Last chance to RSVP for “Using Facebook and Twitter as Marketing Tools”

We know that some of you like to wait until the last minute to take care of things. If you’re one of those people, then congratulations — your time has arrived!

Today is the deadline to register for this week’s professional development luncheon, “Using Facebook and Twitter as Marketing Tools” with guest speaker Nicholas Roznovsky. If you’d like to join us at Epicures this Thursday, please register today.

To register now or for more details, click here.

Photos from the 2009 Brazos Bravo Awards

After many years of running the family business, the Godfather knows it’s always a good idea to document the after-hours activities of one’s associates. You never know when a stack of photos will come in handy.

If slideshows aren’t your thing, you can view all the photos here as well.

A very big thank you to Matt Zeringue for snapping these for us!

2009 Brazos Bravo Awards

We hope everyone had a great time at our annual awards banquet last night. The Godfather was most pleased to see that so many of you were able to join us.

Out of the 100 entries submitted, 64 were selected for recognition through an Award of Achievement, Award of Excellence, or Brazos Bravo award. This year, 14 Brazos Bravo awards were handed out. To view a list of this year’s honorees by category, click on the “continue reading” link below.

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Using Facebook and Twitter as Marketing Tools

Have you (or your boss) decided that it’s finally time to join the 21st century and start maintaining a brand presence online? What happens when you move beyond just having a static website and start interacting with your audience in real-time? There are a myriad of social networking options out there with similar sounding names—how exactly should your business or organization go about getting the most facetube out of your tweetspace?

Join us for our May professional development meeting as Mays Business School webmaster Nicholas Roznovsky talks about two of the hottest social networking tools of the moment — Facebook and Twitter — and ways you can use them to effectively promote your brand online.

As part of the communications team at Mays, Nicholas directs the day-to-day operations of the business school’s online properties, including communications efforts through social networking and the development and implementation of new media. He has been building websites since 1994 and currently also manages online communications for IABC/Brazos Valley and the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors.

Nicholas holds a degree in political science from Texas A&M, something that he’s never used once in a professional career that’s included stops in higher education, print media and the entertainment industry. When not sitting in front of a computer, he enjoys spending time annoying his wife and hassling his kids while watching as much baseball as humanly possible.

“Using Facebook and Twitter as Marketing Tools”
Thursday, May 21, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Epicures
2319 Texas Ave S
College Station, TX 77843

Click here to register now. The final day to register for this event is Monday, May 18.

Admission is $16 for IABC members and $22 for nonmembers. (If you prepay using Google checkout, an extra dollar will be charged to cover the service fee.) You may pay online in advance (preferred), or with cash or check at the door. IABC/Brazos Valley will no longer invoice individuals, companies or Texas A&M University departments.

Membership has its perks

Are you getting the most out of your IABC membership? Here’s just a few of the opportunities and resources available for IABC members right now:

• Professional resume proofreading (free for members through May 30)
  
• IABC Research Foundation report on communicating in an information overload environment (free for members)
• IABC 2009 World Conference in San Francisco, Calif. (June 7-10)
• IABC Southern Region Conference: Align ‘09 in Houston (Oct. 22-24)
  

Last chance to register for the 2009 Brazos Bravo Awards Banquet

Buon giorno,

The Godfather would like to remind you that today is your final chance to RSVP to attend the 2009 Brazos Bravo Awards Banquet. He has very nice evening planned at the University Club on April 23 for his esteemed associates and he would be most disappointed if you did not join us.

Also, when you register online, don’t forget to tell us who you’ll be bringing as guests to this event. The more the merrier, but Paulie and the boys need an accurate headcount if we’re going to have enough food for everyone.

This is the final time we’ll be saying this, so listen good: register today or be prepared to swim with the fishes.

Are you on the Godfather’s list?

Buon giorno,

The Godfather has spoken, and the winners have been chosen. Join us April 23 at the University Club on campus as we honor the best in the Brazos Valley. (Okay, so these aren’t all of the winners. We’re still waiting for scores from one final chapter and will notify additional winners when those scores come in.)

Congratulations to:

• Charlie Apel
• Alice Bassett
• VeLisa Bayer
• Robert M. Beals II
• J.P. Beato III
• Melany Borsack
• Gene Charleton
• Angela Clendenin
• Rachel Dohmann
• Brad Dressler
• Pam Green
• Chrystal Houston
• David S. Jones, ABC
• Ann Kellett
• Stacie Kopecki
• Lesley Kriewald
• Jennie L. Lamb
• Kelli Levey
• Kim Miller
• Summer L. Morgan
• Vicky Nelson
• Allison Oslund
• Keith Randall
• Susan Robertson
• Nicholas Roznovsky
• Mark Taylor
• Carol Trono
• Helen White
• Sondra White
• Susan Wolff
• Jean Wulfson

A full list of winners in by category (and photos) will be posted online after the awards banquet on April 23.

Don’t forget to RSVP to attend by Friday (April 17)!

You’re invited to the 2009 Brazos Bravo Awards Banquet

RSVP now for the 2009 Brazos Bravo Awards Banquet, from 6 to 9 p.m. April 23 at the University Club on the 11th floor of Rudder Tower.

Judges from across the nation have examined local work in everything from podcasts and Web sites to magazines, brochures and communication campaigns and it’s time to hand out some hardware.

Come join for us an evening of food and entertainment as we celebrate the first-class communications work of Brazos Valley writers, editors, designers, marketers, photographers, Web gurus and business communicators.

Click here to register now. The final day to register for this event is Friday, April 17. (Winners will be notified by April 15.)

Admission is $40 for IABC members and $50 for nonmembers. (If you prepay using Google checkout, an extra dollar will be charged per person to cover the service fee.) You may pay online in advance (preferred), or with cash or check at the door. IABC/Brazos Valley will no longer invoice individuals, companies or Texas A&M University departments.

Brazos Bravo entries are due today

This is it - the deadline to submit your 2009 Brazos Bravo entries is 5 p.m. today!

You can drop off your completed entries at one of two locations:

On campus:
Lesley Kriewald
308 Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center

Off campus:
AdMail
903 Harvey Road, Suite A
College Station (behind The Tap)

Still looking for rules and an entry form? Download them right now and start crackin’! The clock is ticking…

February presentation available for download

We hope you enjoyed Tracy Syler-Jones’ presentation at our monthly luncheon. IABC/BV members can now download a copy of Tracy’s presentation from the chapter library. (You must be logged in using your IABC member ID and password to access the library.)

If you haven’t done so already, please take a moment and give us some feedback about yesterday’s luncheon and some other issues by completing our brief survey.

Also, for those of you looking to investigate some of the sites that Tracy mentioned during her presentation, here’s a list of links:

• EPIC 2014 video
• Perspctv
• ping.fm
• PostRank
• Socialthing!
• Technorati
• twInfluence
• Who’s Talkin