Detroit Day 3, 4 & 5 Photos

The final pictures from the 2008 PRSSA Convention:

It rode shot gun from the Hilton to the Airport! 

The project board had a wonderful trip to Detroit. Some how it gained a pound?

Well, it was fun until I had to bring it all back to Tuscaloosa.

After the awards ceremony at the Detroit Institute of Art. I had no idea Detroit had such great art by Monet, Van Gough, Cassat and Degas, just to name a few. 

Our project board!! Special thanks to Jacob and all the Platform team members, it went over so well!! 

Chevy Volt, which GM made available for us to check out at our opening night social. 

PR Legends Discussion L to R: John (Jack) Felton, Debra Miller, John Bailey, and Steven Harris

After the PRSA Legends panel, waiting on Craig Newmark of Craigslist.

 

More pictures can be viewed here.

Detroit Day One: Part Two

Finally, we rode the people mover back to the hotel. It was an interesting experience. Think the monorail at Disney World meets the extreme urban life. We meet another student who helped planned the conference from Eastern Michigan University. She gave us tips for places to eat. Apparently, there is a restaurant close to our hotel that serves "southern" food. There will be a PRSA/PRSSA impromptu twitters'(?) meet-up there tomorrow night. 

We sat with Tennessee at the Motown social.  We gave out our Bama stuff, including shoe laces, pins, pens, note pads and pencils. Everyone else had better stuff than us! I got tons of pens from schools like University of Northern Iowa and the University of Tennessee. I got a cup from Penn. State (those girls were very nice! They are the proud new owners of Bama shoe laces). I got a Frisbee and lots of candy. I think the stand out of the event was the University of Florida, they gave me a tee shirt and messenger bag!! The tee shirt has 10 things PR people are NOT. 
The view from the Renaissance Center. Notice the buildings on the opposite side of the river? They're actually in Canada. You can either walk to Canada from downtown, take a bridge over or go in a tunnel under the river.

The entrance to the conference rooms.

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