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Thursday January 8, 2009

Release Date: 01.08.09 | Location: Downtown/ Midtown /Buckhead | Organization: Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Effective Public Relations for Nonprofits on a Shoestring Budget

Presented by Georgia Center for Nonprofits and Atlanta Daybook

These days you may wonder if you even have a shoestring left in your PR budget! Fortunately, sound and creative advice on how to leverage your PR in this economic climate is on the way.

Join us on Friday, January 30, 2009 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm for a FREE brown-bag lunch & learn featuring a panel discussion by local experts on how to make the most of your PR efforts with the least amount of budget. The lunch & learn is hosted by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (www.gcn.org) and presented by Atlanta Daybook (www.atlantadaybook).

The lunch & learn panelists include:

• Natasha Daniels, Independent PR Consultant and former PR Manager for Atlanta Community Food Bank
  
  
• Tamika L. Morrison, CEO & President of The WriteStylz PR Firm specializing in social media networking and traditional media relations
  
  
• Terri Thornton, owner of Thornton Communications and one of the few public relations professionals with a background in both broadcast news and the print media

The panel discussion will be moderated by Karla Sinclair, Publisher of Atlanta Daybook.

An extended Q&A session with the panelists and the moderator will follow the panel discussion so your specific questions can be addressed.

What:
FREE Brown Bag Lunch & Learn on Effective Public Relations & Marketing for Nonprofits on a Shoestring Budget

When:
Friday, January 30, 11:30 am - 1:30pm

Where:
Georgia Center for Nonprofits
50 Hurt Plaza, S.E., Suite 845
Atlanta, GA 30303
678-916-3000
www.gcn.org

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About the Panelists and Moderator

Natasha Daniels is a veteran publicist with more than 15 years of experience directing public relations and communications for some of the country's most prestigious and highly recognized nonprofits, universities and government agencies. The former Public Relations Manager for the Atlanta Community Food Bank recently launched her career as an independent consultant bringing experience from several past PR Posts including stints with The City of East Point, Spelman College, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

Tamika Morrison is the CEO and President of The Write Stylz Public Relations Firm, which is headquartered in Atlanta GA with a national clientele. As a boutique PR firm with over a decade of communications and media experience, their areas of specialty are social media networking and traditional media relations for niche businesses, entrepreneurs, speakers and authors as well as those in sports and entertainment.


Terri Thornton is the Owner of Thornton Communications (www.territhornton.com), an award winning media relations firm representing some of Atlanta's top institutions. A former broadcast journalist, she founded her business in 1998. She has placed clients' stories in newspapers, magazines, TV stations and web sites nationwide. Her clients have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today as well as regional and national trade publications, and interviewed on CNN, CNNfn, MSNBC and CNBC. She has also produced several marketing videos and video news releases, which gained coverage on local and international TV.



Karla Sinclair, Publisher, Daybook, Inc., manages Atlanta Daybook, Dallas/Fort Worth Daybook and Nashville Daybook. Each year through Daybook, she works with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to help them reach the media and increase their event attendance, donations, sponsorships and volunteers. With a background in technology, she is uniquely positioned to understand the intersection of PR with both online and traditional marketing.





About Georgia Center for Nonprofits

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is Georgia's association for nonprofit, charitable organizations. Our mission is to serve, strengthen and support Georgia's nonprofit community. The Center advocates to improve the environment in which nonprofits work and helps nonprofits manage better by offering information, training, consulting and nonprofit jobs services. www.gcn.org


About Atlanta Daybook

Want the easiest, most cost-effective way to reach more than 2,500 Atlanta-area journalists and influencers?

Since 1990, Atlanta Daybook has served a unique news community composed of the area's media, public relations professionals, nonprofit organizations and local business and civic leaders. Atlanta Daybook is free to read and can be accessed through the opt-in weekday e-mail edition, RSS newsfeed or by visiting atlantadaybook.com.

For nonprofits, Atlanta Daybook connects you with area media and local influencers. Hundreds of Atlanta nonprofits use Daybook each year to gain press coverage and increase event attendance, donations, volunteers and sponsorships. Learn more at atlantadaybook.com/products.


(Bring your own lunch and beverage)

To RSVP for this event please click here or visit:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iA_2fk3Oy77YKl6Sf0L3U9Pw_3d_3d.

Seating is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible.

If you have any questions please contact Jamar Jeffers 678-916-3019 or via e-mail at jj@gcn.org.