Join Us for Walk the Red Carpet with YP - August 15 Meeting

Los Angeles is known as the entertainment capital of the world, so it's no surprise that some of the most seasoned and successful entertainment PR professionals reside in this city. This month we have a diverse panel of speakers who will be sharing some of their insights and experiences from working in entertainment PR and offer some tips for young professionals interested in breaking into the industry. Join us for an evening of friends, food and entertainment!

August 15 , 2007
6:00-6:30 P.M. - Networking
6:30-7:30 P.M. - Program
Rogers & Cowan
8687 Melrose Ave. 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Rogers & Cowan's Website

• Rick Scott opened GREAT SCOTT P.R.ODUCTIONS in 1991 as a public relations, marketing and management firm. He designs and executes full-service publicity campaigns specifically for recording artists to support album releases, concert tours and special events on the national, regional and local levels, including specialty markets (i.e. urban, jazz, adult pop, modern rock, dance, etc.). He has also created successful media campaigns for record producers, songwriters, independent record labels, magazines, and a variety of other entertainment industry and sports entities, events and brands.
• Laura Ackermann is a publicist at Much and House Public Relations in Los Angeles where she has been for the past two years. She works on accounts in various fields including entertainment, wiith an emphasis in tween/teen accounts, events, and lifestyle public relations, specializing in fitness and brand building.
• Sallie Olmsted brings with her twenty years of technology, telecommunications, entertainment, digital media, consumer product/consumer service marketing and corporate public relations experience to her position as Executive Vice President at Rogers &Cowan. She oversees the Convergence unit that manages the intersection of new technologies with consumer electronics, entertainment, digital media and health care products and services. She has dedicated her career to helping technology companies make their core services and product offerings relevant to the entertainment industry and consumer marketplace.
• Karina Tang is a Senior Account Executive in the Convergence Group at Rogers & Cowan, and brings five years of public relations experience with print, broadcast and interactive media forms. She supports agency clients in the video game/digital entertainment space.

Parking: Enter on San Vicente between Santa Monica and Melrose Avenue at Pacific Design Center Drive (signal at intersection). Proceed to garage and bring parking ticket in for validation. Walk through building to information kiosk and then turn right into Green Tower section of the building. Walk down corridor to elevators on left side adjacent to glass doors. Take elevator to 7th floor. Enter through brown double doors into Rogers & Cowan lobby.

Cost (pay by cash or checks at the door):$10 YP Members; $15 for Non- members; $5 for PRSSA Members

RSVP:To RSVP, please reply to yp_prsala@yahoo.com.

If you have any questions, please contact Phyllis Hu at phu@iwgroupinc.com or Bonnie Berkes at bberkes@jmprpublicrelations.com.

We Hope to See You There!

Phyllis Hu (IW Group) & Bonnie Berkes (JMPR, Public Relations)
Program Co-Chairs, PRSA-LA's Young Professionals