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ConferencePRSA ICON 2025
Oct. 28 – 30, 2025
Washington, DC
Join us in Washington DC, for the always insightful ICON 2025. Our headquarters hotel for PRSA will be the Washington Hilton. -
Course/WorkshopAPR Virtual Boot Camp
Nov. 5 – 7, 2025
This course is designed to provide a setting for busy professionals to focus on final preparations. We strongly recommend that candidates complete previous preparations through their local chapter, on their own or by taking the APR Online Course. (This is not a seminar for those beginning their APR journey.)Categories: Accreditation Preparation & Renewal -
ConferencePRSA 2025 FutureCon
Nov. 5 – 7, 2025
Designed for executive, C-suite and management level communicators, this future-forward event will bring together industry leaders and innovators to share the latest trends, data and insights shaping communications and public relations.Categories: Crisis & Reputation, Diversity & Inclusion, Emerging Trends, Leadership & Management, Measurement & ROI -
Certificate ProgramCourse/WorkshopStrategic Communications for Associations and Nonprofits Certificate Program
Nov. 5 – Dec. 17, 2025
For associations and nonprofits, effective communication is not a luxury — it’s a necessity for advancing mission, maintaining trust and demonstrating value to members, donors, policymakers and the public. Yet in many organizations, communications efforts are under-resourced, reactive or misaligned with strategic priorities.Categories: Communication Strategy -
WebinarPRSA IPA Business-Building Webinar Series: Nov. 2025
Nov. 12, 2025 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
This IPA webinar series features a variety of topics and speakers focused on “the business of the business” to help you work ON the business not just IN it.Categories: Special Interests -
WebinarFuture Shifts (Tech Edition): Megatrends and Seismic Changes that Tech PR Pros Should Have on Their Radar
Nov. 13, 2025 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Beef cattle cloning. Microchip brain implants. Game-changing digital payment systems. Quantum computing. Fusion energy. Renewable energy. Drone warfare. Cyberattacks. And of course, AI everything, including the mainstreaming of AI-based robots (androids). These are just some of the technology-related subjects that professional futurists are concerned about as they think about the future of our world. In this thought-provoking webinar, professional communicator and futurist Stephen Dupont MSc, ACategories: Emerging Trends, Special Interests -
WebinarPRSA IPA Business-Building Webinar Series: Dec. 2025
Dec. 3, 2025 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
This IPA webinar series features a variety of topics and speakers focused on “the business of the business” to help you work ON the business not just IN it.Categories: Special Interests -
Webinar10 Things Your Boss Wishes You Knew About Technology and Innovation In PR
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
This webinar will explore some of the most recent trends in PR technology and innovation.Categories: Communication Strategy, Emerging Trends, Techniques & Tactics -
Certificate ProgramCourse/WorkshopA New View of Integrated Marketing Communications Certificate Program
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
In this fresh take on advanced IMC techniques, learn how to incorporate newer trends like storytelling, influencer marketing and AI into your integration strategies and tactics to help create a seamless, transparent journey for every audience.Categories: Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) -
WebinarAct Like a Communicator, Think Like a CEO
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Your communications team is a master of their domain. However, you need them to go beyond being great communicators — you need dynamic employees trained to look around corners, consider holistic enterprise goals and keep an eye on the bigger picture. In short, you need them to think like a CEO.Categories: Communication Strategy, Leadership & Management, Techniques & Tactics -
WebinarAdvanced AI Strategies and Use Cases for Communications Pros
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Join this webinar for an action-packed session that goes far beyond basic AI theory. Matusky will offer sophisticated, real-world insight into how AI can truly transform PR workflows, results and impact.Categories: Emerging Trends, Techniques & Tactics -
Certificate ProgramCourse/WorkshopAdvanced Crisis Communication Certificate Program
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Designed as an on-demand certificate of completion program, PRSA’s Advanced Crisis Communication Certificate Program will equip communicators with an easy to-use framework to plan for foreseeable crises, as well as prepare you to communicate quickly when the unforeseen occurs.Categories: Crisis & Reputation, Leadership & Management -
Certificate ProgramCourse/WorkshopAdvancing Your Communication Strategy in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Acquire the tools needed to build a strategic approach to communication planning, and advance diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the public relations profession and workplaces to achieve better public relationship outcomes.Categories: Communication Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion -
WebinarAI Tools for the Modern Communicator: Technology, Ethics and Future Trends
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Designed to equip working PR professionals with foundational AI knowledge, this series emphasizes how AI can enhance strategic decision-making, foster innovation, and ensure ethical practices in the rapidly advancing field of contemporary public relations.Categories: Emerging Trends, Ethics, Techniques & Tactics -
WebinarAPR Panel Presentation: Secrets to Success
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Join this webinar to see what a “great” APR panel presentation looks like as Juanita Traughber, MBA, APR, shares the presentation she made as part of her Accreditation process.Categories: Accreditation Preparation & Renewal -
Course/WorkshopAPR Practice Examination
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
This practice test covers the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to prepare you for the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) examination.Categories: Accreditation Preparation & Renewal -
WebinarAPR+M Process and Overview: Everything You Need to Know
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Join this PRSA Learning Webinar designed specifically for military public relations practitioners looking to earn accreditation in the industry!Categories: Accreditation Preparation & Renewal -
WebinarAre You as News Literate as You Can Be? Webinar Series
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
This series will provide you with key concepts that will enable you to be effective in assisting your clients, improve your own ability to be well-informed from reputable, standards-based sources and better recognize when we are being influenced or manipulated.Categories: Media Relations -
WebinarAsk the APR Expert
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Interested in becoming an APR, but don’t know where to start? Grab a virtual seat and let us help you on your journey to #PowerUpYourPRofessionalLife!Categories: Accreditation Preparation & Renewal -
WebinarBoost Your News Writing Skills
Dec. 30, 2099 5:01 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
Join this webinar to learn how to craft high-impact news releases that capture an editor’s attention quickly.Categories: Media Relations, Writing
