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OCPRSA: Where Communicators Of All Kinds Connect, Learn, and Lead!
No matter your title or organization, if you are a professional communicator, we’d love to welcome you to the Orange County chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. OCPRSA is where you’ll find professionals of all experience levels and all organizational types coming together to help tell the stories that matter in our world today.
Some of the titles you might find in our membership include:
- Social Media Specialists
- PR Account Executives
- Corporate Communications Managers
- VPs of Public Affairs
- Brand Managers
- Agency Directors
- PR Consultants
- Professors and Lecturers
- And so many more!
Why join OCPRSA? Membership offers you three key benefits: Learning, Connecting, and Leading! You’ll unlock access to our professional development programs, opportunities to network with our diverse and unique membership, the chance to be recognized for your accomplishments through our awards programs, and the opportunity to take a leadership role within our organization.
AS A MEMBER, YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO:
- Access to the hottest job opportunities within the industry FIRST
- Direct access to a network of the top local 200 public relations professionals
- Discounted prices at OCPRSA events and on PROTOS submissions
- Weekly e-mail alerts that will keep you “in the know” of upcoming events, industry trends, and local movers and shakers.
- Subscriptions to two national periodicals: Public Relations Tactics and Public Relations Strategies
For more PRSA membership benefits, please click HERE.
Please see the cost of membership below, identify the level of membership for both the National and local Orange County Chapter to calculate the cost for your annual dues. For example, an Associate Member (AM1) would pay a total of $150 ($115 for National dues and $35 for Orange County dues) for an annual membership for both National PRSA and the Orange County Chapter.
PRSA National Annual Dues
| Full Member | $260 + $65 Initiation fee |
| Associate Member, less than one year experience in public relations | $115 (No Initiation fee) |
| Associate Member, less than two years experience in public relations | $155 (No Initiation fee) |
| Associate Member, less than three years experience in public relations | $200 (No Initiation fee) |
| Associate Member, PRSSA Graduate | $60 (No Initiation fee) |
| Associate Member, Graduate Student | $60 (No Initiation fee) |
| Reinstatement of Membership | $260 + $35 Reinstatement fee |
OC/PRSA Annual Dues
| Full Member | $75 |
| Associate Member | $35 |
All members must join the national association to become a local chapter member.
