications.

• Plans, produces and implements at least one PR training workshop or keynote speaking event for the members and community, including but not limited to the PR Blueprint and Media Panel.
• Coordinates community activities.
• Works with school officials to distribute annual scholarship appeal,application, and requirements to students who are or plan to study communications.

Chair Person: Mollie Page
Print Page
Phone: 239-455-6727
Email: mollie@printpageusa.com