L to R: Teri Sawyer, President, PCE; Chelsea Sellars, President, OCAMA; Claudia Miller, President, IABC/OC; Cynthia Ragland, President-Elect, OC/PRSA; Hanna Na, President, Ad2OC; Lisa Delaney, President, OC Ad Club; Luz Marina, President, SoCal BMA.

If you were lucky enough to register for the December 1 Holiday Mixer before it reached capacity, you were also possibly one of the lucky attendees who not only enjoyed great food and networking, but won a door prize or auction item as well.

The event, held at Prego Ristorante in Irvine and hosted by IABC/OC, PCE, OCAMA, OC/PRSA, SoCal BMA, OC Ad Fed + Ad 2, raised more than $3,000 for Hands Together—A Center for Children and Families. This highly respected non-profit focuses on literacy for children in central Orange County, from infancy to kindergarten. In all there were 22 raffle items and 28 silent auction items, ranging in price from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars.

L to R: Dave Peters, Director, Hands Together; Claudia Miller, President, IABC/OC; Robert Kuhel, Board of Directors President, Hands Together.

Prego Ristorante (www.pregoristoranti.com) outdid themselves with hors d’oeuvres like Caprese and CrostiniMisti (toasted Italian bread with a variety of topping: cream cheese and smoked salmon, olive tapanda, bruschetta and more). Dinner was served buffet-style and included sautéed vegetables, chicken piccata, penne primavera and gemeli alla Genovese followed by a selection of Prego’s famous desserts. The restaurant even created a signature holiday martini just for our event!

Fun photography sessions were provided courtesy of Carlos Valle Photography (go to http://vallefoto.smugmug.com/Other/Holiday-Mixer/20433015_BrsBQc#1617154962_293SqsJ to view photos), with makeup courtesy of Couture Beauty. Soothing live music was provided by Leo Fishman and sponsored by Idea Hall. At the end of the evening, a good time was had by all!

Volunteers Needed for a Variety of Projects and Talents

Interested in making connections to great communicators and new opportunities to grow in your career? Get involved with IABC/OC, where your impact will make a difference, and your efforts will build your network and skill set. We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

• Social Media Guru Or Want to Learn More About Social Media? Support IABC’s efforts to spread the word about our great services and programming through social media avenues. In particular, we need a volunteer to help with managing Facebook updates.

• Handy with a Video Camera Or Want to Engage with more IABC Members at Meetings? We need someone who is interested in video taping portions of our monthly meeting and engaging with attendees to create a short video that can be posted to our IABC/OC website (familiarity with a Flip camera preferred; we will supply the camera)

• Publicity Guru Or Want to Build Your PR Portfolio? The publicity committee could use a few volunteers to help promote events and other IABC developments.

• Great Sales Person Or Want to Make More Business Connections in OC? Join our Sponsorship or Corporate Membership committees to help organize outreach to OC companies. In particular, we would like to recruit a few volunteers who can help with phone calls during membership months, which happen twice per year (the next one is in December).

• Superstar Web Developer Or Want to Broaden Your Portfolio? We need help managing and coordinating content updates for the IABC/OC web site, and would especially love to have volunteers who are familiar with PHP.

• Expert Planner Or Want to Expand Your Planning Skills? IABC is forming a committee to plan the chapter’s 35th anniversary next year. This committee is a great first step toward getting more involved with IABC as you’ll work to showcase the chapter’s offerings and celebrate members in honor of the 35th anniversary milestone.

• Natural-Born Leader Or Want to Expand Your Leadership Skills? We are looking for a few IABC members to join the IABC/OC 2012 Board. Serving on the board is a great way to expand your involvement in IABC and the Orange County communications industry. And, we make it easy to participate, often combining board positions so that our members can share tasks and better manage their involvement.

Members: Got a Professional Achievement or Special Talent?
Please share it with your fellow IABC members. We have created a special place on the IABC/OC website to highlight the professional accomplishments and unique communications work of our members. Just completed a new communications campaign? Publishing a new book? Presenting a keynote at a conference? Let us know and we’ll showcase your special accomplishment or communications campaign to fellow members on OC.IABC.com. Please see contact information below for submissions and send us 2-3 sentences on your highlighted work.

