Event Details
When: Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Noon
Where: Virtual Program on Zoom
What: Join Chris Gent, APR, CPRC, Public Affairs Manager for Georgia-Pacific, as he unpacks his years of experience navigating a PR professional’s worst nightmare. Chris will walk us through how he successfully navigated communications for situations such as an F4 tornado, two Amtrak derailments, three major hurricanes in a 42-day period, a customer service center robbery, wildfires, floods, and more. We may not all experience the situations Chris has been through, but the lessons learned will be an impactful addition to your PR toolkit.
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