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A global pandemic notwithstanding, our CPRS Vancouver Board of Directors has been busy ensuring that we deliver as many benefits to our members as possible.

Well, we made it. The end of 2020 is almost here. On behalf of CPRS Vancouver, I’d like to wish you all a very happy and healthy holiday season; may it be filled with warmth and laughter.

Since it doesn't seem as though we'll be going back to in-person events anytime soon, knowing how to plan and execute a webinar successfully became a “nice-to-have” skill for PR professionals. 

To help you select the perfect holiday gift for everyone, from your newest client to your work-from-home BFF, here are some ideas for shopping locally in Vancouver, festively, and –most importantly– safely.

Racist incidents in the U.S. and here in Canada have pushed many of us to take a hard look at ourselves, our privileges, and ask some difficult questions.

This is my self-learning journey.

The goal of editing is to put the reader first. And while it is challenging, it is possible to edit your own work like a professional. Write with abandon then edit ruthlessly, keeping these four elements in mind.

Over the Labour Day weekend, I wrote a novel. Some of what I learned in the process of telling my character's story can be used in your writing.

At CPRS Vancouver, we believe strongly in the power of mentorship to shape and lift up junior practitioners. On November 2nd, 2020, we’ll be launching the 2021 CPRS Vancouver Mentorship program.

I hope this will help some of you feel more confident to start networking and hopefully result in an positive experience that might encourage you to do it again in the future.

The leaves have begun to fall, the air is crisp, and pumpkin spice is everywhere. It’s officially fall in Vancouver and we’re excited to launch some great programs and initiatives for the 2020/2021 season.

Tips and tricks that have helped me be the best employee I can be from home.

A curious thing happened as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged into the third month of lockdown. The early, oddly euphoric, we’re-all-in-this-togetherness began to fray, replaced by a growing sense of malaise.

I was honoured last year to be approached by CPRS with an invitation to chair the Local Advisory Committee for the 2021 CPRS National conference, being held in Whistler, B.C.

To help you learn what I had to first figure out on the fly, here is some useful information that will help you perform at your best when the time comes.