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Salt Lake marketing firm president, Pete Codella, to speak at Public Relations Society of America luncheon on May 13

May 12, 2009

Fast Facts

• Codella to speak on social media at PRSA luncheon on May 13
  
• Watch the event live at Ustream.tv
  
• Tweet about the event using the #slcprsa hashtag
  
• Follow Codella on Twitter @codella
  

Pete Codella, Accredited in public relations, is the keynote speaker for a May 13 seminar presented by the Public Relations Society of America Greater Salt Lake Chapter.

The presentation titled ur msg in 140 characters or less: How Social Media Has Changed Your Job, will be an interactive discussion rooted in traditional public relations strategies and tactics and focused on new digital communication tools.

Codella is a digital public relations specialist who spends much of his time counseling clients and managing social media efforts on their behalf.

New to PRSA Greater Salt Lake Chapter will be a live Ustream.tv video feed of the presentation as well as the Twitter hashtag #slcprsa for categorizing the online discussion on search.twitter.com.

Those interested in viewing the presentation online can do so on Codella's Ustream.tv channel, and participate in the discussion on Twitter by tagging updates with #slcprsa.

A complete description of the event is online at PeteCodella.com.

The event is being held at Squatter's at 147 West Broadway, in downtown Salt Lake City. Networking begins at 11:45 a.m. The presentation and discussion will get underway shortly after noon. Registration is available at SLCPRSA.org. Walk-ins are accepted as seating allows.

An award-winning communicator, Codella is a sought-after presenter, speaker and social media coach. In April 2009 he presented at the 2nd Annual Social Media for Communicators conference in Las Vegas on the benefits and features of a successful online newsroom.

Codella created the NewsCactus online newsroom solution in 2006.

Codella is co-founder and program director of the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City and co-chair of the chapter's upcoming Utah Social Media Awards - Utah's first and only awards program recognizing excellence in the utilization of social media tools and tactics.

Codella was recently tapped by the University of California, Irvine Extension to create and teach an online class on using social media as a tool for public relations which begins this fall. He has also taught a fundamentals of public relations course for the University of Nevada Division of Continuing Education.

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