Join. Belong. Tweet.

February is turning into a big month for AAF of the Midlands, with a great monthly luncheon and many other club initiatives coming together.

First, I want to highlight is the Public Service program and applications. Our club helpsone non-profit reach their communications goals each year. Applications may be found on our website and are due by February, 5, 2010. Please contact Skot Garrick at
sgarrick@sc.rr.com with any questions.

Secondly,we're conducting anew event in conjunction with our diversity initiative. This program supports summer advertising internships for minority students. This year we will be holding a kick-off event called Mad About Madison Avenue in which minority high school junior and seniors will learn about different aspects of advertising directly from professionals in the field.

This one-day event is scheduled for Saturday, February 27 from 10 am to 1:30 pm at the USC School of Mass Communications. Students will rotate through mini-seminars by professional speakers and leave with our summer internship packet, which includes information on internship scholarships.

Please call Douglas Broadwater at (803)754-7525 with any questions or to register a student. (Registration will be limited.)

February also marks the official month of love - love for Twitternis that is. Join us Wednesday, February 17, from 11:45 am 1 pm at 701 Whaley to discuss how to mix the perfect New Media Twittertini which is a delicious recipe of equal parts entertainment, informative insights, warm conversation, creativity and a dash of crazy.

RSVP now - this is filling up fast!

See you in February! Join. Belong. Perfect the Twittertini.

Best,
Abey Coker
President, AAF of the Midlands
abeycoker@sc.edu