Several hundred college and university communications professionals convened this week for the annual conference, held this year in Sulphur. Institutions from all over the state were represented as members of communications departments shared their experiences.
Top 5 Takeaways from a Top Notch Communicators鈥� Conference:
- Diversity is Key: It鈥檚 good for teams and organizations and it helps the bottom line.
- Leaders are Readers: Several conference recommendations include Tom Rath鈥檚 鈥淪trenghts Finder 2.0,鈥� Tom Rath and Don Clifton鈥檚 鈥淗ow Full is Your Buckets鈥� and John C. Maxwell鈥檚 鈥淭he 5 Levels of Leadership.鈥�
- Talent + Tasks = Impact: Challenge yourself and take your work to the next level.
- Plan Your Meetings = The average adult attention span today is 5 minutes. Make the most of your meetings by planning agendas well.
- What You Need to Tell Effective Stories: The audience is the hero, the communicators are the guides.
The conference allows public relations teams to share ideas and experiences as well as listen to informative and inspirational speakers. Some of the break-out session topics this year included 鈥淓xpressive Liberty on Campus: Principles and Recommendations,鈥� 鈥淢indfulness at Work,鈥� and 鈥淒iversity & Inclusion: Unconscious Bias & Blind Spots.鈥�
The OCPRA awards banquet was held Monday night and recognition is given to the best in art, design, writing and marketing. The awards are judged by a panel of experts from outside of Oklahoma and the schools are not separated into division categories, meaning schools of all sizes take part in the same competition. OKCU received 6 awards, including 3 first place nods.
- Grand Award in the Social Media category for the
- Grand Award for Blogs/Editorial/Column category for the teacher walkout experience on NOVA
- Grand Award for Best Use of Social Media/Admissions for Snapchat filters
- Excellence Award for Best Use of Social Media in Events/Student Life
- Achievement Award in Cover Design for the
- Achievement Award in the Square Peg category for the .
