CPRS Manitoba Benefits & Services
CPRS Manitoba encourages our members to take advantage a wide array of valuable benefits on both the local and national level, including:
Local Benefits & Services
- Professional development through unrivaled speakers, workshops, luncheons, social gatherings and other CPRS events
- Powerful networking within Manitoba’s PR community, representing potential colleagues, mentors, employers, employees, and clients
- Leadership through volunteer involvement with CPRS Manitoba board, committees, and mentorship programs
- Member discounts for all CPRS events and professional development sessions
- Career opportunities by advance email postings to CPRS Manitoba members
- Members-only access to CPRS Manitoba’s membership list, career postings, professional development information, resource materials, board meeting minutes, and Insight archives.
- Free subscription to Insight, the quarterly CPRS Manitoba e-newsletter, highlighting local CPRS activities and PR industry news
- Fun and Friendship with a diverse group of PR professionals
National Benefits & Services
- Accredited, Public Relations (APR), the prestigious designation, symbol of demonstrated PR expertise, and key to career advancement that allows those CPRS members who fulfill the accreditation requirements to append the coveted letters ‘APR’ after their names
- CPRS Annual Conference, as well as other regional conferences, meetings and events, that consist of study sessions, case history presentations, nationally and internationally recognized expert speakers, and much more (discounted for CPRS members)
- Direct connection to thousands of PR professionals from across Canada, with the help of the CPRS membership directory
- Recognition by entering your work as a submission into the CPRS Major Awards for outstanding achievements in PR
- Research into best practices and case studies via the CPRS national resource library, and other information on www.cprs.ca
- Regular updates and bulletins from national office to keep members informed of current CPRS initiatives
- Influence into important CPRS business through volunteer involvement with the CPRS national board or committees
- In-depth analysis from publications like Public Relations Tactics and Public Relations Strategist (optional member subscriptions)
- International involvement in the Global PR Alliance, which links over 20 national PR associations around the world
For more information on becoming a member of CPRS Manitoba, please contact the CPRS Manitoba Membership Director at membership@cprs.mb.ca