Clay W. Cone has been active in the communications field in Southwest Florida since 1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Prior to forming Cone Communications Company, Cone served as Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications for TIB Financial Corp., the parent company of TIB Bank. [...]

Cyndee Woolley, APR and Jessica Macera, MBA    Presenting: The Personal Branding Project  As presented at the 2011 PRSA International Conference and through Full Sail University, the Personal Branding Project is a customized workshop designed to teach business professionals how to reinvent themselves for success. The foundation of the program is about rediscovering purpose and [...]

What A Good Time We Had The Gulf Coast PRSA Board and Officers were sworn in by Congressional Candidate Trey Radel at the January 24th Lunch N Learn at the Hilton in Naples, Florida. Of course, this was only the beginning of a great meeting as Marla Ottenstein, professional organizer and noted author, had the place in [...]

by Diane W. Jones, MPA, APR Chair, PRSA Sunshine District Greetings fellow Sunshiners! I am so excited to be the Chair of the PRSA Sunshine District for 2012. For those of you who don’t know, PRSA National is made up of 10 districts that cover the entire country. One of those districts is the Sunshine [...]

(Florida) – The Public Relations Society of America Sunshine District is pleased to announce the 2012 Board of Directors. Diane Jones, APR, Chair Diane Jones, MPA, APR is the President of DJ Public Relations, Inc., based in Land O’Lakes, Florida. With over 16 years of experience in both private sector and local government public relations, [...]

THE KEY TO SUCCESS: GET ORGANIZED FOR THE NEW YEAR We’re excited to help you get the new year off to a great start by hosting the following event/luncheon:   “The Key to Success: Get Organized” on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at the Hilton Naples, 5111 U.S. 41 N. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. [...]

Dear PRSA Members & Friends: One of my favorite quotations by Eleanor Roosevelt is: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Serving as your Chapter President has afforded me the opportunity to [...]