National Association of Professional Organizers - Georgia Chapter
Chapter Meeting Information
Date: January 13, 2015
Time: 6:00pm
1501 Lake Hearn Drive
Atlanta, GA 30319
404-459-0500
Program Topic: Building Successful Media Relationships
Speaker Information: Mitch Leff
Mitch Leff is the president of Leff & Associates, an Atlanta-based public relations agency. He'll talk with our group about how the media works and how you can work with reporters to deliver positive messages about professional organizing that can build not just your business, but our profession overall.
President Mitch Leff is a 25-year Atlanta public relations veteran, recognized as one of the strongest and most effective media relations specialists in Atlanta. He began his career with Cohn & Wolfe Public Relations, rising to become Media Relations Director for the Atlanta office, at the time the largest public relations agency in the southeast.
For many years, he edited the Cohn& Wolfe Metro Atlanta Media Guide, the definitive guide to Atlanta media. Mitch also spent several years with the Atlanta offices of Edelman Public Relations and GCI Group.
He left agency PR to become director of public relations for Turner Learning, the educational division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. There he was responsible for public relations and public affairs for educational programs across a number of AOL Time Warner networks and entities, including CNN, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, HBO, and the Atlanta Thrashers. He also launched CNNstudentnews.com, the network's first and only educational Web site.
Leff has provided public relations services for some of the world's most prestigious companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, AOL Time Warner, the National Football League, UPS and many others.
He is a member of the Atlanta Press Club and Public Relations Society of America. He is member of the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta and has served on their marketing committee since 1990.
Guest fee: $20
AGENDA
4:45 - 6:00 pm -- Roundtable Discussion for Members -
6:00 - 6:30 pm -- Registration, Library and Expo
6:30 pm -- Call to Order
7:20 pm -- Networking and Expo
7:40 pm -- Program - Building Successful Media Relationships
8:45 pm -- Adjournment