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Connections are Career Insurance

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We all work on building daily relationships for our companies and clients. But are you actively working on your own connections? Join us to discuss how connections are career insurance and the keys to your success in this profession. Discover techniques that will improve both your work and network.

A light breakfast with coffee/tea will be available.

Speaker / Presenter


Gary D. McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal/Owner
GMc Communications


For more than four decades, Gary McCormick has provided strategic communications for the government’s largest public affairs programs and corporate and non-profit clients. From supporting issues management around low-income housing for Home Matters to community relations programs for the storage of nuclear waste and the disposal of chemical weapons, Gary has provided the research and implementation of communications to build community support and involvement.

His specialized training and experience in risk communication, coupled with the strategy he brings to communication programs, have produced award-winning campaigns. In addition, his consumer experience with Scripps Networks, parent company of cable networks HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel, and Great American Country, provides a wide range of experience in promotion, as well as
issues management.

Gary has served as the Chair/CEO of PRSA in 2010, the President of the PRSA Foundation in 2005 and 2006, and the co-chair of the Champions for PRSSA since 2003. Gary was recognized by PRSA with its Gold Anvil Award in 2023, the Patrick Jackson Distinguished Service Award in 2015, and the David Ferguson Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public Relations Education in 2006. His alma mater inducted him into the inaugural class of Colorado State University’s Media Hall of Fame in 2011.




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Date and Time

Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 8:00 AM until 9:30 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-05:00)

Location

Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave
Knoxville, TN  37902
USA

Category

Education

Registration Info

Registration is required before Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Payment In Full In Advance Only

Number of People Who Will Attend

Non-Member Guest *
$35.00
Student
$15.00
* This can be your primary registrant type. Only one primary registrant type is allowed per registration.
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