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Costco Senior VP to Speak at PRSA Annual Meeting; How Does Costco Get Such Great PR Without a Traditional PR Machine?


SEATTLE -- Costco's public image has prospered without the benefit of a traditional PR machine, a fact that many PR professionals find intriguing. In reality, Costco is succeeding the old-fashioned way, by earning respect for the product value it delivers and for its corporate values. Find out how this is possible at the PRSA PRSA Public Relations Society of America
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 Annual Meeting in an exciting breakfast event Tuesday, November 15 at the Women's University Club in Seattle.

As a principal spokesperson for Costco, Senior Vice President, Administration & Chief Legal Officer Joel Benoliel will share his views on the merits on the merits adj. referring to a judgment, decision or ruling of a court based upon the facts presented in evidence and the law applied to that evidence. A judge decides a case "on the merits" when he/she bases the decision on the fundamental issues and considers  and challenges of this approach. He will address reputation management, investor and community-relations issues, employee communications and much more.

The PRSA Annual Event will also feature a presentation by Jeff Bond, editor of Seattle Business Monthly. The recent growth of business in Seattle has necessitated the creation of Seattle Business Monthly, a magazine for business professionals in the Seattle area. Bond will discuss why the publication was established, what it can offer to our community, and the focus of its coverage.

Sponsors of the program are Evergreen MoneySource and Foster Pepper Shefelman.

For more information, contact Christin Evans at Christine@owenmedia.com or 206-322-1167.

PROGRAM INFORMATION:

--Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. (arrival and networking from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m.; program runs from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.).

--Women's University Club, 1105 Sixth Avenue, downtown Seattle Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land .

--$30 for PRSA members; $35 for nonmembers.

--Register by 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 11, 2005, at https://asi-seattle.com/agent/prsa1/register.php or by calling 206-623-8632.

--Breakfast and on-site garage parking provided.

--The Women's University Club dress code requires business casual or better; no cell phones allowed.

About PRSA:

The Puget Sound Puget Sound (py`jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c.  chapter of PRSA is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  aimed at advancing the profession of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . The regional chapter of the national organization has more than 350 members in Western Washington
If you are looking for the college, see the Western Washington University article.


Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as that part of Washington west of the Cascade Mountains.
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