“Oscars of Twitter” Announce 3rd Annual Shorty Awards Winners
Conan O’Brien, Mayor Cory Booker, Neil Patrick Harris, William Shatner and Jonas Brothers among winners at the Shorty Awards, held Monday night. The Shorty Awards honour the best people and organizations producing short-form, real-time social media content. Winners are determined by a combination of popular vote and members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences. Read more 
CPRS Webinar: On The House or How a NonProfit Organization Used a Blog to Increase Media Coverage
Webinar: On The House
Presenter: Michelle Clausius APR, Associate Director of Development and Communications, Covenant House Vancouver
Date: Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 2 p.m. ET
Cost: CPRS Member $65 + HST / Non-Member $85 + HST Read more
Kelley Keehn: From Self Published Author to Media Darling
Kelley Keehn, Financial Expert and Media Darling
When Edmonton-based financial expert Kelley Keehn couldn’t find a publisher for her first book, The Prosperity Factor for Women, she made a decision to publish it herself. She was convinced that she had a perspective on financial management that “needed to be told.” She decided to self publish her first book because, “without a publisher’s support, it was the only other option I knew of at the time.” She had no idea then how right this decision turned out to be.
The success of her self published book in March 2005, resulted in Insomniac Press selecting her next six books for publication including her newest book THE Money Book slated for publication March 2011. But finding a publisher for her books is not the best part of Kelley’s story. The best part of her story is that, in addition to being right about the interest in her financial perspective, along the way she also became a media darling. Read more
Marilyn
Jones is a corporate and social media advocate for individuals, small businesses
and nonprofit organizations in Alberta. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada and is the proprietor of RiverCity Productions. You can contact her
by phone at 780-695-5675 or by email at marilyn@mediamag.ca.