School PR Happy Hour

Guest Host Julie Thannum, APR is joined by Melissa Robinette and Ashley-Michelle Thublin, APR to discuss different ways School PR pros can make an impact no matter where they are in their careers!

Justin is joined by Elishia Seals to talk about why the #SchoolPR community is SO special and unique!

Erin is joined by Tyler ISD's Jennifer Hines to talk about how Tyler ISD is doing Staff Recruitment differently. Listen to learn more about switching from a school to a business mindset when it comes to recruiting the best in brightest teachers and staff available.

Are the Robots taking over? Is Short-Form Video here to stay? What happens when no traditional media folks are hanging out in our districts anymore!? 2023 is shaping up to be an interesting year in the School PR world and Justin is talking about with Sarah-Jane Menefee from Rappoport Academy in Waco Texas!

SURPRISE! You didn't think we would go on full hiatus with all the craziness on social media! Justin is joined by Nicole Kirby, APR, Andrew Robinson, and Melissa McConnell to talk #AllTheThings Twitter. With the recent purchase and changes of late, brand managers, celebrities, and others are asking if Twitter is still the spot to share their stories. School PR is no different. We hope this discuss...

Justin is joined by one of his favorite people in the world, Tracy Jentz, APR to talk about mentoring and reverse mentoring. During this episode, you will learn about a new service that NSPRA offers that can help match you with the perfect mentor or mentee! We hope you enjoy this episode and we will be back on January 15 after a few weeks off with our families! Happy Holidays, School PR!

In the front half of the show, Erin sits down with Brian Bradley to talk about everything from idea generation to talent acquisition for his podcast 90 Degrees South. In the second half of the show, Justin and David Olsen chat about takeaways from that interview that pertain to School PR. We hope you enjoy our second "What Can We Learn From...." episode!

Justin is joined by Melissa Reese to chat about Instagram Reels, Parent/Student Engagement and a small NFL rivalry. (Go Cowboys!) This episode is perfect for the person who is a little skeptical of jumping into the TikToks or the Instagram Reels area of social media!

Erin is joined by CALSPR Executive Director and TWO-time author Trinette Marquis, APR to talk about her latest book, The Communicating Principal. Trinette will also share some of the different things she learned through her research for this book! This is a great conversation to share with your campus leaders!  This month's CESO Top Tip features tips on Crisis Communications from the CESO Com...

October is National Principals Month and we are excited to have Dr. Ryan Daniel on this month to talk about her focus on communications in her campus community. From internal to external, Dr, Daniel is communicating at a very high level to keep her people informed and excited about the great things happening on her campus!  This month's CESO Top Tip comes with a downloadable pdf guide on the...

Erin is joined by Mandee Puleo, APR to talk about communicating through tense situations both locally and nationally. With Mid-Term elections approaching dive into a communications approach, backed by the RPIE model, that can help unite your community during these potentially divisive times! 

This is the first episode in a series this season where we go outside of School PR and pick the brains of some of the brightest folks in other industries. Today, Travis Brown ( @travisbrown on Instagram) is here sharing his expertise in content creation and workflow. The second half of the show features a conversation with show favorite Adam Harris on his takeaways from Travis' interview! Two Show...

Erin and Justin are BACK for season 4 of School PR Happy Hour! This season is about learning from the best in brightest in School PR and industries outside of education. Today's show is a little life update with our hosts and forecasting this incredible season they have planned. We missed you all! We are so happy to be back!

Justin and Erin wrap up another excellent season of School PR Happy Hour. They talk about life updates, their favorite episodes and look ahead at the future of SPRHH. Thank you to our Happy Hour Friends that listened and joined us on the show this season, and a HUGE thank you to Class Intercom for their continued support of the show.  Get some rest #SchoolPR, it's summer!

For the last regular episode of the season, it's a meeting of the Erins!  Erin McCann talks with Erin Gregg of Lubbock ISD about creative comms strategy in a district with declining enrollment. Erin and Justin will have their final episode of the season with a season wrap up on June 1!

Justin is joined by Christy McGee, APR to talk about the important work of NSPRA's APR Committee. 

Join Mary Ellen Rowe as she and Erin talk through some early PR Practitioners and the lessons that we, as School PR Professionals, can learn from them.

Justin is joined by Klein ISD's Justin Elbert and Chelsea Ceballos to talk about their presentation from the 2022 TSPRA Conference about Hugging Your Haters! For me, this was the perfect presentation at just about the perfect time. Hope you enjoy!

It's been tough for School PR professionals lately and some of our peers are evaluating how they want to spend the remainder of their career.  The opportunities for growth, learning and change are endless if you are strategic about the choices you make.  Dr. Amanda Holdsworth, APR, joins Erin to talk about her story in #SchoolPR and why she made her choices along her journey.

Justin is joined by Dr. Jill Johnson from Class Intercom and they discuss the power of building students as content creators! 

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! This year, we knew you needed to feel the love on a more professional basis.  Dr. Georgeanne Warnock, Superintendent of Schools in Terrell ISD and one of NSPRA's Superintendents to watch, talks with Erin about the value that School PR practitioners bring to the field of education.

This month's episode is a little different than past episodes. Due to moving, COVID and all the things... Justin JUST got internet in time to post this show. This month, we bring you a recast of the webinar Erin and Justin took part in with our friends from Class Intercom in December. Enjoy the show!

Welcome to 2022! We'd say "Wow!  What a year last year was,"but it's becoming redundant at this point.  Instead, School PR Happy Hour is looking forward to the work we may all be called to do this year - assist our HR departments in hiring great teachers. Jason Wheeler, CPC, from Garland ISD comes back to the show to share what he focuses on regarding recruitment marketing.

Justin is joined by Jake Sturgis APR to discuss the Voices Framework he and his team at Captivate Media are working on with districts around the country. This is an important conversation on a very timely topic! Just a reminder, we will be off the air until January 15, 2022 in order to rest up and recharge for the rest of the school year. Happy Holidays School PR

We love emergent media at School PR Happy Hour, and the chance to talk to one of the Virtual Reality pioneers was too good to pass up! Erin talks with Amber Krasinski about VR, AR and how School PR practitioners can work this media form into K12 schools