PRSA Oregon

Do you know someone making a difference in Oregon’s public relations community?

🏆 Nominations are now open for the 2026 PRSA Oregon Awards of Distinction through August 31!

Help us recognize professionals who demonstrate outstanding leadership, mentorship, community impact and career achievement.

Awards include:
✨ New Professional Award of Excellence
✨ Olga M. Haley Mentorship Award
✨ Ron Schmidt Community Involvement Award
✨ William W. Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award

Celebrate the people who inspire our profession by submitting a nomination today.

Learn more and nominate someone deserving by August 31: https://prsaoregon.org

Mentorship PRExcellence

What does it really take to build a career in public relations when the path ahead is anything but predictable?

Join PRSA Oregon for “From Panic to Purpose: The Plan, the Pivot, the Purpose,” featuring Floricel Gonzalez, Influencer & PR Manager at ID Agency.

Floricel will share candid lessons from her first five years after earning her communications degree, including navigating early career uncertainty, adjusting when plans change, managing agency and client relationships, and finding purpose through unexpected opportunities.

With experience spanning lifestyle, hospitality, wellness, social impact and fashion, Floricel brings a fresh, honest perspective for communication professionals at every career stage. Early-career practitioners will gain practical guidance, while experienced professionals will discover new ways to mentor and empower emerging PR talent.

📅 August 8
🎟 Free for PRSA Oregon members
🎟 $20 for nonmembers

Register today and turn uncertainty into opportunity at prsaoregon.org

Take your summer networking to new heights! ☀️

Join us for the NextNW Rooftop Party at Migration Brewing’s Pacwest Patio on Thursday, August 6, from 4 to 8 p.m.

NextNW’s signature summer rooftop party brings together Portland’s communications, marketing and creative communities at a stunning sky-high retreat where craft beer culture meets Portland’s creative energy.

Come make new connections, catch up with colleagues and soak up the sun while summer is still in full swing!

Marketing

Your best work deserves the spotlight! 🌟

Winning a PRSA Oregon Spotlight Award is a powerful endorsement of your work and the people behind it. It elevates your team, builds credibility with clients and leaders, and puts your accomplishments in front of Oregon’s communications community.

You did the work. You delivered the results. Now go get the recognition!

Submit your entry today at prsaoregon.org! Deadline is August 15.

Salem showed up! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the July 20 Communicators Social. It was wonderful to connect with communications professionals from across the Mid-Willamette Valley, strengthen relationships and welcome some new faces to the PRSA Oregon community.

We’re grateful to everyone who helped make the evening such a success—and we hope to see you at another PRSA Oregon gathering soon!

Join us for an engaging professional development webinar on July 8 at noon featuring Ken Jacobs, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, principal of Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching and a popular past ICON presenter. In “Be A Lion: The Role of Courage in Leadership,” Ken will explore the critical role courage plays in effective leadership and strategic communication.

Whether you’re leading a team, advising clients or navigating complex organizational challenges, courage is often the difference between managing circumstances and shaping outcomes. Ken will share practical insights and real-world examples to help communication professionals strengthen their leadership presence, make difficult decisions with confidence and effectively advocate for their ideas and organizations.

Register at prsaoregon.org

Join us for an engaging professional development webinar featuring Ken Jacobs, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, principal of Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching and a popular past ICON presenter. In “Be A Lion: The Role of Courage in Leadership,” Ken will explore the critical role courage plays in effective leadership and strategic communication.

Whether you’re leading a team, advising clients or navigating complex organizational challenges, courage is often the difference between managing circumstances and shaping outcomes. Ken will share practical insights and real-world examples to help communication professionals strengthen their leadership presence, make difficult decisions with confidence and effectively advocate for their ideas and organizations.

Register at prsaoregon.org

The countdown is on! Entries for the 2026 PRSA Oregon Spotlight Awards & Awards of Distinction open June 30, 2026.

Join us at NOON June 30 for a webinar on how to help you prepare a strong awards submission. Whether this is your first time entering or you’re looking to refine a previous entry, this session will cover the key components of a winning submission and highlight common pitfalls to avoid.

Join us to hear directly from award-winning communications leaders such as Kelliann Amico, APR, Fellow PRSA, among others. They’ll share practical advice, lessons learned, and strategies that helped their entries stand out. Register at prsaoregon.org

You’ll learn:
• Key components of a strong award entry
• Common mistakes that can weaken your submission
• What judges are really looking for

Join us Tuesday, June 16, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Oswego Grill in Wilsonville for a happy hour social with us! Connect with colleagues from the comms/PR field and enjoy light refreshments on us. Drinks on your own. RSVP now so we have a count of how many are joining us at prsaoregon.org

Join us June 10 at NOON for this incredible webinar with Larry R. Hygh, Jr., Ed.D., on what it means to lead and communicate authentically while navigating spaces where you may feel overlooked, underestimated, or unwelcome. We’ll also examine how our skillsets translate across industries, leadership roles, higher ed, nonprofit work, and beyond. Register now to reserve your spot at prsaoregon.org