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Streamlined Skill Sessions on timely and relevant school PR topics from strategic planning and crisis communications to engagement strategies and marketing—and so much more.
Time-saving Gold Mine mini-sessions on proven, practical ideas for effective communications that can be implemented right away.
Hear from school communication experts, industry leaders and education colleagues from around the country on school crises and strategic planning, new and innovative practices in messaging, marketing and engagement, and much, much more at the Seminar's 150+ breakout sessions in the following focus areas:
CAREER (skills, knowledge and resources for charting a personal career path)
Internal and/or external community and stakeholder ENGAGEMENT (research, strategies, programs, campaigns, activities, etc.)
EQUITY (PR/Communication to support diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, including research, strategies, programs, campaigns, activities, etc.)
PR/Communication for Educational Service Agencies (ESA), Intermediate Units, BOCES and/or County Offices of Education
PR/Communication ETHICS and law
PR/Communication LEADERSHIP (strategic counseling, organizational dynamics, mentoring/guidance, professional development, etc.)
MARKETING/Branding for school systems (research, strategies, programs, campaigns, activities, etc.)
PR/Communication STRATEGIC PLANNING (research and evaluation strategies, coordination/management of effective programs, results, etc.)
PR/Communication TACTICS (best practice strategies, tactics, tools, activities, etc.)
Showcase your product or service with the estimated 1,500+ attendees at the nation’s largest communications-focused professional development event for school public relations professionals, superintendents and education leaders.
Sponsor or Exhibit at NSPRA 2024
Registration for the NSPRA 2024 National Seminar is now open! Hotel reservations can be made here. As always, NSPRA members will enjoy significant savings on Seminar registration as part of their member benefits! Not a member yet? Check out the value of NSPRA membership and join us!
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NSPRA 2024 Seminar registration and hotel room block reservations are now open!
Check out an overview of NSPRA 2024 scheduled events, session blocks and more to start planning your Seminar experience.
"The NSPRA National Seminar is the best professional learning opportunity for school public relations professionals, whether they are just starting out or well into their careers." - NSPRA 2023 Attendee Sherri Partee, director of public relations, Newton County (Ga.) School System
Each year, more than 1,500 school public relations professionals and other education leaders from districts, education service agencies, non-profits and consultant firms around the country convene for the NSPRA National Seminar, the largest school communications-focused professional development conference in the nation.
See what you can expect when you touch down in Washington for NSPRA 2024 in a video from the Washington School Public Relations Association.
And, check out scenes from the NSPRA 2023 Seminar in the video below.