To get involved, get more information on volunteering or share your accomplishment, please contact:

Lisa Falcetti
714.918.8228
lfalcetti@golinharris.com

Denise Keddy
949.500.5334
denisemkeddy@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed for a Variety of Projects and Talents

Interested in making connections to great communicators and new opportunities to grow in your career? Get involved with IABC/OC, where your impact will make a difference, and your efforts will build your network and skill set. We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

• Handy with a Video Camera Or Want to Engage with more IABC Members at Meetings? We need someone who is interested in video taping portions of our monthly meeting and engaging with attendees to create a short video that can be posted to our IABC/OC website (familiarity with a Flip camera preferred; we will supply the camera)

• In the Holiday Spirit Or Want to Spread Some Cheer? IABC/OC needs a couple of volunteers to help with check-in at the holiday mixer on December 1.

• Publicity Guru Or Want to Build Your PR Portfolio? The publicity committee could use a few volunteers to help promote events and other IABC developments.

• Great Sales Person Or Want to Make More Business Connections in OC? Join our Sponsorship or Corporate Membership committees to help organize outreach to OC companies. In particular, we would like to recruit a few volunteers who can help with phone calls during membership months, which happen twice per year (the next one is in December).

• Superstar Web Developer Or Want to Broaden Your Portfolio? We need help managing and coordinating content updates for the IABC/OC web site, and would especially love to have volunteers who are familiar with PHP.

• Natural Planner Or Want to Expand Your Planning Skills? IABC is forming a committee to plan the chapter’s 35th anniversary next year. This committee is a great first step toward getting more involved with IABC as you’ll work to showcase the chapter’s offerings and celebrate members in honor of the 35th anniversary milestone.

Members: Got a Professional Achievement or Special Talent?
Please share it with your fellow IABC members. We have created a special place on the IABC/OC website to highlight the professional accomplishments and unique communications work of our members. Just completed a new communications campaign? Publishing a new book? Presenting a keynote at a conference? Let us know and we’ll showcase your special accomplishment or communications campaign to fellow members on OC.IABC.com. Please see contact information below for submissions and send us 2-3 sentences on your highlighted work.

To get involved, get more information on volunteering or share your accomplishment, please contact:

Lisa Falcetti
714.918.8228
lfalcetti@golinharris.com

Denise Keddy
949.500.5334
denisemkeddy@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed for a Variety of Projects and Talents

Interested in making connections to great communicators and new opportunities to grow in your career? Get involved with IABC/OC, where your impact will make a difference, and your efforts will build your network and skill set. We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

• In the Holiday Spirit Or Want to Spread Some Cheer? IABC needs a couple of volunteers to help with check-in at the holiday mixer on December 1.

• You Tube Videographer Or Want to Engage with more IABC Members at Meetings? We need someone who is interested in video taping portions of our monthly meeting and engaging with attendees to create a short video that can be posted to our IABC/OC website (familiarity with a Flip camera preferred)

• Great Sales Person Or Want to Make More Business Connections in OC? Join our Sponsorship or Corporate Membership committees to help organize outreach to OC companies. In particular, we would like to recruit a few volunteers who can help with phone calls during membership months, which happen twice per year.

• Superstar Web Developer Or Want to Broaden Your Portfolio? We need help managing and coordinating content updates for the IABC/OC web site, and would especially love to have volunteers who are familiar with PHP.

• Natural Planner Or Want to Expand Your Planning Skills? IABC is forming a committee to plan the chapter’s 35th anniversary next year. This committee is a great first step toward getting more involved with IABC as you’ll work to showcase the chapter’s offerings and celebrate members in honor of the 35th anniversary milestone.

Members: Got a Professional Achievement or Special Talent?
Please share it with your fellow IABC members. We have created a special place on the IABC/OC website to highlight the professional accomplishments and unique communications work of our members. Just completed a new communications campaign? Publishing a new book? Presenting a keynote at a conference? Let us know and we’ll showcase your special accomplishment or communications campaign to fellow members on OC.IABC.com. Please see contact information below for submissions and send us 2-3 sentences on your highlighted work.

Please Contact:

Lisa Falcetti
714.918.8228
lfalcetti@golinharris.com

Denise Keddy
949.500.5334
denisemkeddy@gmail.com