Join us on May 1 for lunch and a program at ⁦Larkspur Bistro & Bar⁩. We’ll hear from Marco Benitez of ⁦Music Theatre Wichita⁩ about how data can unlock the magic of storytelling and drive improved results for your organization. Register here. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/applause-to-…

Congratulations to WPC member Amy Geiszler-Jones! Her 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators awards include: 🥇 FIRST PLACE -Arts & Entertainment Writing -Business Writing 🥈 SECOND PLACE -Arts & Entertainment Writing -Physical Health Writing -Business Writing

Congratulations to Darcy Gray of KU School of Medicine-Wichita. She earned two first-place honors in the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators competition. WPC President Kristin Bogner presented her 2 certificates. 🥇 Social Media Presence 🥇 Website Editing or Managing

Congratulations to Belinda Venters of KU School of Medicine-Wichita. Venters entered the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators contest and received 5️⃣ awards in the online News Story category. She placed first, second, third and received two honorable mentions.

⭐️13 team members ⭐️ 52 years in business ⭐️ 200 unique customer segments ⭐️ 3,380,000 happy customers We’re learning about Music Theatre Wichita today and the communication channels they use from Marco Benitez, their enthusiastic marketing and communications director.

WPC President-elect Kindra Goertzen from United Way of the Plains received top honors in the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators contest in 3️⃣ categories: 🥇 Public Relations Report 🥇 Infographics 🥇 Marketing Program or Campaign Congratulations Kindra!

Congrats to Madeline McCullough and her Shocker Ad Lab students for winning 3️⃣ awards in the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators contest. 🥇 First Place Advertising Campaign 🥈 Second Place Special Interest Video 🥈 Second Place Integrated Communications PR Campaign

CORRECTED: Congrats to Madeline McCullough & her Shocker Ad Lab students for winning 3️⃣ awards in the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators contest. 🥇 First Place Advertising Campaign 🥇First Place Special Interest Video 🥈 Second Place Integrated Communications PR Campaign

We appreciate the hard work the students at The Sunflower are doing to cover campus and regional news. 🙌🏽

WPC member Bryan Ramsdale from United Way of the Plains received 4️⃣ awards in the 2024 Kansas Professional Communicators contest. 🥇 First Place ·      Video for Web ·      Social Media Campaign 🥈 Second Place ·      Social Media Campaign ·      Photograph - news or feature Congrats!

Check out these opportunities to work as a reporter for @thebeaconICT. wichitabeacon.org/jobs/

We’re celebrating 75 years of KMUW radio at our monthly meeting with a presentation from Ellie Keppy and Deb Fraser. Thanks for joining us and giving us an update on the station’s reach and demographics Debra Fraser and Ellie Keppy.

Who knew Mike Paulson of Basis Consulting Eng has such a great radio voice? 🎙️ Mike got to demo a radio spot for KMUW during our monthly meeting where we learned more about the community work they do. 📻 Video credit: Sean Jones

We had lots of Kansas winners in this year’s annual communications contest hosted by NFPW. Some of our members attended the national event in St Louis to pick up their awards. Congratulations to all of our winners including the 3 pictured below. Cecilia, Cheryl and Kindra.

Today’s program features Eric Meyer, editor and publisher of the Marion County Record. He's discussing the international attention that was focused on his newspaper after the offices were illegally raided by the police last summer. The newspaper is now a KS tourist attraction.

It’s fundraising time! Mix and mingle with fellow communicators while raising scholarship money for area college students. It’s all happening Sept. 12. Find Eventbrite ticket info on our FB page.

Jon and Lauren Rolph find ‘enough grace for the day’ in his cancer journey kansas.com/news/business/…

Time to register for our monthly luncheon. eventbrite.com/e/triumphs-tri…

Investigative journalists with at least 3 years of professional experience, freelancers included, are invited to apply to our inaugural Investigative Reporting Fellowship! This program will include training and guidance from top journalists. Apply here: idabwellssociety.org/news/2025-inve…

Please join us on Wednesday (1/8/25) to learn more about the importance of developing media literacy skills to fight misinformation from the Wichita Public Library's Jennifer Durham. We still have tickets available, so make sure to grab yours now! eventbrite.com/e/media-matter…