American Coalition for Ethanol VP to Speak at April Meeting

Ron Lamberty, the Vice President of Market Development for the American Coalition for Ethanol, will speak at the April 2, 2008 meeting of the Public Relations Network of Sioux Falls. As VP of Market Development, Lamberty works with petroleum marketers nationwide to facilitate the use of ethanol nationwide. For his full bio, click here (PDF).

The lunch meeting is in the Ivy Room of the of Ruby Tuesday at 2425 S. Shirley Av. (near Century Theatres), in Sioux Falls, S.D. from 11:45-1:00. The cost is $10 for members and $13 for guests. To attend, please RSVP before noon on March 28 by emailing prnsiouxfalls (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Argus Leader unveils web site redesign

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader has undergone a major redesign of their web site, which now looks very similar to the Des Moines Register, another Gannett newspaper. The Argus Leader added several social media features to their site, like social tagging, reader and reader blogs. Their long list of staff blogs includes executive editor Randell Beck, whose latest post is an explanation of how a newspaper this week almost didn't get published.

What do you think of their new look and features?

Public Relations Network on facebook

The Public Relations Network of Sioux Falls now has a group on facebook. If you're already on Facebook, join the group. If you haven't signed up yet, maybe now is the time.

We decided to start the facebook group for three reasons. First, communicators need to stay up to speed on the latest communications tools and and can't ignore the growing popularity of social media sites like facebook. Second, with all of the people on facebook, it's an opportunity to market the group and our meetings. Third, I hope it provides a forum to continue the discussion of issues that start at our regular meetings.

So join the group and let the discussions begin!