Public Relations Ribbon Award (Spring Conference April 26, 2008): The District Public Relations Officer awards District 63 clubs who participate in four of the eight areas of public relations. Clubs achieving at least 4 of these categories receive a ribbon for their club banner! The deadline for nominations is Friday April 18^th. The eight areas consist of:

Please copy all applicable PR pieces and submit your nomination for your club to our District Public Relations Officer, Alan Hitchcock, abhitch@comcast.net by April 18, 2008.

Paul Fee Award (Spring Conference April 26, 2008): This award is presented at the Spring Conference to an individual Toastmaster who has contributed the most to publicity efforts at the club, area, division, and district level.  Nominees are submitted by Division Governors and selected by group consensus of the District Governor, Lieutenant Governors, and Public Relations Officer. Division Governors will be contacted by the PRO for nominations. All nominations are due by April 18^th, 2008.

This award was created by then-District Governor Paul Shahan in memory of the 1993-94 District Public Relations Officer, Paul Fee, ATM, who started the Volunteer Speakers Bureau and the PRO-gram newsletter.

Public Relations Links: (Please review the links below for helpful tips and information about Public Relations for your club.)

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