About
About the Lake County Chapter
A local home for the communications professionals of Lake County, and part of one of the oldest public relations associations in the country.
Our purpose
What the chapter is for
“The Florida Public Relations Association is dedicated to developing public relations practitioners who, through ethical and standardized practices, enhance the public relations profession in Florida.”
— Mission of the Florida Public Relations Association
The Lake County Chapter exists to make professional growth practical for communicators who work in and around Lake County. Statewide conferences matter, but so does a room of people who understand your market, your reporters, and your commission meetings.
We bring members together on a regular schedule for programming that is useful the next morning: sessions on the craft, candid conversation about what is working, and the kind of relationships that turn into referrals, advice, and hires.
As an FPRA chapter, we hold our members to the association's professional standards and connect them to the credentialing, recognition, and resources of the statewide organization.
Programming
What we do
Four things the chapter commits to every year.
Monthly programs
Speakers and working sessions on the craft — media relations, crisis communications, measurement, writing, and the tools changing all of them.
Professional development
Support for members pursuing Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) and access to the full statewide slate of workshops and webinars.
Recognition
Encouragement and coaching for members entering the Golden Image Awards, FPRA’s statewide competition for outstanding PR work.
Community service
Volunteer communications support for local nonprofits and civic organizations that need professional counsel they could not otherwise buy.
Membership
Who belongs here
If part of your job is explaining an organization to the people it serves, this chapter is for you.
- Agency and independent practitioners
- Government and public information officers
- Nonprofit communicators and development staff
- In-house marketing and corporate communications teams
- Educators and communications students
- Journalists moving into public relations
About the state association
The Florida Public Relations Association supports practitioners across the state with professional development, the Golden Image Awards, the annual PR & Comms Summit, accreditation, and a members-only job bank. Chapter members receive all of it.