APR Boot Camp

Details for May 6–8, 2020

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Registration deadline: April 3, 2020

Presenters

Elizabeth M. Smith, MBA, APR

Elizabeth M. Smith, MBA, APR, president and professor, Integrated Communications Ventures and Elizabethtown College facilitates the Readiness Review preparation (Day 1).

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Amy B. Hill, APR

Amy Beisel Hill, APR, director of Advocacy & Public Policy, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, facilitates the computer-based Examination preparation (Days 2 and 3).

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Jason S. Kirsch, APR

Jason S. Kirsch, APR, partner and senior counselor, PRWorks, facilitates the computer-based Examination preparation (Days 2 and 3).

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Schedule

Wednesday, May 6

• 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EST

  • Morning workshop spent reviewing KSAs.
  • Portfolio overview.
  • Mock Panel Presentation.
     

• 12:30–1:30 p.m. EST

  Lunch — provided by the Mid-Atlantic District.

• 1:30–5 p.m. EST

  • Preparation time for those attendees putting finishing touches on assembling their portfolios.
  • Panel Presentations will take place as scheduled.
     

Thursday, May 7

• 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EST

  • Attendees should already have been advanced from Panel Presentation.
  • Class for KSAs in preparation for the computer-based Examination.
  • Box lunch included - provided by PRSA National.
     

Friday, May 8

• 8:30–11:30 a.m. EST

  • Continuation of class for KSAs in preparation for the computer-based Examination.
     

• 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. EST

  Lunch and travel to Prometric Testing Center — attendees on their own.

• Computer-based Examination
  Start Time: 1 p.m. EST

  (Appointment time is three hours, 45 minutes.)

  Computer-based Examination administration at:

  Prometric Testing Center (Site 1718)
  1100 N. Mountain Rd.
  Harrisburg, PA 17112

Need a Hotel?

We have a room block for the Crowne Plaza, 23 South 2nd St., Harrisburg, PA, 17101, for May 5–8 with a nightly rate of $129, plus taxes. It is a good idea to arrive by the night of May 5 because the program begins on May 6 at 8:30 a.m. The cutoff date for the room block is March 27.

There is a parking rate at the hotel of $20 per night, and the APR Boot Camp site is within walking distance.

Taxis and Uber are recommended for out-of-town attendees coming from the airport.

Venue

Harrisburg University
326 Market St
Harrisburg, Pa. 17101