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September 2018
Coffee Connection:
Writing Clearly & Effectively
Join IABCLA for coffee, conversation, and a master-level clinic in writing skills. Bring your greatest writing challenge to this month’s Coffee Connection, where we will discuss processes and strategies for clear and effective written communication. The gathering will be held on Saturday, September 8 from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at Ambrose Cafe, 509 East Walnut Street in Pasadena. To register, click here. Grant Skakun will lead the conversation. Grant is an editor and instructor at Eucrest Writing, where he helps organizations improve communication by designing and…
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An Evening With Victoria Dew
Do you want to be an entrepreneur? For communicators, there are great opportunities to forge your own path. Whether you decide to go it alone, and become an ‘Outdoor Cat’ or remain an ‘Indoor Cat,’ working as an employee, there are some vital questions about your life and career you need to ask along the way. Join IABCLA for an evening with Victoria Dew, SCMP, to debunk myths about entrepreneurship, examine critical mindset factors for success, and offer insights that…
Find out more »June 2018
IABCLA Coffee Connections: It’s All About Storytelling
Join communications colleagues for coffee and conversation in Pasadena. Deborah Hudson, president of IABCLA, will facilitate a discussion about storytelling as the foundation of personal and organizational brand, PR, change management and executive comms. The issue cuts across all organizations and specialities. Join us at Community Kitchen and bring your ideas, expertise, questions - and stories.
Find out more »May 2018
IABCLA Networking Mixer
Want to rub shoulders with the marketing director for a renowned entertainment firm, the communicator who keeps lifestyle influencers on brand, and the business writing coach who's showing one company how better written emails streamline process, boost productivity and save costs? Come join us for IABCLA’s Networking Mixer May 30 from 6-8 pm! Enjoy the conversation with some of LA's top business communicators as well as two complimentary drinks and hors d’oeuvres from Pearl’s Rooftop’s delicious menu. This event is…
Find out more »April 2018
Coffee Connection
Coffee Connection April 28, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Peet's Coffee 820 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite A100 El Segundo, CA 90245 We’re holding two Coffee Connections in April. Join us for coffee and conversation in The South Bay. Ephraim Freed, The Beautiful Group, leads the discussion. Get your ticket now.
Find out more »28th Annual Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium on Public Relations
The USC Center for PR has invited IABCLA to the 28th Annual Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium features a keynote from Richard Edelman (Edelman) and the release of the 2018 Global Communications Report by USC Center for PR director Fred Cook (Golin). This event is a high point of the year for communicators. Speakers and panelists include USC Dean Willow Bay, Melissa Waggener Zorkin (WE Communications), Robert Gibbs (McDonald's), Dr. Safiya Noble (USC Annenberg) and Paul Holmes (The Holmes Report). Hors…
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Coffee Connection April 7, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. The Boy and the Bear Coffee Roastery 12712 W Washington Blvd, Suite 101 Los Angeles, CA 90066 Join comms colleagues for coffee and conversation in Culver City. Delia Jourde, Director of Employee Experience at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will lead the spirited discussion about how communications positively affects employee brand and attracts talent. The issue cuts across specialties -- internal communications, brand engagement, marketing and more. Join us at The Boy and…
Find out more »March 2018
Effective Cross-Cultural Communication from US & UK’s Best [Webinar]
The IABC San Francisco/IABC UK webinar will discuss the challenges communicating across global organizations. The webinar is a live translatlantic conversation. Learn more and register
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Meet with the leadership of the IABCLA board
Find out more »November 2017
What’s Next for Employee Experience? Nov 14 at the Santa Monica Promenade
The role of internal communicators is transforming due to new digital tools and changing expectations from Gen Z, senior leaders and everyone in between. Innovative, future-facing employee communications pros are building multidisciplinary “employee experience design” teams that strategically deliver on employer brand promises and the digital workplace. Join this rich panel discussion with a variety of experts in the field, fittingly located in the LA area - a bastion of exploration and independent thought - and hosted by RightPoint, an innovative leader in customer and employee experience design.
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