CHICAGO, June 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvy PR pros can
peer into the future—and get a jump on the competition—at an
upcoming Ragan Communications event.
The "PR Now & Next" conference July 20–21, 2017, promises to
"transform your PR results and career with today's essential skills
and tomorrow's tools."
"The event offers participants the opportunity to up their
strategic and tactical game through storytelling, latest-generation
social media, live streaming video and virtual reality," says
Mark Ragan, CEO of Ragan
Communications, which publishes the industry-leading PR Daily.
"It's rare that you'll see a conference this important to
everything you do in PR," Ragan says. "You'll learn practical
strategies and tactics while also digging into exclusive job trends
that will advance your career."
The two-day conference features over a dozen mini-workshops that
will help participants dominate platforms like Facebook, Instagram
and Snapchat. Participants will also master videography skills and
find out how to break into virtual reality on the cheap.
Writers and editors will learn techniques to get headlines to trend
on Google in a session led by the director of SEO at tronc,
formerly Tribune Publishing.
Ragan Communications is also inviting attendees to a free
networking event: an improv show at The Second City
Theater—America's most celebrated comedy company.
The conference kicks off with a first-of-its-kind keynote from
CareerBuilder's director of corporate communications, titled, "Take
charge of your career: Exclusive hiring trends and career advice
for communicators."
Later, the chief educator for the Brutally Honest Storytelling
workshop series will explain how to keep audiences' attention
riveted with great stories. Those with steely nerves can also brave
a media pitch tank, proposing a story in just 10 seconds to
journalists from the Chicago Tribune, The Kittchen, Chicago's ABC7 News and other outlets.
In addition, attendees will delve into augmented reality,
chatbots and conversation marketing, and hear how to win the battle
with advertising over tomorrow's dollars.
Those who procrastinate may regret not signing up earlier. "This
is already selling out quickly, and the fire marshals let us admit
just so many people," Ragan says.
ABOUT RAGAN COMMUNICATIONS:
Ragan Communications operates two of the top news and
information sites for the PR and corporate communications
industry—Ragan.com and PRDaily.com, which attract nearly 700,000
global visitors.
The Chicago company is also the
leading provider of conferences and online training to PR, media
relations and corporate communications professionals.
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