VALDOSTA – The Public Relations Society of America South Georgia Chapter will host its 2017 annual dinner 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 at the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St.

The featured speaker is Susan Hale, media relations manager for Fulton County Schools in Atlanta, according to a press release. Hale served as the school district’s lead communicator to the news media and specializes in providing public relation support and counsel to school and district leaders.

Hale’s presentation “Our Brand is Crisis: Tips for Communicating During Tough Times,” will focus on how transparency of leadership, strong protocols for internal and external communication and relationship-building can be beneficial in managing a crisis situation, the release stated. 

Tickets are $35 per person and must be purchased by Nov. 6. The dinner is open to professionals responsible for public relations, strategic communication, marketing, media relations, social media and web content, event planning, fundraising, emergency response, multimedia production and employee relations.

The dinner is sponsored by South Georgia Business + Culture Magazine, Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce, Valdosta CEO, South Georgia Medical Center, U.S. Press and Gandy Printing, according to the PRSA. 

More information, contact Thressea Boyd, South Georgia PRSA president, at Thressea@thboydcomm.com or SouthGeorgiaPRSA@gmail.com.