First Thursdays meet Last Christmas at Queens Rooftop!

It’s time to send off 2024 in style! Join your PRINZ Southern colleagues at No4 Bar & Restaurant to kick off the festive season.

Get ready to sleigh the night away with delicious nibbles and drinks – a well-deserved treat after a busy year! It’s also a great opportunity to mingle with fellow practitioners and celebrate your hard work and successes.

In this immersive workshop for leaders and professionals, we'll dive into the essentials of having tough conversations and providing effective feedback. Learn why these skills matter, common challenges, and practical techniques to improve your communication and leadership skills and foster positive relationships.

Tuesday 3rd December 2024 @ 5:00pm - 7:00pm OverviewJoin the PRINZ Central Committee for a drink to round out the year and look ahead to…

The annual PRINZ Awards recognises excellence in Public Relations and Communications across Aotearoa. In this Member-exclusive webinar series, you’ll hear from the minds behind the campaigns that received Gold in the 2024 PRINZ Awards. This week, Mango Communications will tell all about their campaign “Correct the Internet”. They will also share useful insights behind their submission process for the PRINZ Awards.

The end of the year is within sight, so we’re celebrating! And this month, we’re leaning into the holiday spirit and encouraging any and all festive wear.
As usual, this will be a nice chance to catch up with comms and PR colleagues, network, download and relax with a wine!

The annual PRINZ Awards recognises excellence in Public Relations and Communications across Aotearoa. In this Member-exclusive webinar series, you’ll hear from the minds behind the campaigns that received Gold in the 2024 PRINZ Awards. This week, Acumen will tell all about their campaigns for Uber and Samsung. They will also share useful insights behind the submission process for the PRINZ Awards.  

The New Year is knocking at the door – and with it comes a whirlwind of change in public relations and communications. This January, join us for PR Horizons from PR Knowledge Hub – your essential guide to
staying afloat in the year ahead.

For public relations and communication professionals, AI presents us with technological marvels on the one hand and ethical minefields on the other. We’re the reputation lifeguards in this stormy AI ocean, helping our organisations navigate safely through uncharted waters. You need to know what’s happening, why it is happening and how to keep things safely afloat.

This session is a ‘must do’ for practitioners at any stage of their career so join us and chart a course through these turbulent AI times, make sure your organisations don’t lose their way – and that you don’t get left behind.

A great presentation or pitch can sell an idea, seal a deal, and secure the support of key stakeholders. This workshop will empower you to create presentations that command attention and invite audience buy-in. Utilising storytelling techniques and a proven planning framework, this course provides the tools to ensure your next presentation stands out from the crowd.

In this interactive online workshop, we cover the principles for preparing great media releases, communications materials, and general business content. Our resident editing expert, Julie Shannon, will teach you how to craft engaging stories and convey these in a clear and convincing tone. You’ll also explore different topics and contexts with plenty of ‘before’ and ‘after’ examples from a range of industries.

AI in PR — From Next to Now is an immersive in-person session designed to guide practitioners through the practical integration of artificial intelligence into public relations and leadership communication. This course examines how AI is transforming every aspect of our work, from consultation and engagement to measurement and evaluation, risk and issues management to crisis preparedness — and beyond.