Monthly Meetings
Social Media: Legal Liabilities, Loopholes and Lessons Learned
Worried about your company's exposure on Facebook? What are the legal consequences for posting negative or false comments on social media sites? Or re-publishing postings from other sites? Can employers use an employee's negative social media postings and information to fire them or rescind an offer?
Attorneys Jennifer Mansfield and Lindsay Dennis Swiger, Holland and Knight LLP, will focus on the many legal issues arising from the rapidly increasing use of social media in the workplace. Learn how companies can best use these sites to their advantage and minimize the risks associated with postings on social media channels.
Whether you're a VP of operations, HR director, IT consultant, a Twitter tweeter or a communications/marketing specialist, these presenters discuss what we all need to know about the use of social media.
Generously sponsored by Keymer.
Past Meetings
Community Sponsorships: What’s Worth the Dollars and Time?
Four-person panel
Location: MPS Group Terrace Suites, One EverBank Field Drive
Panelists include David Strickland, vice chairman, EverBank; Sharon Hackney, senior manager/Public Affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida; Diane Brunet, vice president/partner, Brunet-Garcia; and Nancy Jensen, division chair, Public Affairs, Mayo Clinic.
Being good stewards in the community in which we do business is important to building goodwill and positive awareness for an organization. One way to do that is through community outreach and corporate activism. But while there are countless opportunities to give back and provide social outreach, there are also other opportunities where contributing dollars and time can garner valuable name recognition. What should you consider when considering a sponsorship? When does it make sense to invest and when is it best to volunteer time? Learn more about choosing the best opportunities for your organization to give back to the community and garner some positive awareness.
Wednesday, April 13 Breakfast
7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Kinne Auditorium in the Cannaday Building, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road
Gary Chartrand, Executive Chairman & former CEO, Acosta, Inc.: “Unreasonable Leadership”
Gary Chartrand is a philanthropist, successful businessman, charismatic leader and an author. His fundamental leadership philosophy rests on his firm belief in leveraging the special gifts and talents each individual has to positively make a difference. His relentless focus on using his own God-given gifts to serve others has inspired many to achieve what may seem unattainable.
January IABC Program
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Haskell
It’s a new year and with it comes reflection on self improvement in our business and personal lives. As business communicators many of us will be developing steps to improve our focus, productivity, leadership and communication skills, personal and professional goal setting, and decision making.
To help us in this effort, Jim Robinson, managing partner for the Leadership Management Institute, will give us tips on how to make these changes. Jim brings 35 years of professional and entrepreneurial experience to assist businesses in increasing productivity and helping leaders and managers develop organizational skills. This interactive presentation will include exercises related to clarifying and creating goals for us personally and professionally. It’s a great program to set your course for 2011 and beyond.
Sponsored by Kirk Chamberlain Photography. January meeting attendees who are current IABC First Coast members will receive a complimentary professional head shot during the meeting.
Making the Most of What You’ve Got: Internal Communications in Challenging Times: A Case Study: City of Jacksonville
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Speaker: Angela Vigil, Internal Communications Manager, City of Jacksonville
Location: North Florida TPO, 1022 Prudential Drive
About the Program
Nearly every industry has been affected by what is now widely known as the “Great Recession.” But perhaps the sector of the economy most impacted has been city government. With consumers and businesses financially stretched, the pressure is on to lower taxes and cut back already small budgets. Yet in tough financial times, demand for city services grows exponentially.
In this timely and informative presentation, Angela Vigil, internal communications manager for the City of Jacksonville, shares successes in building morale for 8,000 city employees, creating quality communications while lowering costs and managing stakeholder perceptions in today’s environment.
As these are challenges all communicators face regardless of industry, Angela’s presentation promises takeaways even the most seasoned practitioner can put immediately into practice.
About the Speaker: Angela Vigil
In her role as internal communications manager for the City of Jacksonville, Angela develops and implements a variety of employee communications projects for city departments such as Disabled Services, Victims Services, the Parks Task Force, Jacksonville Children’s Commission, Animal Care and Control, and Clean it Up, Green it Up and many others.
She has worked for the city since 2001, and her initiatives have included an award-winning online newsletter for the city’s 8,000 employees, using social media and forum marketing strategies to foster brand recognition and creating measurement mechanisms to gauge stakeholder response to messaging. She also serves as Web content manager for the city’s intranet.
Angela has been in communications for 15 years and her background includes a stint as senior account executive with The Robin Shepherd Group, in which she managed the National Healthy Heart Awareness Campaign and launched the “What’s Your Diagnosis” cardiology seminar for continuing education programs and “The PetCare Minute” radio program.
Angela has received numerous awards for her work, including national recognition for video production, Web site creation, and strategic communication, and in 2009 was named an IABC Rising Star.
She has a master of arts in mass communication from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and the Documentary Institute and a bachelor of arts in communication from the University of North Florida.
December Monthly Meeting
Save the Date for our Annual Holiday Cheers Party!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Haskell Building overlooking the beautiful St. Johns River
111 Riverside Boulevard
6:00-10:00 pm
We're awarding the Volunteer of the Year award and the Rising Star awards.
Please save the date and plan to join us for this special celebration. Friends, Family and Guests are welcome.
IABC First Coast Workshop
Friday, March 19, 2010
12 - 1 pm
Location: Environmental Services, Inc.
7220 Financial Way, Jacksonville, FL 32256
"How Mobile Works: Mobile Campaigns, Websites and Applications"
Presented by David Nies and Jennifer McCoy, Ballyhoo Mobile Marketing
Monthly Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
"Having Conversations that Matter"
Jana Ertrachter, principal at the Ertrachter Group, will present a 75 minute workshop on Having Conversations that Matter. These conversations can take place anywhere with friends, colleagues, partners, and even strangers. More than ever we need conversations that bring people together for creative solutions. Participants will better understand their role and responsibility in having conversations that matter and will learn the costly mistakes that occur when someone interprets something that was not intended.
Monthly Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, May 12. 2010
Speaker: Rebecca Hart
"Research in the Real World"
Research is the accepted first step of the public relations/communications process. It is an essential element for fact and opinion gathering to effectively decide which communications tools to use to reach the target audience and how to measure a program's success.
Monthly Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, June 9 Breakfast meeting
Cannaday Building-Kinne Auditorium
Speakers - Nancy W. Jensen, Chair Public Affairs, Mayo Clinic Florida
Kathy Barbour, APR, Internal Communications Manager
"Engaging Employees to Deliver the Brand Promise"
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
"Marketing with your Principles"
Todd L. Coleman, Owner/Operator
Chick-fil-A at Marsh Landing Pkwy
WJCT
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
"Weathering the Storm"
A panel of communications professionals share their knowledge of crisis communications before, during and after a hurricane.
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Haskell
111 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Debbie Jones, communications administrator for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, will moderate the panel of communications and security professionals:
Gary Sease, corporate communications director for CSX Corporation
Misty Skipper, spokesperson for the City of Jacksonville, Office of the Mayor
Charles White, director of security for JAXPORT
John Gaughan, WJXT Channel 4 Chief Meteorologist
Communicating in War Readiness and Peace
What We Can Learn from the Navy
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Speakers:
Captain Jeffrey D. Maclay, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Mr. Bill Dougherty, Navy Region Southeast, Deputy Public Affairs Officer
Officers’ Club, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, 6801 Roosevelt Blvd.