We are obsessed with professional development at School PR Happy Hour, and Erin had the opportunity to sit down with one of the most fun and innovative Strategic Communication professors around. Dr. Lambiase heads up the Certified Public Communicator program at Texas Christian University and talks about the value in having a strong strategic plan.

School PR Happy Hour

Certified Public Communicator Program; A conversation with Dr. Jacque Lambiase

Skyler Hefley from Tyler ISD joins Justin to talk about a variety of topics centered around Marketing and the Customer Experience. Skyler is a wrapping up his first year in School PR and has brought a new energy to this industry. We hope you enjoy meeting Skyler from Tyler!

Episode 303 - School PR Marketing Trends and More with Skyler Hefley

We are starting off season 3 strong with School PR's greatest cheerleader!  Andrea Gribble, founder of Social Schools for EDU, joins Erin to talk all things social media and staying positive in an ever evolving world.

Episode 302 - Social Media for Schools with Andrea Gribble

Erin and Justin kick off season 3 with a life check-in, season forecast, and a little bit of pandemic talk. We hope you are all taking care of yourselves and your loved ones during yet another stressful start to a school year!

Episode 301

Earlier this week, Erin and Justin jumped on Youtube and Twitter to recap and reflect on the second seasons of School PR Happy Hour. We want to thank Class Intercom for sponsoring the show this season. Our guest this year were amazing and we love all of our School PR Family! We will see you September 1 for Season 3!

Season 2 Wrap Up

What better way to close out season 2 than with an internal comms pro?  This year has been tough, and any true PR practitioner knows that your very first audience should be your internal audience. Cathy Kedjidjian, APR, joins Erin for the final content episode of Season 2 to talk Internal Comms, and making the HR department your BFF.

Internal Communications

Justin is joined by one of his favorite people, Adam Harris for a very unscripted and unplanned conversation about our roles in School PR as we head into the home stretch of this school year. Hope you enjoy hearing from Adam as much as we enjoyed producing this episode.

Episode 215 - Adam Harris - The Sequel

In a world full of demands, our #SchoolPR superwomen are handling everything - at the office and at home.  Kristin Magette, APR, joins Erin to talk about the added pressures that we place on ourselves as women to be everything in the board room AND in our personal lives.

Wonder Woman

Krystyna Baumgartner, APR (@kmbaumgartner) joins Justin to talk about content calendars, content strategies, and everything else content. If you need to be more intentional and organized with your approach to content, this is a great conversation!

Episode 213 - Content, Content, Content!

Happy Spring Break School PR! Our work is tough, and there never seem to be enough hours to accomplish all of our goals.  Despite our best intentions, we can't all be experts in everything. In this episode, we talk with Sarah Williamson, owner of SWPR group, an educational technology PR agency based on the west coast.  Sarah talks about the partnerships that can be built between School PR personnel and external agencies.

School PR Practitioners and Partnerships with Agencies

Nicole Lyons from Keller ISD (TX) joins Justin from the lobby of the hotel at the TSPRA 2021 Conference in Denton, Texas to discuss Keller ISD's amazing Campus PR Reps Program. These PR Reps assist the district communications team in telling the story of Keller ISD. Enjoy!

Episode 211 - Expanding Your Communications Team With Campus Reps

This month's episode is all about what it's like to be the KID of the School PR person. Hear from Fiona McCann and Kinleigh Dearing on what they think about late board meetings, football games and pandemics.  This conversation is a glimpse into the mind of two elementary students who, even through all the crazy, still love school... still love learning... and still have fun.

Episode 210 - From The Mouths of #SchoolPR Kids

In this episode, Justin is joined by Nicole Kirby, APR who was recently elected as the President-Elect for NSPRA. The two discuss the importance of NSPRA and spend. quite a bit of time discussing what being a parent has taught them about SchoolPR. Enjoy and have a great week SchoolPR Family!

Episode 209 - Nicole Kirby, APR, on NSPRA and. Being a SchoolPR Parent

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