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The 68th conference of the Florida Public Relations Association has wrapped up in Amelia Island, Fla.

Lots of great sessions, networking, awards, fun... and even a few surprises. It's been fun. Thanks, Suzanne Sparling, APR for all your hard work in pulling this conference off.

We've also had lots of fun with this conference blog. Thanks to those of you who visited, who commented and sent nice notes along the way. We tried our best to convey to you the look, feel and flavor of an FPRA annual conference. I hope we succeeded.

We hope that those of you who visited will make plans now to attend next year's conference in Sarasota. The investment will pay huge dividends for both your current employer and your career as a public relations professional.

In closing, we wanted to share the final Web stats for the entire three days conference. The event may be over, but the information shared these past few days will remain on this blog for you to refer back to in the future.

Total unique visitors: 1,264

Total page views: 4,775

And to borrow a line from a recent Green Day song:

"It's something unpredictable

but in the end it's right.

hope you had the time of your life."

We hope you did.

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The 68th Annual Conference has come to an end. A fitting way to wrap things up online was to talk with outgoing State Association President Adrienne Moore, APR, CPRC. Click here to listen to the interview: AdrienneMoore.mp3.

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Mark Ziegler is an Associate in Communications, College of Communication at Florida State University. Mark is a very energetic speaker to say the least. His style is very engaging. He opened his session with a quick story about an FPRA conference he attended almost 10 years ago in Boca. His credit card had been stolen during the event, so when he thinks about FPRA he always checks his wallet :-)

Mark had intended to go to medical school, but he saw the signs when he was studying. During gross anatomy he had trouble opening the chest cavity. He said, "this is a sign."

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, made a visit to the FPRA annual conference this morning. Well, not the REAL Mark Twain... but an actor named Bob Valentine from Murray State University who shared Clemen's humor and wit.

Mark Twain was born in Florida... Florida, Missouri that is.

Here's some of his most memorable quotes from today's presentation:

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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FPRA's 68th Annual Conference is almost over and it has been a wonderful experience, with some great surprises. Work has already begun on next year's conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Fla. Erin McLeod is the incoming Vice President of Annual Conference and is responsible for planning the event. I spoke with Erin about next year's event and what she has in store for us. Click here to listen to the interview: ErinMcLeod.mp3.

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Listed below is the schedule for Day 3 - Wednesday, August 9 , 2006 of the FPRA Annual Conference.

7:30 am - 12:00 pm: Registration Open

8:00 am - 9:15 am: Power Networking Breakfast

8:15 am - 9:15 am: Counselors' Network Business Meeting

9:25 am - 9:30 am: Announcements

9:30 am - 10:35 am: It's a Blast from the Past

10:45 am - 11:50 am: Thoughts on Communications, Life and PR

11:50 am - 12:00 pm: Conference Finale

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